Transport time scales such as flushing time and residence time are often used to explain
variability in phytoplankton biomass. In many cases, empirical data are consistent with a …

In this article, we describe the use of diagnostic timescales as simple tools for illuminating
how aquatic ecosystems work, with a focus on coastal systems such as estuaries, lagoons …

California’ s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is widely perceived to be in crisis today: its
levee system is fragile, many of its native species are declining rapidly, and it lacks strong …

The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) is a major component of the River Minho
estuary, almost completely dominating the benthic biomass. As part of a major study into the …

Key features: Captures the historic context and recent developments in science and policy
arenas that address the potential for coastal wetlands to be considered as significant …

Similar to many large river valleys globally, the Sacramento River Valley has been
extensively drained and leveed, hydrologically divorcing river channels from most …

We evaluated rates of carbon and nitrogen ingestion from particulate organic matter and
dissolved inorganic nitrogen excretion by six common sponge species from Mediterranean …

High variability in environmental conditions in both space and time once made the upper
San Francisco Estuary (the Estuary) highly productive for native biota. Present conditions …

The import of resources (food, nutrients) sustains biological production and food webs in
resource-limited habitats. Resource export from donor habitats subsidizes production in …

We estimated the influence of planktonic and benthic grazing on phytoplankton in the
strongly tidal, river-dominated northern San Francisco Estuary using data from an intensive …