| Titre : | Estuaries 24(1) - FEB 2001 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
B. Cognie, Auteur ;
L. Barille, Auteur ;
E. Rince, Auteur
In estuarine ecosystems, microphytobenthos resuspended by tidal currents often represents a large part of the food supply available to bivalves which feed selectively. This study investigated the feeding behavior of the Pacific oyster Crassostre[...]
Article
E. Rochard, Auteur ;
M. Lepage, Auteur ;
P. Dumont, Auteur ;
S. Tremblay, Auteur ;
C. Gazeau, Auteur
The European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) is an endangered diadromous fish species that spawns in the rivers in late spring and early summer. The juveniles spend their first years in the brackish waters (5 parts per thousand to 25 parts per thous[...]
Article
P. Quijon, Auteur ;
H. Contreras, Auteur ;
E. Jaramillo, Auteur
The temporal variability in abundance and population structure of the gastropod Chilina ovalis Sowerby was studied in the upper intertidal zone of Queule River estuary, south-central Chile (c. 40 degreesS). Snails were collected monthly (Septemb[...]
Article
P. Laffaille, Auteur ;
Jean-Claude Lefeuvre, Auteur ;
M. T. Schricke, Auteur ;
E. Feunteun, Auteur
0-group sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax colonize intertidal marsh creeks of Mont Saint Michel Bay, France, on spring tides (e.g., 43% of the tides) during flood and return to coastal waters during ebb. Most arrived with empty stomachs (33%), and [...]
Article
W. W. Kirby-Smith, Auteur ;
M. E. Lebo, Auteur ;
R. B. Herrmann, Auteur
Structure and temporal variability in nekton communities were examined for four small brackish creeks along a major tributary (Adams Creek) of the Neuse River estuary, North Carolina during May-September 1994. An inverse salinity gradient was ob[...]
Article
R. S. Warren, Auteur ;
P. E. Fell, Auteur ;
J. L. Grimsby, Auteur ;
E. L. Buck, Auteur ;
G. C. Rilling, Auteur ;
R. A. Fertik, Auteur
Phragmites expansion rates (Linear at 1-3% yr(-1)) and impacts of this expansion on high marsh macroinvertebrates, aboveground production, and litter decomposition from Phragmites and other marsh graminoids were studied along a polyhaline to oli[...]
Article
M. G. Walsh, Auteur ;
M. B. Bain, Auteur ;
T. Squiers, Auteur ;
J. R. Waldman, Auteur ;
I. Wirgin, Auteur
Shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum, is a small, endangered species which occurs in 19 estuary systems along the east coast of North America. These populations are considered as separate entities by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Serv[...]
Article
G. O. Holm, Auteur ;
C. E. Sasser, Auteur
Many studies have determined the physical dynamics of salt-water movement into riverine systems, but few studies have elucidated the role of periodic salinity incursions in affecting primary succession in active deltaic wetlands. The emergence o[...]
Article
T. V. N. Rao, Auteur
The time-dependent salinity stratification in an environment of highly variable turbulence of Gauthami-Godavari estuary is described. From time series observations at three stations over two tidal cycles each in the winter (December 1989) and th[...]
Article
J. F. Cordes, Auteur ;
S. L. Armknecht, Auteur ;
E. A. Starkey, Auteur ;
J. E. Graves, Auteur
A method for the genetic identification of sixteen species of Chesapeake Bay sportfishes was developed using restriction Fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of two mitochondrial (mt) DNA gene regions amplified by the polymerase chain re[...]
Article
E. M. Koch, Auteur
When determining the suitability of a certain area as a habitat for submersed aquatic vegetation (SAV), light and parameters that modify Light (epiphytes, total suspended solids, chlorophyll concentration, nutrients) are the first factors to be [...]
Article
G. B. Noe, Auteur ;
J. B. Zedler, Auteur
Temporal variation in rainfall created a germination window for seedling establishment in the upper intertidal marshes of southern California. In this highly variable climate, total annual rainfall was highly variable, as was the timing and size[...]



