Benthic diatom communities have been documented many times to exhibit a predictable
pattern of migration entrained to diurnal and tidal cycles forming transient biofilms in the …

This chapter reviews and synthesizes the current state of knowledge on sources,
transformations, cycling, and fluxes of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in river-estuarine and …

The microphytobenthos consists of unicellular eukaryotic algae and cyanobacteria that grow
within the upper several millimeters of illuminated sediments, typically appearing only as a …

The current perception of estuarine nekton assemblages has been shaped by an emphasis
on transient marine fishes, a focus on commercially harvested species, and a tendency to …

This chapter discusses the factors known to influence the photosynthesis, primary
production and biomass of these two groups of primary producers, and the application of …

ABSTRACT A pulse amplitude modulated fluorometer (PAM) was used to investigate
photosynthetic activity of m~ crophytobenthos on an Intertidal mudflat Spectral~ rradiance …

Estuaries of the southeastern Atlantic coastal plain are dominated by shallow meso-tidal bar-
built systems interspersed with shallow sounds and both low flow coastal plain and high flow …

Transformation of agricultural land to natural terrestrial vegetation has been suggested as a
means to increase soil carbon storage. However, the capacity for carbon storage in …

This study was undertaken to determine the rates and controls ofanaerobic respiration
reactions coupled to organic matter mineralization as afunction of space and time along a …

Satisfying the needs of mitigation for losses of habitat and biological resources demands
further development of ecological theory to improve quantitative predictions of benefits of …