Spatiotemporal patterns in the basal resources fueling the macrobenthic food web of a
temperate coastal embayment subject to a low-turbidity riverine discharge (Gwangyang Bay …

The addition of excess nutrients into a system is a widespread problem in estuaries
throughout much of the world. To combat this trend, many management agencies are …

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, has been heavily influenced by anthropogenic nutrients for
more than 200 years. Recent efforts to improve water quality have cut sewage nitrogen (N) …

Benthic invertebrates support numerous ecosystem functions and services including
shellfish production, energy flow to fishes, and biogeochemical cycles. The decline of …

Because the rise of cities in North America was much later than in many other parts of the
world, their connections to the hinterland were influenced early in their development by …

Estuaries and lakes are undergoing anthropogenic alterations as development and industry
intensify in the modern world. Assessing the ecological health of such water bodies is …

Turbidity is a water quality parameter that is known to adversely affect aquatic systems,
however the causes of turbid water are often elusive. We present results of a study designed …

Narragansett Bay is representative of New England, USA urbanized estuaries, with
colonization in the early 17th century, and development into industrial and transportation …

Salem, MA, located north of Boston, has a rich, well-documented history dating back to
settlement in 1626 ce, but the associated anthropogenic impacts on Salem Sound are poorly …

Increased inputs of nutrients including nitrogen from agricultural runoff, urbanization and
suburbanization have resulted in degradation of water quality, including increased …