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Impacts of Corbicula fluminea on Oxygen Uptake and Nutrient Fluxes across the Sediment–Water Interface
Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam) can assemble in high densities and dominate benthic communities. To evaluate the influence of this clam on sediment...
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Ecology and Field Studies
In this chapter we have attempted to provide the reader with an overview of the ecological response of aquatic oligochaetes to anthropogenic...
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The fouling of fish farm cage nets as bioindicator of aquaculture pollution in the Adriatic Sea (Croatia)
A fouling assemblage (including density, species richness and diversity, and biomass) growing on netting of fish farm cages was investigated in...
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Prospects for Marine Biogeochemical Process Research in China
In this chapter the main key biogeochemical processes in China marginal seas, the methods, concepts, and focus on marine biogeochemical process...
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Assessment of environmental variations caused by a very large floating structure in a semi-closed bay
To assess the environmental impacts of large floating structures, various physical, chemical, and biological parameters were measured. The current...
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Acute Disturbance of Lake Pontchartrain Benthic Communities by Hurricane Katrina
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina produced a distinct, acute ecological disturbance of the benthic invertebrate community of Lake Pontchartrain, LA, USA....
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Can oyster restoration reverse cultural eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay?
We investigated the hypothesis that effects of cultural eutrophication can be reversed through natural resource restoration via addition of an oyster...
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Lucinid clam influence on the biogeochemistry of the seagrassThalassia testudinum sediments
Lucinid bivalves dominate the infauna of tropical seagrass sediments. While the effect of seagrass on lucinids has been studied, the reverse effect...
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Changes in cyanobacterial dominance following the invasion of the zebra musselDreissena polymorpha: Long-term results from the Hudson River estuary
The introduction of invasive bivalves such as the zebra mussel ( Dreissena polymorpha ) can have profound effects on aquatic ecosystems, including...
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Geological and Geochemical Influences on Estuarine Ecosystems
The physical structure of an estuary is governed by geological circumstance and shaped by a combination of river flows, tidal characteristics,...
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Habitat associations of estuarine species: Comparisons of intertidal mudflat, seagrass (Zostera marina), and oyster (Crassostrea gigas) habitats
The complexity of habitat structure created by aquatic vegetation is an important factor determining the diversity and composition of soft-sediment...
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Benthic Impacts of Intertidal Oyster Culture, with Consideration of Taxonomic Sufficiency
An investigation of the impacts from elevated intertidal Pacific oyster culture in a New Zealand estuary showed enhanced sedimentation beneath...
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Modeling seagrass density and distribution in response to changes in turbidity stemming from bivalve filtration and seagrass sediment stabilization
In many areas of the North American mid-Atlantic coast, seagrass beds are either in decline or have disappeared due, in part, to high turbidity that...
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Relating spatial and temporal variability in sediment chlorophylla and carbohydrate distribution with erodibility of a tidal flat
Trends in the spatial distribution of chlorophyll a (chl a ) and colloidal and total carbohydrates on the Molenplaat tidal flat in the Westerschelde...
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The effects of multiple stressors on the balance between autotrophic and heterotrophic processes in an estuarine system
Responses of autotrophic and heterotrophic processes to nutrients and trace elements were examined in a series of experimental estuarine food webs of...
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Element ratios and aquatic food webs
Organic matter is the result of concentrating a few non-metals that are relatively rare in the earth’s crust. Most of these essential elements are in...
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Challenges and opportunities for science in reducing nutrient over-enrichment of coastal ecosystems
Nutrient over-enrichment has resulted in major changes in the coastal ecosystems of developed nations in Europe, North America, Asia, and Oceania,...
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Multiple stressors in an estuarine system: Effects of nutrients, trace elements, and trophic complexity on benthic photosynthesis and respiration
The effects of nutrients, trace elements, and trophic complexity on benthic photosynthesis and respriation were studied in the Paxtuxent River...
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A River Water Quality Model for Chlorophyll and Dissolved Oxygen that Accommodates Zebra Mussel Metabolism
The development, testing and application of a dynamic two-dimensional (longitudinal-vertical) mass balance model for dissolved oxygen (DO) and...
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Use of annular flumes to determine the influence of current velocity and bivalves on material flux at the sediment-water interface
A benthic annular flume for both laboratory and in situ deployment on intertidal mudflats is described. The flume provides a means of quantifying...