Ecosystems at the Land-Sea Margin: Drainage Basin to Coastal Sea

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
 1 
Introduction......Page 7
References......Page 12
Introduction......Page 13
Natural and Current Land-Cover......Page 15
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loadings......Page 20
Land-Cover and Nutrient Management......Page 27
Summary and Conclusions......Page 29
References......Page 30
Abstract......Page 34
Introduction......Page 35
Shoreline Ecosystems at the Interface of the Adriatic Sea......Page 36
Recent Land Use Trends Along the Eastern Margin of the NA......Page 48
Historical Trends of Human Intervention Along Chesapeake Bay Shorelines......Page 56
Shoreline Ecosystems at the Interface of Chesapeake Bay......Page 62
Sea-level Rise in the Chesapeak Ceompared to the Adriatic
......Page 64
Possibilities of Increasing Habitat Protectionat the Land-Sea Interface......Page 72
References......Page 77
Abstract......Page 85
Introduction......Page 86
Chesapeake Bay Circulation......Page 87
The Northern Adriatic Sea......Page 106
Comparisons......Page 125
References......Page 128
Abstract......Page 134
Introduction......Page 135
Freshwater Flow......Page 136
Salinity Distributions......Page 140
Nutrient Distributions and Loads......Page 143
Surface Chlorophyll Concentrations......Page 148
Integrated Chlorophyll as a Measure of Phytoplankton Biomass......Page 153
Primary Productivity......Page 159
Long-Term Trends......Page 162
Conclusions......Page 168
References......Page 171
Introduction......Page 176
Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Dinoflagellate Blooms......Page 177
Physical Processes Responsible for Dinoflagellate Blooms......Page 186
Life Cycle and Bloom Development......Page 194
Toxic Blooms......Page 195
Mucilage Phenomena......Page 197
Conclusions......Page 201
References......Page 203
Introduction......Page 210
Composition of Northern Adriatic and Chesapeake Bay Microzooplankton......Page 212
Spatial and Temporal Patterns......Page 215
Trophic Implications......Page 232
Summary......Page 236
References......Page 237
Introduction......Page 243
Distributions and Effects of Abiotic Factors......Page 246
Ecological Importance......Page 252
References......Page 260
Abstract......Page 265
Environmental Factors......Page 266
Chesapeake Bay......Page 267
Northern Adriatic......Page 269
Chesapeake Bay......Page 270
Northern Adriatic......Page 276
Chesapeake Bay......Page 278
Northern Adriatic......Page 279
Chesapeake Bay......Page 281
Conclusions......Page 285
References......Page 287
Abstract......Page 294
Introduction......Page 295
Study Sites......Page 297
Sources and Deposition of Particulate Organic Matter
......Page 300
Gulf of Trieste......Page 305
Eastern and Western Regions of NA......Page 307
Benthic Primary Production......Page 310
Benthic Respiration and Nutrient Recycling......Page 311
Comparative Analysis of Carbon and Nitrogen P-B Cycling......Page 319
Eutrophication and P-B Coupling......Page 322
Concluding Remarks and Future Directions......Page 327
References......Page 329
Introduction......Page 339
Fisheries Yields and Trends......Page 341
Problems and Concerns......Page 342
Fisheries Resources: Comparisons and Contrasts......Page 347
Productivities, Fishery Yields, and Species Interactions......Page 357
Management Regimes......Page 359
References......Page 361
Human Alterations of the Landscape......Page 365
Physical Setting......Page 367
Direct Expressions of Nutrient Enrichment......Page 368
Indirect Effects of Nutrient Enrichment......Page 371
Fisheries......Page 372
Monitoring and Research in Support of Resource and Environmental Management......Page 373
References......Page 375
List of Contributors......Page 376