Estuaries
Subtitle: classification, ecology, and human impacts
By: editor, Steve Jordan
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781619420830
Subjects: Estuaries; Estuarine area conservation; Estuarine ecology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Introduction and Classification; title: Introduction to Estuaries / S.J. Jordan; title: Classification for Estuarine Ecosystems : A Review and Comparison of Selected Classification Systems / J. Kurtz, J. Hagy; title: pt. 2. Ecology; title: Tagus Estuary Salt Marshes Structure and Dynamics : An Historical Perspective / I. Caçador, B. Duarte; title: Habitat Function of a Restored Salt Marsh / D. Vivian, C.F. Rakocinski, M.S. Peterson; title: Contribution of Estuarine Habitats to Major Fisheries / S.J. Jordan, M.S. Peterson; title: Carbon Cycling in Estuaries / J. Mukherjee, M. Roy, S. Ray; title: pt. 3. Human Impacts; title: Long-term Nitrate Transport through Watersheds to Estuaries / G. Seaver; title: Contaminants in Estuaries in Relation to Human Activities / L. Bartolomé, N. Etxebarria, J.C. Raposo; title: Long-term Monitoring of Trace Elements in Estuarine Waters, a Case Study : the Estuary of the Nerbioi-Ibaizabal River (Bilbao, Basque Country) / A. Gredilla, S.F. de Vallejuelo, G. Arana, A. de Diego, J.M. Madariaga; title: An Estuarine Ecosystem Model : Tokyo Bay Case Study / A. Sohma; title: pt. 4. Management and Decision-Making; title: The National Coastal Assessment : The Ecosystem Condition of U.S. Estuaries / J.K. Summers, V.D. Engle, L.M. Smith, L.M. Harwell, J.M. Macauley, J.E. Harvey; title: Storms and Sea Level Rise : Modeling Impacts on Estuaries and Coasts / M. Rajabalinejad, Z. Demirbilek; title: Formal Decision Analysis for Managing Ecosystem Services of Estuaries / J. Carriger, W.H. Benson; title: Synthesis : Estuaries under Stress / S.J. Jordan; title: Author Profiles; title: Glossary of Scientific Names and Technical Terms.