A method to assess the freshwater inflow requirements of estuaries and application to the Mtata estuary, South AfricaSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 25 - Trang 1382-1393 - 2002
J. B. Adams, G. C. Bate, T. D. Harrison, P. Huizinga, S. Taljaard, L. van Niekerk, E. E. Plumstead, A. K. Whitfield, T. H. Wooldridge
The National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) in South Africa recognizes basic human
water requirements as well as the need to sustain the country's freshwater and
estuarine ecosystems in a healthy condition for present as well as future
generations. In this Act, provision is made for a water reserve to be estimated
prior to the authorization of water use (e.g., for agriculture, large volume
residential... hiện toàn bộ
A portable suction dredge for quantitative sampling in difficult substratesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 2 - Trang 54-58 - 1979
Iver M. Brook
A lightweight, portable suction dredge has been used for five bottom types which
usually present problems to benthic investigators. Water depth ranged from 0.25
m to 5 m. By use of a 0.25 m2 quadrat or using the suction end as a probe with
the depth of penetration limited by a collar, quantitative samples were taken in
coarse sand, fine flocculent mud, dense turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum),
sp... hiện toàn bộ
Wetland loss in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Multiple working hypothesesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 20 - Trang 1-13 - 1997
R. E. Turner
I examined four hypotheses about causes for the dramatically high coastal
wetland losses (0.86% yr−1) in the northern Gulf of Mexico: an extensive dredged
canal and spoil bank network, a decline in sediments in the Mississippi River
during the 1950s, Mississippi River navigation and flood protection levees, and
salinity changes. Natural factors contributing to these habitat changes include
eustati... hiện toàn bộ
Estuarine benthos: Long-term community structure variations, corpus Christi Bay, TexasSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 6 - Trang 126-141 - 1983
R. W. Flint, J. A. Younk
A study of the benthic communities in Corpus Christi Bay was carried out between
1974 and 1979 to identify both natural and human-induced variations in community
dynamics of the benthos over a long time period of monthly samples collection.
General results of the investigation were comparable to previous shorter-term
studies of this estuary in respect to species list of dominant fauna, total
densi... hiện toàn bộ
Effects of salinity on NH4 + adsorption capacity, nitrification, and denitrification in Danish estuarine sedimentsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 22 - Trang 21-30 - 1999
Søren Rysgaard, Peter Thastum, Tage Dalsgaard, Peter Bondo Christensen, Niels P. Sloth
The regulatory effect of salinity on nitrogen dynamics in estuarine sediments
was investigated in the Randers Fjord estuary, Denmark, using sediment slurries
and intact sediment cores and applying 15N-isotope techniques. Sediment was
sampled at three representative stations varying in salinity, and all
experiments were run at 0‰, 10‰, 20‰, and 30‰. The sediment NH4 + adsorption
capacity decreased ... hiện toàn bộ
Food availability and the feeding ecology of ichthyofauna of a Ria Formosa (South Portugal) water reservoirSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 26 - Trang 938-948 - 2003
Sofia Gamito, Ana Pires, Cristina Pita, Karim Erzini
The feeding habits of several fish species in a water reservoir of the Ria
Formosa, Portugal, that has similar ecological characteristics to the outside
tidal channels, were studied and compared with food availability. The gilthead
seabream (Sparus aurata), the most abundant fish species, mainly selected
gastropods and bivalves, although occasionally fish and small crustaceans such
as tanaids, ost... hiện toàn bộ