Estuarine Ecology

Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems on the planet--critical to the life cycles of fish, other aquatic animals, and the creatures which feed on them. Estuarine Ecology, Second Edition, covers the physical and chemical aspects of estuaries, the biology and ecology of key organisms, the flow of organic matter through estuaries, and human interactions, such as the environmental impact of fisheries on estuaries and the effects of global climate change on these important ecosystems. Authored by a team of world experts from the estuarine science community, this long-awaited, full-color edition includes new chapters covering phytoplankton, seagrasses, coastal marshes, mangroves, benthic algae, Integrated Coastal Zone Management techniques, and the effects of global climate change. It also features an entriely new section on estuarine ecosystem processes, trophic webs, ecosystem metabolism, and the interactions between estuaries and other ecosystems such as wetlands and marshes

Estuaries are among the most biologically productive ecosystems on the planet--critical to the life cycles of fish, other aquatic animals, and the creatures which feed on them. Estuarine Ecology, Second Edition, covers the physical and chemical aspects of estuaries, the biology and ecology of key organisms, the flow of organic matter through estuaries, and human interactions, such as the environmental impact of fisheries on estuaries and the effects of global climate change on these important ecosystems.Authored by a team of world experts from the estuarine science community, this long-awaited, full-color edition includes new chapters covering phytoplankton, seagrasses, coastal marshes, mangroves, benthic algae, Integrated Coastal Zone Management techniques, and the effects of global climate change. It also features an entriely new section on estuarine ecosystem processes, trophic webs, ecosystem metabolism, and the interactions between estuaries and other ecosystems such as wetlands and marshes

Preface ixAcknowledgments xiContributors xiiiChapter One Introduction to Estuarine Ecology 1John W. Day Jr., Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, W. Michael Kemp, and Byron C. CrumpChapter Two Estuarine Geomorphology and Coastal Hydrology 19Gregg A. Snedden, Jaye E. Cable, and Björn KjerfveChapter Three Estuarine Chemistry 39Thomas S. BianchiChapter Four Estuarine Phytoplankton 85Hans W. Paerl and Dubravko JusticChapter Five Seagrass and Related Submersed Vascular Plants 111Jens Borum, Renee K. Gruber, and W. Michael KempChapter Six Coastal Marshes 129Carles Ibáñez, James T. Morris, Irving A. Mendelssohn, and John W. Day Jr.Chapter Seven Mangrove Wetlands 165Robert R. Twilley and John W. Day Jr.Chapter Eight Estuarine Benthic Algae 203Karen J. McGlathery, Kristina Sundbck, and Peggy FongChapter Nine Estuarine Microbial Ecology 235Linda K. Blum and Aaron L. MillsChapter Ten Estuarine Microbial Food Webs 263Byron C. Crump, Hugh W. Ducklow, and John E. HobbieChapter Eleven Estuarine Zooplankton 285Mark C. BenfieldChapter Twelve Estuarine Benthos 303James G. Wilson and John W. FleegerChapter Thirteen Estuarine Nekton 327James H. Cowan Jr., Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, Patricia Sánchez-Gil, and Linda A. DeeganChapter Fourteen The Ecology of Estuarine Wildlife 357Russell GreenbergChapter Fifteen Ecosystem Metabolism 381Jeremy M. Testa, W. Michael Kemp, Charles S. Hopkinson Jr., and Stephen V. SmithChapter Sixteen Estuarine Food Webs 417James D. Hagy III and W. Michael KempChapter Seventeen Budget Analyses of Estuarine Ecosystems 443Walter R. Boynton and Scott W. NixonChapter Eighteen Fisheries in Lagoon-Estuarine Ecosystems 465Daniel Pauly and Alejandro Yáñez-ArancibiaChapter Nineteen Human Impact and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems 483John W. Day Jr., Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, and W. Michael KempChapter Twenty Global Climate Change and Estuarine Systems 497John M. Rybczyk, John W. Day Jr., Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, and James H. Cowan Jr.Chapter Twenty-One Estuarine Ecological Modeling 519Enrique Reyes, Kenneth Rose, and Dubravko JusticIndex 537