Trophic Organization in Coastal SystemsCRC Press, 23.12.2002 - 408 Seiten Derived from an unprecedented research effort covering over 70 field years of field data in a series of studies, Trophic Organization in Coastal Systems represents an alternative approach to coastal research that has been successfully applied to coastal resource management issues. This unique book is based upon a sequence of long-term, interdiscipl |
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The Northeast Gulf of Mexico | 11 |
LongTerm Studies Northeastern Gulf of Mexico | 25 |
Trophic Organization in Gulf Coastal Systems | 29 |
Structural Components of Trophic Organization | 53 |
Coastal Phytoplankton Organization | 89 |
Food Web Response to Plankton Blooms | 153 |
Comparative Aspects of Trophic Organization | 173 |
Ecosystem Studies Approaches and Methods | 265 |
Conclusions | 271 |
Summary of Results | 279 |
FieldLaboratory Methods Used for the CARRMA Studies 1971 through 2002 | 295 |
Trophic Organization of Infaunal and Epibenthic Macroinvertebrates and Fishes | 313 |
Statistical Analyses Used in the LongTerm Studies of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico 1971 through 2002 | 345 |
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1992 through March ammonia ammonia loading analyses Apalachee Bay Apalachicola Bay Apalachicola estuary Apalachicola River Apalachicola system aquatic averaged by month benthic biological biomass bloom species carnivores Choctawhatchee Bay coastal areas coastal systems Cyclotella choctawhatcheeana Prasad data were averaged data were given Detritivore diatoms dinoflagellates distribution dominant drought East Bay Econfina and Fenholloway ecosystem Elevenmile Creek environmental estuary factors Fenholloway system Figure fishes Florida food web food webs freshwater grass beds Gulf habitat herbivores increased indicated infaunal infaunal macroinvertebrates interannual invertebrates Livingston long-term lower bay macroinvertebrates mercury monthly numbers numerical abundance nutrient loading omnivores orthophosphate loading oyster Pensacola Bay Pensacola Bay system Perdido Bay Perdido River Perdido system period phytoplankton phytoplankton blooms plankton blooms populations predation primary carnivores primary productivity pupa ratios reduced relatively river flow runoff salinity sampling sea grass seasonal sediments shrimp species richness station ML studies toxic trophic organization upper bay variables water quality