Eutrophication of Chesapeake Bay: historical trends and ecological interactions

WM Kemp, WR Boynton, JE Adolf, DF Boesch… - … ecology progress series, 2005 - int-res.com
This review provides an integrated synthesis with timelines and evaluations of ecological
responses to eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the USA. Analyses of …

Effects of air pollution on ecosystems and biological diversity in the eastern United States

GM Lovett, TH Tear, DC Evers… - Annals of the New …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation organizations have most often focused on land‐use change, climate change,
and invasive species as prime threats to biodiversity conservation. Although air pollution is …

[图书][B] Wetland plants: biology and ecology

JK Cronk, MS Fennessy - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
A detailed account of the biology and ecology of vascular wetland plants and their
applications in wetland plant science, Wetland Plants: Biology and Ecology presents a …

Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay

RG Najjar, CR Pyke, MB Adams, D Breitburg… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2010 - Elsevier
We review current understanding of the potential impact of climate change on the
Chesapeake Bay. Scenarios for CO2 emissions indicate that by the end of the 21st century …

An integrated methodology for assessment of estuarine trophic status

SB Bricker, JG Ferreira, T Simas - Ecological modelling, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper describes an integrated methodology for the Assessment of Estuarine Trophic
Status (ASSETS), which may be applied comparatively to rank the eutrophication status of …

Quantifying eelgrass habitat loss in relation to housing development and nitrogen loading in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts

FT Short, DM Burdick - Estuaries, 1996 - Springer
Change analysis of eelgrass distribution in Waquoit Bay demonstrated a rapid decline of
eelgrass habitat between 1987 and 1992. Aerial photography and ground-truth …

Seasonal movements, migratory behavior, and site fidelity of West Indian manatees along the Atlantic coast of the United States

CJ Deutsch, JP Reid, RK Bonde, DE Easton… - Wildlife …, 2003 - JSTOR
The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is endangered by human activities
throughout its range, including the US Atlantic coast where habitat degradation from coastal …

The root/rhizome system of seagrasses: an asset and a burden

MA Hemminga - Journal of Sea Research, 1998 - Elsevier
Large-scale declines in seagrass vegetation have been frequently observed in recent
decades. Many of these declines can be traced to the reduction of light levels in the water …

Seasonal pulses of turbidity and their relations to eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) survival in an estuary

KA Moore, RL Wetzel, RJ Orth - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology …, 1997 - Elsevier
The light environment of one Chesapeake Bay tributary where seagrasses have decreased
in abundance was described using both continuous and discrete measures of irradiance …

Habitat requirements for submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay: Water quality, light regime, and physical-chemical factors

W Michael Kemp, R Batleson, P Bergstrom, V Carter… - Estuaries, 2004 - Springer
We developed an algorithm for calculating habitat suitability for seagrasses and related
submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) at coastal sites where monitoring data are available for …