| Titre : | Estuaries 24(6A) - DEC 2001 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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A. R. Prisco, Auteur ;
S. B. G. de la Rosa, Auteur ;
J. M. D. de Astarloa, Auteur
During a two-year period in Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon (Buenos Aires, Argentina), the diet of juvenile Paralichthys orbignyanus and Oncopterus darwinii sorted according to size, area, and season was analyzed. Sampling was carried out using a be[...]
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P. H. Doering, Auteur ;
R. H. Chamberlain, Auteur ;
J. M. McMunigal, Auteur
The effects of simulated saltwater intrusions on the growth and survival of the freshwater angiosperm, Vallisneria americana Michx., from the Caloosahatchee estuary (southwest Florida, USA) were examined experimentally using indoor mesocosms. In[...]
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P. M. Glibert, Auteur ;
R. Magnien, Auteur ;
M. W. Lomas, Auteur ;
J. Alexander, Auteur ;
C. L. Fan, Auteur ;
E. Haramoto, Auteur ;
M. Trice, Auteur ;
T. M. Kana, Auteur
Harmful algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay and coastal bays of Maryland, USA, are not a new phenomenon, but may be increasing in frequency and diversity. Outbreaks of Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinophyceae) were observed during 1997 in several Chesap[...]
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R. T. Kneib, Auteur ;
A. H. Craig, Auteur
We evaluated two types of wire-mesh minnow traps for sampling mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) from intertidal rivulets on the surface of a salt marsh. In field trials, mean catch (no. of fish trap(-1)) did not differ significantly between tra[...]
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D. J. Giberson, Auteur ;
B. Bilyj, Auteur ;
N. Burgess, Auteur
Emerging insects were monitored every 10 days between early May and late August 1993, from tidal pools in three coastal salt marshes on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The salt marsh pools ranged from about 1 m(2) to > 1,000 m(2) in surface area, [...]
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T. L. Richardson, Auteur ;
J. L. Pinckney, Auteur ;
H. W. Paerl, Auteur
We examined the effects of different forms of nitrogen and mixed versus static conditions on the structure and function of natural Neuse River estuary phytoplankton communities incubated in 66-liter microcosms in March, May, August, and November[...]
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D. A. Tomasko, Auteur ;
D. L. Bristol, Auteur ;
J. A. Ott, Auteur
Nitrogen loads into Lemon Bay, Florida were modeled to have increased ca. 59% between pre-development (i.e., 1850) estimates (5.3 kg TN ha(-1) yr(-1)) and estimates for the year 1995 (8.4 kg TN ha(-1) yr(-1)). By the year 2010, nitrogen loads ar[...]
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K. H. Dunton, Auteur ;
B. Hardegree, Auteur ;
T. E. Whitledge, Auteur
The response of deltaic emergent marsh vegetation to increases in precipitation was examined over a 14-mo period at three sites in the lower Nueces Estuary in south Texas. At all three sites, significant changes in plant biomass, percent cover, [...]
Article
K. A. Hovel, Auteur ;
A. Bartholomew, Auteur ;
R. N. Lipcius, Auteur
The salt marsh periwinkle Littoraria irrarata (Say) remains on the substratum during low tide but climbs above the water on stalks of Spartina alterniflora Loisel during high tide. Rhythmic tidal migrations may allow L. irrarata to avoid predato[...]
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R. G. Lathrop, Auteur ;
R. M. Styles, Auteur ;
S. P. Seitzinger, Auteur ;
J. A. Bognar, Auteur
Due to the ecological importance of seagrasses and recent indications of disease and dieback, we have synthesized existing mapped survey information concerning the spatial and temporal distribution of seagrass beds (primarily eelgrass, Zostera m[...]
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D. A. Weis, Auteur ;
J. C. Callaway, Auteur ;
R. M. Gersberg, Auteur
This study represents the first report on sediment accretion rates using (137)Cs dating for a southern California salt marsh. Vertical accretion rates ranged from 0.7 to 1.2 cm yr(-1), which is at the high end of sediment accretion values for co[...]
Article
Y. R. Qian, Auteur ;
T. L. Wade, Auteur ;
J. L. Sericano, Auteur
Oyster and sediment samples collected from six sites in Galveston Bay from 1986 to 1998 were analyzed for polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Total concentrations of parent PAHs in oysters ranged from 20 ng g(-1) at one site to 9,242 ng g([...]
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B. E. Hasek, Auteur ;
N. N. Rabalais, Auteur
Artificial substrate collectors were used to sample settled brachyuran megalopae in Terreboune Bay, Louisiana. northern Gulf of Mexico. Three taxa, Callinectes sapidus, Uca spp., and Rhithropanopeus harrisii, were the most common settlers. Settl[...]
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L. Windham, Auteur ;
J. S. Weis, Auteur ;
P. Weis, Auteur
The release of mercury (Hg) from leaf tissue was compared between two dominant salt marsh macrophytes, Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis. Rates of Hg release were measured for individual leaves from late May to late July, along with[...]
