Estuaries host unique biodiversity and deliver a range of ecosystem services at the interface
between catchment and the ocean. They are also among the most degraded ecosystems on …

Population and development pressures increase the need for proactive strategic
management on a regional or country-wide scale–reactively protecting ecosystems on an …

Temporarily closed estuaries require seasonal opening to tidal flows to maintain normal
ecological processes. Each estuary has specific environmental flow (EFlow) requirements …

The impact of agricultural and anthropogenic activities can play a significant role in heavy
metal precipitation and transport in water. Human activities along two rivers: the Palmiet and …

The river–lake ecotone supports diverse aquatic life, but its food web structure and topology
are poorly understood. Baiyangdian Lake, northern China's largest shallow lake, depends …

This paper presents an environmental flow methodology that was developed to
accommodate shallow, highly dynamic micro-tidal estuaries found along the wave …

Increased nutrient loading associated with rapid population growth is the leading cause of
deteriorating water quality in urbanized estuaries globally. Small estuaries are particularly …

The southern California coastline hosts low-inflow estuaries that have mouths that
periodically close. Low-inflow estuaries can become hypoxic and are then often opened …

Temporarily open-closed estuaries and estuarine lagoons are among the most complex
aquatic ecosystems, prone to undergo rapid changes in response to global change and …

Freshwater abstraction for human activities threatens the health and provisioning of
ecosystem services supplied by aquatic ecosystems. Estuaries are sensitive to a reduction …