Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystems
Climate change adaptation strategies to support Australia's estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems
... Much of the knowledge and experiences of past, recent and ongoing adaptation research for environmental management resides in the collective experience of key individuals, frequently managers, scientists and stakeholders ...
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Modelling, Transport and Assessment of Aquatic Toxic Metals in Coastal Ecosystems
... In coastal waters, heavy metals are distributed through the water column and the bottom ...the dynamics of estuarine and coastal environments, controlling the transport of fine-grained cohesive ...
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Classification of Estuarine and Nearshore Coastal Ecosystems
... a coastal oceanographer and ...sediment dynamics of coral reefs, mangroves, and muddy ...Harbour, coastal waters of Micronesia, and Tanzania savannah ...and coastal oceanography, a Doctorate ...
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Investigation on the dynamics of gravity driven coastal currents
... gravity-driven coastal plumes are summarized and compared to the inviscid geostrophic theory of Thomas & Linden (2007) and to laboratory studies for plumes flowing along a vertical-wall coastline (those of ...
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A Meta Analysis of Contingent Valuation Studies in Coastal and Near Shore Marine Ecosystems
... significantly to human welfare. However, studies that document values of these services are widely scattered in the peer-reviewed literature. We collected 39 contingent valuation papers with 120 observations to conduct ...
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The use of contingent valuation in assessing marine and coastal ecosystems’ water quality: A review
... The continuation of the debate between ecologists and ecomomists is based on the complementarity or substitutability. As the nature includes both instrumental and intrinsic value as stated by Halkos and Matsiori (2011), ...
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Progress in management of coastal ecosystems
... ABSTRACT: The process of coastal zone management in the United States has progressed to the point that it is now possible to embrace whole coastal ecosystems in management prog[r] ...
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Behavioral Pattern of Coastal Morpho-Dynamics of Talasari Coastal Zone, Odisha
... the coastal area of Talasari is under a mesotidal range (2-4m) and controlled by estuarine ...sediment dynamics of Subarnarekha River and geomorphological as well as geological attributes of this region ...
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Impacts of Climate Change on the European Marine and Coastal Environment - Ecosystems Approach
... for bacteria and a shift in species composition from cold to warm water species, whereas higher temperatures in summer may enhance blooms of cyanobacteria blooms (that is bacteria that obtain their energy via ...
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Intermittent particle dynamics in marine coastal waters
... Abstract. Marine coastal processes are highly variable over different space scales and timescales. In this paper we anal- yse the intermittency properties of particle size distribu- tion (PSD) recorded every ...
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Evaluating Mercury Dynamics and Trophic Transfer in Aquatic Ecosystems.
... Hg dynamics relates to the toxic threat MeHg poses to wildlife and humans through the consumption of contaminated fish, the main pathway for exposure to MeHg (Clarkson 2002; Scheuhammer et ...
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Regime and dynamics of soil moisture in forest ecosystems of Záhorská lowland
... ABSTRACT: The paper describes the regime and dynamics of the soil moisture content of sandy soils in Záhorská lowland during different growing seasons. Research plots are situated near Kamenný mlyn, approximately 3 ...
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Assessing nitrogen dynamics in European ecosystems, integrating measurement and modelling: conclusions
... nitrogen dynamics in catchments across Europe within a semi-distributed Integrated Nitrogen model for multiple source assessment in Catchments ...nitrogen dynamics of different European ecosystems is ...
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Linking Carbon Dynamics in Stream Ecosystems to Dissolved Organic Matter Quality
... However, in order to understand large scale patterns of carbon dynamics in streams within the landscape, it is crucial to identify small-scale mechanisms. In my thesis, I investigated DOM quality as a potential ...
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Use of fish parasite species richness indices in analyzing anthropogenically impacted coastal marine ecosystems
... Abstract The diversity of fish parasite life history strategies makes these species sensitive bioindicators of aquatic ecosystem health. While monoxenous (single- host) species may persist in highly perturbed, extreme ...
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Water dynamics and transport timescales of coastal waters and estuaries
... Estuaries may be classified upon their geomorphology or physical oceanography. The estuarine types based on the geomorphology, are mainly 1) drowned river valleys, (2) lagoon-type or bar-built, (3) fjords. Most of the ...
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River, delta and coastal morphological response accounting for biological dynamics
... resulting dynamics will depend on optimal management of water, sediment and biological systems in order to foster landform equilibrium ...other coastal landforms relies heavily on more than mineral ...for ...
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Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in coastal south western Cameroon
... The findings of this study show clearly that malaria trans- mission in coastal south-west Cameroon is perennial with the intensity increasing with the prevalence of parasitae- mia and amount of rainfall. The human ...
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Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group, Inc. Healthy Ecosystems for Coastal Resilience
... Another impact noticed by the scientists is that when the climate is hotter more people come to the Vineyard. This is good for tourism, but can add pressure to shellfish populations. It is always a challenge to strike a ...
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Assessment of Microbiological Contamination of Marine Ecosystems : Can we Continue to Limit Ourselves to the Analysis of Fecal Parameters for the Assessment of the Coastal Ecosystems Quality?
... According to the tendency observed in the region of Agadir, the arrival of salmonella in the marine environment has been mainly governed by the presence of rainfall which transports the contamination from the source of ...
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