Coastal lagoon estuaries

Bar-built estuaries inland shallow bodies of water that usually run parallel to the coast and are isolated from the sea by a barrier island where one or more small inlets allow for connection with the ocean—also called coastal lagoon estuaries. 

Bortolus, A., Iribarne, O. O., and Martinez, M.M. (1998) Relationship between waterfowl and the seagrass Ruppia maritima in a southwestern Atlantic coastal lagoon. Estuaries 21, 710-717. 

Webster, I.T., Ford, P.W., and Hodgson, B. (2002) Microphytobenthos contribution to nutrient-phytoplankton dynamics in a shallow coastal lagoon. Estuaries 25, 540-551. 

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Isla, F.I. (1995) Coastal lagoons. In Geomorphology and Sedimentology of Estuaries. Developments in Sedimentology 53 (Perillo, G.M.E., ed.), pp. 241-272, Elsevier Science, New York. 

Kaldy, J.F., Onuf, C.P., Eldridge, P.M., and Cifuentes, L.A. (2002) Carbon budget for a subtropical dominated coastal lagoon how important are seagrasses to total ecosystem net primary production Estuaries 25, 528-539. 

Nowicki, B.L., and Nixon, S.W. (1985) Benthic nutrient remineralization in a coastal lagoon ecosystem. Estuaries 8 182-190. 

Two morphological types of the deltas can be distinguished filling (or bay-head) deltas, which are formed in the semi-enclosed coastal water bodies (limans, lagoons, estuaries) and protruding deltas, which are developed in the open nearshore zone. 

Rysgaard, S., Risgaard-Petersen, N., and Sloth, N. P. (1996). Nitrification, denitrification, and nitrate ammonification in sediments of two coastal lagoons in Southern France. Hydrobiol. 329, 133—141. Sand-Jensen, K. (1977). Effects of epiphytes on eelgrass photosynthesis. Aquat. Bot. 3, 55—63. Sand-Jensen, K., and Borum, J. (1991). Interactions among phytoplankton, periphyton, and macrophytes in temperate freshwaters and estuaries. Aquat. Bot. 41, 137—175. 

Ruiz-Femdndez AC, Frignani M, HiUaire-Marcel C, Ghaleb B, Arvizu MD, Raygoza-Viera JR, Pdez-Osuna F (2009) Trace metals (Cd, Cu, Hg and Pb) accumulation recorded in the intertidal mudflat sediments of three coastal lagoons of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Estuaries Coasts 32(3) 551-560... 

Baltic Sea 1 7 locations Bay of Biscay France China various estuaries and coastal seas Great Astrolabe Lagoon Fiji near surface 12 sites... 

Estuary A semi-enclosed coastal body of water (e.g. bays, lagoons, inlets, and fjords), where fresh water (usually from rivers) mixes with seawater. Chesapeake Bay is an estuary. 

Burkholder, J.M., Mallin, M.A., Glasgow, H.B., Larsen, L.M., Mclver, M.R., Shank, G.C., Deamer-Melia, N.J., Briley, D.S., Springer, J., Touchette, B.W., and Hannon, E.K. (1997) Impacts to a coastal river and estuary from rupture of a large swine waste holding lagoon. J. Environ. Qual. 26, 1451-1466. 

The term mouth is recommended to be used either in a wide sense as a reduced version and absolute synonym if the term mouth area (in this case, the use of the term river mouth is quite necessary) or in a narrow sense as applied to the point of inflow of any watercourse to another watercourse (tributary mouth) or to a receiving basin (delta branch mouth) as well as to the outlet to the open sea from a semi-enclosed coastal water body (liman mouth, lagoon mouth, estuary mouth). 

Sometimes semi-enclosed coastal water bodies are situated between a mouth reach of the river and open nearshore zone [20]. These intermediate parts of the river mouth areas can be presented as narrow sea bays, lagoons, limans, and estuaries. These coastal water bodies are often separated from the open nearshore by coastal bars, spits, barrier islands, etc. and connected with it through relatively narrow outlets. These semi-enclosed coastal water bodies are characterized by active interaction and mixing of river and seawater. 

Pong, P., Boyer, K. E., and Zedler, J. B. (1998). Developing an indicator of nutrient enrichment in coastal estuaries and lagoons using tissue nitrogen content of the opportunistic alga, Enteromorpha intestinalis (L. Link). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 231, 63-79. 

METHYLMERCURY IN SURFACE SEDIMENTS IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS. COMPARISON BETWEEN A DYNAMIC MACROTIDAL ESTUARY AND A MICROTIDAU LAGOON... 

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