Watershed classification predicts streamflow regime and organic carbon dynamics in the Northeast Pacific coastal temperate rainforest

IJW Giesbrecht, SE Tank, GW Frazer… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Watershed classification has long been a key tool in the hydrological sciences, but few
studies have been extended to biogeochemistry. We developed a combined hydro …

Research progress on habitat connectivity in coastal waters: A review

S Gao, W Yu, Z Li, S Zhang, K Fu, N Wang… - Ecohydrology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological connectivity, as a research method related to spatial ecology and conservation
biology, has attracted increasing attention from researchers at home and abroad in recent …

Effects of watershed land use on coastal marine environments: A multiscale exploratory analysis with multiple biogeochemical indicators in fringing coral reefs of …

T Sakamaki, A Morita, S Touyama, Y Watanabe… - Marine pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The analytical spatial scale and selection of biogeochemical indicators affect interpretations
of land-use impacts on coastal marine environments. In this study, nine biogeochemical …

Seasonally and spatially variable organic matter contributions from watershed, marine macrophyte, and pelagic sources to the Northeast Pacific Coastal Ocean …

KA St. Pierre, BPV Hunt, IJW Giesbrecht… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Globally, coastal waters are considered biogeochemical hotspots because they receive,
transform, and integrate materials and waters from both land and the open ocean. Extending …

Marine and not terrestrial resources support nearshore food webs across a gradient of glacial watersheds in the northern Gulf of Alaska

J Schloemer, LA Munk, K Iken - Estuaries and Coasts, 2024 - Springer
Estuaries are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, yet they are at risk in high-
latitude regions due to climate-driven effects on the connected terrestrial and marine realms …

The state of the Salish sea

KL Sobocinski - 2021 - cedar.wwu.edu
This report synthesizes information on past, current, and emerging stressors within the
Salish Sea estuarine ecosystem. The Salish Sea is a complex waterbody shared by Coast …

Influence of Environmental Conditions on Mytilus trossulus Size Frequency Distributions in Two Glacially Influenced Estuaries

A LaBarre, B Konar, K Iken - Estuaries and Coasts, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Pacific blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus) is a foundation species in high-latitude
intertidal and estuarine systems that creates complex habitats, provides sediment stability, is …

Trophic structure of key taxa in rocky intertidal communities in two contrasting high-latitude environments

D Siegert, B Konar, MR Lindeberg, S Saupe… - Deep Sea Research Part …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastal ecosystems in high latitudes are increasingly impacted by glacial melt and river
discharge due to climate change. One way to understand ecosystem responses to these …

Ocean connectivity drives trophic support for consumers in an intermittently closed coastal lagoon

M Young, F Feyrer, D Fong, R Johnson, T Kraus… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Estuarine food webs are complex, as marine, freshwater, and terrestrial inputs combine and
contribute variable amounts of organic material. Seasonal fluctuations in precipitation …

Benthic macroinvertebrate response to estuarine emergent marsh restoration across a delta-wide environmental gradient

SP Rubin, MJ Davis, EE Grossman, I Woo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Benthic invertebrates play vital roles in estuarine ecosystems, but like other taxa they have
been excluded from former marshlands by diking and land use conversion. Dike removal is …