ecosystem functionecosystem servicesestuaryintertidalmappingnutrient removalpollution removalsedimentHumans rely on the natural environment and benefit from the goods and services provided by natural ecosystems. Quantification and mapping of ecosystem services (ES) is required to better protect valued ES ...
View chapter About the book Description Estuarine Ecohydrologyfocuses on the principal components of an estuary. The book demonstrates how one can quantify an estuarine ecosystem's ability to cope with human stresses. The theories, models, and real-world solutions covered will serve as a toolkit for...
Finally, Carriker stated that: “Little is known of the sum of these effects on community structure, but they do emphasize the need to consider benthic organisms in the context of the total ecosystem rather than as an independent benthic biocenose.” This statement, made a third of a ...
de Groot RS, Wilson MA, Boumans RMJ (2002) A typology for the classification, description and valuation of ecosystem functions, goods and services. Ecol Econ 41:393–408 Article Google Scholar de Groot RS, Alkemade R, Braat L, Hein L, Willemen L (2010) Challenges in integrating the co...
In this study, the associations between sponges and rhodoliths were investi- gated in an estuarine ecosystem of the Mexican Pacific based on qualitative and quantitative data. A total of 13 sponge species were identified in five newly discovered rhodolith beds dominated by the non-geniculate ...
Research areas include: Structure and functioning of ecological systems at levels of organisation from the cell to the ecosystem; Numerical modelling of estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems; Physical, chemical and biological responses to natural and anthropogenic changes; Species distribution in relation...
in ecosystem functioning makes meiofauna a valuable tool for environmental assessments) (Heip et al., 1985; Sandulli and de Nicola, 1991; Kennedy and Jacoby, 1999; Schratzberger et al., 2000; Moreno et al., 2008). Assessment of the meiofaunal (mostly nematodes) communities of estuaries often...
much of which remains poorly understood. The impact may vary among different organisms, and changes in keystone species may have a large effect on stability of an ecosystem. Understanding how organisms adapt to environmental shifts is fundamental to evolutionary biology and critical in assessing their...
Estuarine and coastal ecosystem theory, dynamics and modelling; Ecological Network Analysis; Nutrient dynamics and cycling in estuarine and marine ecosystems; Water quality assessments; Coastal fisheries D.J. Burdige Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States Email D.J. Burdigea Chemical...
Multi-proxy evidence of long-term changes in ecosystem structure in a Danish marine estuary, linked to increased nutrient loading Marianne Ellegaard, Annemarie L. Clarke, Nina Reuss, Simon Drew, ... Daniel J. Conley Pages 567-578 Article preview select article Multi-scale spatial variability in ...