| Titre : | Estuaries and Coasts 34(2) - MAR 2011 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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G. Curtis Roegner, Auteur ;
Charles Seaton, Auteur ;
Antonio M. Baptista, Auteur
Hydrographic patterns and chlorophyll concentrations in the Columbia River estuary were compared for spring and summer periods during 2004 through 2006. Riverine and oceanic sources of chlorophyll were evaluated at stations along a 27-km along-e[...]
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Weimin Quan, Auteur ;
Liyan Shi, Auteur ;
Yaqu Chen, Auteur
To test whether invasive Spartina alterniflora marshes were functionally equivalent to native Scirpus mariqueter marshes, the present study used bottomless lift nets (20 m(2)) during 12 high-tide events from August to October 2008 to compare nek[...]
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Amber Hardison, Auteur ;
Craig Tobias, Auteur ;
Jennifer Stanhope, Auteur ;
Elizabeth Canuel, Auteur ;
Iris Anderson, Auteur
The water-sediment interface is a dynamic zone where the benthic and pelagic environments are linked through exchange and recycling of organic matter and nutrients. However, it is often difficult to measure rate processes in this zone. To that e[...]
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A. Scott Morris, Auteur ;
Stephanie M. Wilson, Auteur ;
Erik F. Dever, Auteur ;
Randolph M. Chambers, Auteur
The effectiveness of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) on commercial pots designed to capture blue crabs Callinectes sapidus was tested in the York River on Felgates Creek (37.2667 N, -76.5850 W) over the period 4 June through 31 July 2009. For e[...]
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Charles T. Costello, Auteur ;
William Judson Kenworthy, Auteur
In 1994, 1995, and 1996, seagrasses in 46 of the 89 coastal embayments and portions of seven open-water near-shore areas in Massachusetts were mapped with a combination of aerial photography, digital imagery, and ground truth verification. In th[...]
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Juliette Christina Poleto Giordano, Auteur ;
Mark J. Brush, Auteur ;
Iris C. Anderson, Auteur
Coastal lagoons of the Delmarva Peninsula receive varying annual nitrogen loads because of differing land uses. Extensive development and agriculture contribute to elevated nutrient loads in Maryland and Delaware. Agriculture and forests dominat[...]
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Kerry E. Flaherty, Auteur ;
Jan H. Landsberg, Auteur
An unusually persistent red tide event caused by the ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis occurred along the southwest Florida coast in 2005. Extensive fish kills led to concerns regarding the effect of red tide on fish populations and the[...]
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Shannan Xu, Auteur ;
Zuozhi Chen, Auteur ;
Shiyu Li, Auteur ;
Peimin He, Auteur
Using a large-scale enclosed sea area in northern Hangzhou Bay as a case study, the trophic interactions, energy flows, and ecosystem properties of a coastal artificial ecosystem were analyzed by ecotrophic modeling using Ecopath with Ecosim sof[...]
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Joanna K. York, Auteur ;
Barbara A. Costas, Auteur ;
George B. McManus, Auteur
We measured seasonal variations in microzooplankton grazing in Long Island Sound (LIS) and San Francisco Bay (SFB). There was consistent evidence of nutrient limitation in LIS, but not SFB. We found higher chlorophyll a concentrations in LIS com[...]
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Laurent Chauvaud, Auteur ;
Julien Thebault, Auteur ;
Jacques Clavier, Auteur ;
Anne Lorrain, Auteur ;
Oivind Strand, Auteur
Mollusk shells contain geochemical information about environmental conditions that prevailed at the time of formation. We investigated ontogenetic and seasonal variations of delta(13)C in calcitic shells of Pecten maximus. Ontogenetic variations[...]
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Charles W. Martin, Auteur ;
John F. Valentine, Auteur
It is widely believed that successful colonization of ecosystems by non-native species will have catastrophic consequences for the recipient system. Within the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, AL, exotic Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) has been rep[...]
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Brett R. Dumbauld, Auteur ;
John W. Chapman, Auteur ;
Mark E. Torchin, Auteur ;
Armand M. Kuris, Auteur
A dramatic increase in prevalence of the recently discovered bopyrid isopod parasite, Orthione griffenis, likely introduced in the 1980s from Asia to the Pacific coast of North America, coincided with the 2002 collapse of a population of its bur[...]
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Margaret R. Mulholland, Auteur ;
Andrea M. Rocha, Auteur ;
George E. Boneillo, Auteur
Leucine and thymidine incorporation were examined in size-fractionated estuarine communities and in cultures of phytoplankton known to use dissolved organic nitrogen (DON). Cultured phytoplankton species were used to establish that phytoplankton[...]
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Ryan Jordan Woodland, Auteur ;
David H. Secor, Auteur ;
Madeline E. Wedge, Auteur
Small, abundant elasmobranchs use shallow marine areas (
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Katherine C. Filippino, Auteur ;
Margaret R. Mulholland, Auteur ;
Peter W. Bernhardt, Auteur ;
George E. Boneillo, Auteur ;
Ryan E. Morse, Auteur ;
Matthew Semcheski, Auteur ;
Harold Marshall, Auteur ;
Nancy G. Love, Auteur ;
Quinn Roberts, Auteur ;
Deborah A. Bronk, Auteur
Total maximum daily loads for nitrogen (N) are currently being established for the Chesapeake Bay watershed. While we know inorganic N is bioavailable in the environment and therefore its input contributes to cultural eutrophication, the bioavai[...]
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Nicholas R. de Sieyes, Auteur ;
Kevan M. Yamahara, Auteur ;
Adina Paytan, Auteur ;
Alexandria B. Boehm, Auteur
Two 14-day experiments conducted in the dry summer (July 2006) and wet winter (March 2007) seasons, respectively, examined tidal, wave-driven, and seasonal variability of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) at Stinson Beach, CA, using natural [...]
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Isabelle C. Winder, Auteur
Aerosols are known to influence the climate system in a range of ways; they affect radiation budgets, cloud formation and circulation patterns, and contribute to local biogeochemical cycling and ecology. Despite this recognized role for marine a[...]
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George G. Waldbusser, Auteur ;
Erin P. Voigt, Auteur ;
Heather Bergschneider, Auteur ;
Mark A. Green, Auteur ;
Roger I. E. Newell, Auteur
Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduce pH of marine waters due to the absorption of atmospheric CO2 and formation of carbonic acid. Estuarine waters are more susceptible to acidification because they are subject to multiple acid sou[...]
