Coastal ecosystems

J. Clark, Coastal Ecosystems, The Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1974. 

Stepwise enrichment in nitrogen was first observed in marine (coastal) ecosystems (Minagawa and Wada 1984 Miyake and Wada 1967). The latter quote an average A N of -h3.4 l.l%oper trophic level, occurring... 

Response of 4 hypothetical lake ecosystems to changes in national Hg emissions. (Note that these concepts are also relevant for river and coastal ecosystems.)... 

This book has identified the most useful indicators of environmental changes in mercury contamination in 4 compartments of the environment 1) airsheds and watersheds, 2) water and sediment, 3) aquatic organisms (with emphasis on freshwater ecosystems), and 4) wildlife that live in freshwater, terrestrial, and/or coastal ecosystems. The indicators identified in this book are wide-ranging and involve measurements made at several different scales of time and space. The authors believe that these indicators will provide the best information to policymakers, as well as other stakeholders, as to whether environmental concentrations are changing (A indicators) and what the reasons for those changes might be (B indicators). 

With knowledge regarding concentrations and the fate of surfactants it should be possible to identify areas at risk and to design the most appropriate countermeasures. By applying the precautionary principle, the protection of sensitive aquatic freshwater and coastal ecosystems and of a sustainable supply of drinking water in areas with high population densities should be ensured. 

Tana, J. Rosemarin, A. Lehtinee, K.-J. Hardig, J. Grahn, O. Landner, L. Assessing impacts on Baltic coastal ecosystems with mesocosm and hsh biomarker tests a comparison of new and old pulp bleaching technologies. Sci. Total. Environ. 1994, 145, 213-214. 

Volume 3. J.S.M. van Thiel de Vries, Dune Erosion During Storm Surges Volume 2. P.M.S Monteiro M. Marchand (Eds.), Catchment2Coast, a Systems Approach to Coupled River-Coastal Ecosystem Science and Management Volume 1. F.J. Los, Eco-Hydrodynamie Modelling of Primary Production in Coastal Waters and Lakes Using BLOOM... 

Skyring, G. W. (1987). Sulfate reduction in coastal ecosystems. Geomicrobiology Journal, 5, 295-374. 

Some primary production estimates in coastal ecosystems. The values of primary production have been compiled from the sources indicated and percentages of primary production allocated to three categories of primary producer. 

Dame, R. F. 1993. The role of bivalve filter feeder material fluxes in estuarine ecosystems. In Bivalve Filter Feeders in Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem Processes (R. F. Dame, Ed.), pp. 245-269. Springer-Verlag, New York. 

Hopkinson, C., I. Buffam, J. Hobbie, J. Vallino, R. Hodson, M. A. Moran, J. Covert, E. Smith, J. Baross, B. Crump, B. Eversmeyer, F. Prahl, M. Perdue, S. Findlay, and K. Foreman. 1998. Terrestrial inputs of organic matter to coastal ecosystems an intercomparison of chemical characteristics and bioavailability. Biogeochemistry 43 211-234. 

Zweifel, U., J. Wikner, A. Hagstrom, E. Lundberg, and B. Norrman. 1995. Dynamics of dissolved organic carbon in a coastal ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 40 299—305. 

Ammerman, J. W. 1991. Role of ecto-phosphohydrolases in phosphorus regeneration in estuarine and coastal ecosystems. In Microbial Enzymes in Aquatic Environments (R. J. Chrost, Ed.), pp. 60-76. Springer, New York. 

Maie, N., Parish, K. J., Watanabe, A., Knicker, H., Benner, R., Abe,T., Kaiser, K., and Jaffe, R. (2006b). Chemical characteristics of dissolved organic nitrogen in an oligotrophic subtropical coastal ecosystem. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70,4491 4506. 

Table II. Biogenic Emissions of Sulfur Compounds from Coastal Ecosystems...

Table 11.6 Dissolved silica SiC>2 (DSi) benthic fluxes in various coastal ecosystems (all data in mmol m-2 d-1).

Alongi, D.M. (1998) Coastal Ecosystem Processes. CRC Press, New York. 

Boesch, D.F. (2002) Challenges and opportunities for science in reducing nutrient overenrichment of coastal ecosystems. Estuaries 25, 886-900. 

Chesney, Jr., E.J., and Baltz, D.M. (2001) The effects of hypoxia on the northern Gulf of Mexico coastal ecosystem a fisheries perspective. In Coastal hypoxia Consequences for Living Resources and Ecosystems (Rabalais, N.N., and Turner, R.E., eds.), pp. 321-354, Coastal and Estuarine Studies 58, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. 

Cloern, J.E. (1996) Phytoplankton bloom dynamics in coastal ecosystems a review with some general lessons from sustained investigation of San Francisco Bay, California. Rev. Geophys. 34, 127-168. 

Cornwell, J.C., Kemp, W.M., and Kana, T.M. (1999) Denitrification in coastal ecosystems methods, environmental controls and ecosystem level controls, a review. Aquat. Ecol. 33, 41-54. 

Ragueneau, O., Deblasvarela, E., Treguer, P., Queguiner, B, and Elamo, Y.D. (1994) Phytoplankton dynamics in relation to the biogeochemical cycle of silicon in a coastal ecosystem of western Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 106 157-172. 

Redalje, D.G, Lohrenz, S.E., and Fanenstiel, G.L. (1994) The relationship between primary production and the vertical export of particulate organic matter in a river-impacted coastal ecosystem. Estuaries 17, 829-838. 

Twilley, R.R., Chen, R.H., and Hargis, T. (1992) Carbon sinks in mangroves and their implications to carbon budget of tropical coastal ecosystems. Wat. Air Soil Pollut. 64, 265-288. 

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