Fish mediate high food web connectivity in the lower reaches of a tropical floodplain river

TD Jardine, BJ Pusey, SK Hamilton, NE Pettit… - Oecologia, 2012 - Springer
High levels of hydrological connectivity during seasonal flooding provide significant
opportunities for movements of fish between rivers and their floodplains, estuaries and the …

Fish track wastewater pollution to estuaries

TA Schlacher, B Liddell, TF Gaston… - Oecologia, 2005 - Springer
Excess nitrogen is a forceful agent of ecological change in coastal waters, and wastewater is
a prominent source of nitrogen. In catchments where multiple sources of nitrogen pollution …

Variations in nitrate isotope composition of wastewater effluents by treatment type in Hong Kong

A Archana, L Li, K Shuh-Ji, B Thibodeau… - Marine pollution …, 2016 - Elsevier
Stable isotopes (δ 15 N, δ 18 O) can serve as tracers for sources of nitrogen in the receiving
environment. Hong Kong discharges~ 3× 10 6 m 3 d− 1 of treated wastewater into the ocean …

Food webs of two intermittently open estuaries receiving 15N-enriched sewage effluent

WL Hadwen, AH Arthington - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2007 - Elsevier
Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures were used to assess the response of food
webs to sewage effluent discharged into two small intermittently open estuaries in northern …

Estuarine fish health assessment: evidence of wastewater impacts based on nitrogen isotopes and histopathology

TA Schlacher, JA Mondon, RM Connolly - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2007 - Elsevier
Sewage effluent is a powerful agent of ecological change in estuaries. While the effects of
sewage pollution on water quality are usually well documented, biological responses of …

Dynamics of an estuarine nursery ground: the spatio-temporal relationship between the river flow and the food web of the juvenile common sole (Solea solea, L.) as …

C Kostecki, F Le Loc'h, JM Roussel, N Desroy… - Journal of Sea …, 2010 - Elsevier
Estuaries are essential fish habitats because they provide nursery grounds for a number of
marine species. Previous studies in the Bay of Vilaine (part of the Bay of Biscay, France) …

Stable isotope evidence for trophic subsidy of coastal benthic fisheries by river discharge plumes off small estuaries

RM Connolly, TA Schlacher, TF Gaston - Marine Biology Research, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Major rivers produce large plumes which subsidize benthic marine food webs. Because
most plumes are smaller, we tested whether these also can link marine food webs with …

δ15N tracks changes in the assimilation of sewage-derived nutrients into a riverine food web before and after major process alterations at two municipal wastewater …

KA Hicks, HA Loomer, MLM Fuzzen, S Kleywegt… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Stable isotopes (δ 15 N and δ 13 C) were used to assess the changes in exposure and
assimilation of sewage-derived nutrients in an aquatic food web following changes in …

Stable isotopes in juvenile marine fishes and their invertebrate prey from the Thames Estuary, UK, and adjacent coastal regions

CDB Leakey, MJ Attrill, S Jennings… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Estuaries are regarded as valuable nursery habitats for many commercially important
marine fishes, potentially providing a thermal resource, refuge from predators and a source …

Tracking the impacts of nutrient inputs on estuary ecosystem function

AL Suzzi, TF Gaston, L McKenzie, D Mazumder… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Estuaries are one of the most impacted coastal environments globally, subjected to multiple
stressors from urban, industry and coastal development. With increasing anthropogenic …