Scientists concerned with organic matter flow and food web structures in aquatic systems
have increasingly realized the potential for using stable isotopes as both natural tracers and …

Research in South African temporarily open/closed estuaries that includes studies on the
hydrodynamics, sediment dynamics, macronutrients, microalgae, macrophytes, zoobenthos …

Estuarine areas are sites of human pressures and degradation. In order to maintain and/or
restore the quality of estuarine ecosystems, it is necessary to describe their structure and …

E-mail: j. tweedley@ murdoch. edu. au 2Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, West
Hoe, Plymouth, PLI 3DH, United KingdomTidal range is a master factor governing the …

Seasonal and spatial variations in water quality parameters, such as nutrients [NH 4+–N, NO
2−–N, NO 3−–N, PO 4 3−–P, total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP)], Secchi disc …

The high degree of physical factors in intertidal estuarine ecosystem increases material
processing between benthic and pelagic compartments. In these ecosystems …

The gross primary production (GPP) of intertidal mudflat microphytobenthos supports
important ecosystem services such as shoreline stabilization and food production, and it …

Microphytobenthos (MPB) from intertidal mudflats are key primary producers at the land–
ocean interface. MPB can be more productive than phytoplankton and sustain both benthic …

Sandy beach ecological theory states that physical features of the beach control
macrobenthic community structure on all but the most dissipative beaches. However, few …

Mecox Bay is a shallow, closed embayment, located on the south shore of Long Island, NY,
which has an inlet that is periodically opened by natural and anthropogenic processes …