The Estuary as a Filter
- 1st Edition - December 18, 1984
- Editor: Victor S Kennedy
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 7 4 3 - 1
The Estuary as a Filter contains the proceedings of the Estuarine Research Federation’s seventh biennial conference at Virginia Beach, Virginia, in late October, 1983. In five… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Estuary as a Filter contains the proceedings of the Estuarine Research Federation’s seventh biennial conference at Virginia Beach, Virginia, in late October, 1983. In five invited sessions, scientists and managers considered the physical, geological, chemical-geochemical, and biological processes involved in the ""filtering"" role of estuaries and reflected on management implications of these matters. Most of their presentations and reflections are included in this book in order to demonstrate what is known and what needs to be explored further. The papers in this volume are grouped as they were presented at the conference. Thus, physical oceanographers begin the work by considering turbulence, mixing, and circulation processes in estuaries. Geologists then examine estuarine sedimentation, including the roles of flocculation and bioturbation in accelerating this process. Chemists and geochemists describe the interactions among and effects of inputs of nutrients, metals, and organic matter into estuaries, and the fate of radionuclides in these systems. Biological and biochemical processes involving surface foam, microbes, sea grasses, and wetlands are considered, along with carefully derived nutrient budgets of selected estuarine regions. Finally, some of the problems facing managers of estuarine ecosystems in three areas of the United States are described, along with the success story of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Thames Estuary in England.
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
The Estuary as a Filter: an Introduction
Physical Processes
Turbulence and Mixing in Estuaries
Vertical Variations in Residual Current Response to Meteorological Forcing in the Mid-Chesapeake Bay
Transport Variability in a Fjord
Geological Processes
The Estuary as a Filter for Fine-Grained Suspended Sediment
The Estuary as a Sediment Trap: Alternate Approaches to Estimating Its Filtering Efficiency
Recent Sedimentation Rates in Chesapeake Bay
The Role of Flocculation in the Filtering of Particulate Matter in Estuaries
Chemical—Geochemical Processes
The Fates of Uranium and Thorium Decay Series Nuclides in the Estuarine Environment
Response of Northern San Francisco Bay to Riverine Inputs of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, Silicon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus
The Estuarine Interaction of Nutrients, Organics, and Metals: a Case Study in the Delaware Estuary
Biological Processes
Estuarine Total System Metabolism and Organic Exchange Calculated from Nutrient Ratios: an Example from Narragansett Bay
Anthropogenic Nitrogen Loading and Assimilation Capacity of the Hudson River Estuarine System, USA
The Estuary Extended—a Recipient-System Study of Estuarine Outwelling in Georgia
Surface Foam Chemistry and Productivity in the Duckabush River Estuary, Puget Sound, Washington
Microbiological Changes Occurring at the Freshwater-Seawater Interface of the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina
Influences of Submersed Vascular Plants on Ecological Processes in Upper Chesapeake Bay
The Seagrass Filter: Purification of Estuarine and Coastal Waters
Biological and Physical Filtering in Arid-Region Estuaries: Seasonality, Extreme Events, and Effects of Watershed Modification
Management Implications
Assessing and Managing Effects of Reduced Freshwater Inflow to Two Texas Estuaries
Deterioration of Coastal Environments in the Mississippi Deltaic Plain: Options for Management
An Environmental Characterization of Chesapeake Bay and a Framework for Action
Environmental Impact of Pollution Controls on the Thames Estuary, United Kingdom
Index
- No. of pages: 528
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 18, 1984
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483277431
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