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Bee diversity patterns in coastal Amazonia: effects of local habitat and landscape heterogeneity
Estuarine floodplain forests and mangroves play an important ecological role in nature. Little is known, however, about the contribution of these...
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Biodegradation of diethyl-phthalate (DEP) by halotolerant bacteria isolated from an estuarine environment
Phthalates are widely used as plasticizers in many industrial products due to their chemical properties that confer flexibility and durability to...
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Feeding habits and microplastic ingestion of short mackerel, Rastrelliger brachysoma, in a tropical estuarine environment
This study aimed to assess diet characteristics and ingestion of microplastics (MPs) by short mackerel ( Rastrelliger brachysoma ) based on fish size,...
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Foraging areas of Orlog’s gulls in an estuarine ecosystem of Argentina: are they underprotected?
Worldwide, seabird populations are facing significant declines due to various threats, making them valuable bioindicators of marine ecosystem...
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Depicting Temporal, Functional, and Phylogenetic Patterns in Estuarine Diazotrophic Communities from Environmental DNA and RNA
Seasonally nitrogen-limited and phosphorus-replete temperate coastal waters generally host dense and diverse diazotrophic communities. Despite...
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Do beds of subtidal estuarine seagrass constitute a refuge for macrobenthic biodiversity threatened intertidally?
Biodiversity differentials between macrobenthic assemblages associated with adjacent intertidal and subtidal areas of a single seagrass system were...
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Getting from Sea to Nurseries: Considering Tidal Dynamics of Juvenile Habitat Distribution and Connectivity in a Highly Modified Estuarine Riverscape
Productive and ecologically highly valuable ecosystems, macrotidal estuaries are also characterised by complex habitat and connectivity dynamics...
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Two new species of Acusicola Cressey, 1970 (Copepoda:Cyclopoida: Ergasilidae) parasitic on the gills of two estuarine actinopterygians off Brazil
Two new species of copepods assigned to the genus Acusicola Cressey, 1970 (Cyclopoida: Ergasilidae) are proposed based on post-metamorphic adult...
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Diversity and salinity adaptations of ammonia oxidizing archaea in three estuaries of China
AbstractAmmonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are ubiquitously found in diverse habitats and play pivotal roles in the nitrogen and carbon cycle,...
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Occurrence and role of virioplankton in a tropical estuarine system
Only a few studies have reported on viral dynamics in estuarine environments, and the factors regulating viral ecology are not well known. We herein...
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Seasonal and El Niño Southern Oscillation-driven variations in isotopic and elemental patterns among estuarine primary producers: implications for ecological studies
Estuaries are complex systems where environmental fluctuations occur over distinct timescales due to local meteorological and large-scale climatic...
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The timing of anadromous bull trout migrations in estuarine and marine waters of Puget Sound, Washington
The timing of anadromous migrations varies greatly among species, reflecting foraging opportunities, predation risk, and physical factors in...
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Spatio-temporal patterns in the distribution of juvenile elasmobranchs in a tropical Indian Ocean estuary, Zuari- India
Estuarine and coastal ecosystems act as important habitats for several elasmobranchs. However, little is known about the species, spatial and...
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Riverscale distribution of zooplankton in the St. Lawrence River in relation to hydrological networks, hydroperiods and local environmental gradients
We studied the community structure of crustacean zooplankton along the biogeographical zones of the St. Lawrence River (Québec, Canada), to evaluate...
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Patterns and consequences of life history diversity in salinity exposure of an estuarine dependent fish
While it is common knowledge that Red Drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ) inhabit oligohaline waters (salinity <5), lifetime reconstructions of salinity...
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Fish community structure of two adjacent poorly known permanently open tropical estuaries Valapattanam and Dharmadam from the western coast of India
The estuaries along the west coast of India provide fishery resources to sustain the livelihood of many traditional fishermen along the coast....
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Predation risk increases in estuarine bivalves stressed by low salinity
Salinity drops in estuaries after heavy rains are expected to increase in frequency and intensity over the next decades, with physiological and...
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Estuarine Environmental Monitoring Programs: Long-Term Studies
Monitoring programs are evaluation procedures designed to assess the state and evolution of a system over time. In particular, environmental...
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Effects of Ecological Restoration on Trophic Dynamics in Estuarine Wetlands
Ecological restoration actions to improve hydrologic conditions, including the construction of levees and freshwater release have been widely used to...
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Aquatic Macrophytes and Wetlands
This chapter provides a definition of the wetland types where the aquatic macrophytes described in this Atlas occur. There are also wetlands where...