| Titre : | Estuaries and Coasts 32(3) - MAY 2009 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Kunming Xu, Auteur ;
Liping Zhang, Auteur ;
Wenbin Zou, Auteur
Sediment cores were sampled from Xiamen Western Bay at five sites during the summer and winter of 2006 and Hg-Au microelectrodes were used to make on board measurements of the concentration gradients of dissolved oxygen, Mn(2+), and Fe(2+) withi[...]
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Katherine C. Filippino, Auteur ;
Peter W. Bernhardt, Auteur ;
Margaret R. Mulholland, Auteur
To determine the effects of the Chesapeake Bay outflow plume on the coastal ocean, nutrient concentrations and climatology were evaluated in conjunction with nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) uptake rates during a 3-year field study. Sixteen cruises i[...]
Article
David G. Kimmel, Auteur ;
W. David Miller, Auteur ;
Lawrence W. Harding, Auteur ;
Edward D. Houde, Auteur ;
Michael R. Roman, Auteur
Estuarine and coastal ecosystems respond strongly to proximate climate forcing. In this study, we present a regional, synoptic climatology as an approach to classify weather patterns that generate interannual variability in coastal and estuarine[...]
Article
Joseph L. Kowalski, Auteur ;
Hudson R. DeYoe, Auteur ;
Terry C. Allison, Auteur
A study of Halodule wrightii in a shallow subtropical Texas lagoon was performed to obtain seasonal data on its physiological ecology. Leaf production and biomass dynamics of H. wrightii were intensively monitored along with the underwater light[...]
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J. O. Blanton, Auteur ;
A. J. Garrett, Auteur ;
J. S. Bollinger, Auteur ;
D. W. Hayes, Auteur ;
L. D. Koffman, Auteur ;
J. Amft, Auteur
In late December 1991, an accidental release of 5,700 CI of tritiated water (HTO) from the Savannah River Site was transported via site streams into the Savannah River where it was carried downstream to the coastal zone. HTO released into a semi[...]
Article
Michael S. Wetz, Auteur ;
Meredith C. Robbins, Auteur ;
Hans W. Paerl, Auteur
Transparent exopolymer particle (TEP) distributions were examined in North Carolina's Neuse River Estuary (NRE) over a 1-year period, and experiments were conducted to examine controls upon TEP formation. TEP-carbon averaged 16% of the total org[...]
Article
Agatha-Marie F. Roth, Auteur ;
Donald M. Baltz, Auteur
On 19 April 2005, an oil spill occurred in southeastern Louisiana's Barataria Bay estuary. We used a drop sampler to characterize the marsh-edge nekton community. Thirty-six locations were sampled in pre- and post-spill time frames from March th[...]
Article
Zoraida J. Quinones-Rivera, Auteur ;
Bjoern Wissel, Auteur ;
Dubravko Justic, Auteur
Oxygen concentrations have been used for decades to estimate primary production (P) and respiration (R) in aquatic ecosystems. Yet, this approach cannot separate the effects of biological and physical processes affecting oxygen dynamics; therefo[...]
Article
Aaron J. Beck, Auteur ;
J. Kirk Cochran, Auteur ;
Sergio A. Sanudo-Wilhelmy, Auteur
Jamaica Bay, NY, is a highly urbanized estuary within the boroughs of New York City conspicuously lacking published information on dissolved trace metal concentrations. The current study examines the distribution and cycling of trace metals in t[...]
Article
A. C. Ruiz-Fernandez, Auteur ;
M. Frignani, Auteur ;
C. Hillaire-Marcel, Auteur ;
B. Ghaleb, Auteur ;
M. D. Arvizu, Auteur ;
J. R. Raygoza-Viera, Auteur ;
F. Paez-Osuna, Auteur
Pb-210 geochronologies of Cd, Cu, Hg, and Pb fluxes were obtained from the intertidal mudflat sediments of the coastal lagoons Chiricahueto, Estero de Urias, and Ohuira in the Mexican Pacific. The Cu and Hg sediment concentrations at the three l[...]
Article
Megan K. La Peyre, Auteur ;
Bryan Gossman, Auteur ;
Jerome F. La Peyre, Auteur
In coastal Louisiana, the development of large-scale freshwater diversion projects has led to controversy over their effects on oyster resources. Using controlled laboratory experiments in combination with a field study, we examined the effects [...]
Article
John C. Rodgers, Auteur ;
Adam W. Murrah, Auteur ;
William H. Cooke, Auteur
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data were used to investigate vegetation changes after Hurricane Katrina (2005) for the Weeks Bay Reserve and surrounding area of coastal AL. Landsat 5 satellite images were acquired before landfall [...]
Article
L. S. Costa, Auteur ;
V. L. M. Huszar, Auteur ;
A. R. Ovalle, Auteur
Hydrology and nutrients have been indicated as the main driving factors acting on phytoplankton biomass and composition in estuarine systems, although grazing may occasionally have some influence. In order to identify these factors over temporal[...]
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Pamela A. Morgan, Auteur ;
David M. Burdick, Auteur ;
Frederick T. Short, Auteur
We compared the functions and values of fringing salt marshes to those of meadow marshes along the southern Maine/New Hampshire coast. Differences included soil organic matter content, plant species richness, and percent cover of high and low-ma[...]
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Marianne Holmer, Auteur ;
Nuria Marba, Auteur ;
Morgane Lamote, Auteur ;
Carlos M. Duarte, Auteur
Species of the macroalgae Caulerpa sp. are increasingly being observed in meadows of the endemic Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica, and in particular Caulerpa taxifolia, has been considered as an invasive species leading to seagrass decl[...]
