Estuarine science: A synthetic approach to research and practice
Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) (2000). Estuarine science: A synthetic approach to research and practice. Island Press: Washington D.C.ISBN 1-55963-700-5. XI, 539 pp.
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| Keywords |
Marine/Coastal; Brackish water |
| Content |
- Hobbie, J.E. (2000). Estuarine science: the key to progress in coastal ecological research, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 1-11, more
- Howarth, R.W.; Jaworski, N.; Swaney, D.P.; Townsend, A.; Billen, G. (2000). Some approaches for assessing human influences on fluxes of nitrogen and organic carbon to estuaries, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 17-41, more
- Vörösmarty, C.J.; Peterson, B.J. (2000). Macro-scale models of water and nutrient flux to the coastal zone, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 43-79, more
- Fisher, T.R.; Correll, D.; Costanza, R.; Hollibaugh, J.T.; Hopkinson Jr., C.S.; Howarth, R.W.; Rabalais, N.N.; Richey, J.E.; Vörösmarty, C.J.; Wiegert, R. (2000). Synthesizing drainage basin inputs to coastal systems, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 81-101, more
- Morris, J.T. (2000). Effects of sea-level anomalies on estuarine processes, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: A synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 107-127, more
- Hoffmann, E.E. (2000). Modeling of estuarine synthesis, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 129-148, more
- Jay, D.A.; Geyer, W.R.; Montgomery, D.R. (2000). An ecological perspective on estuarine classification, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 149-176, more
- Geyer, W.R.; Morris, J.T.; Prahl, F.G.; Jay, D.A. (2000). Interaction between physical processes and ecosystem structure: a comparative approach, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 177-206, more
- Seitzinger, S. (2000). Scaling up: site-specific measurements to global-scale estimates of denitrification, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 211-240, more
- Rabalais, N.N.; Turner, R.E.; Justic, D.; Dortch, Q.; Wiseman Jr., W.J.; Sen Gupta, B.K. (2000). Gulf of Mexico biological system responses to nutrient changes in the Mississippi River, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 241-268, more
- Boynton, W.R.; Kemp, W.M. (2000). Influence of river flow and nutrient loads on selected ecosystem processes, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 269-298, more
- Kremer, J.N.; Kemp, W.M.; Giblin, A.E.; Valiela, I.; Seitzinger, S.P.; Hofmann, E.E. (2000). Linking biogeochemical processes to higher trophic levels, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 299-341, more
- Reed, D.J. (2000). Coastal biogeomorphology: an integrated approach to understanding the evolution, morphology, and sustainability of temperate coastal marshes, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 347-361, more
- Cerco, C.F. (2000). Chesapeake Bay eutrophication model, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 363-404, more
- Demers, E.; Brandt, S.B.; Barry, K.L.; Jech, J.M. (2000). Spatially explicit models of growth rate potential, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 405-425, more
- Simenstad, C.A.; Brandt, S.B.; Chalmers, A.; Dame, R.; Deegan, L.A.; Hodson, R.E.; Houde, E.D. (2000). Habitat-biotic interactions, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 427-455, more
- Costanza, R.; Voinov, A. (2000). Integrated ecological economic regional modeling: linking consensus building and analysis for synthesis and adaptive management, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 461-506, more
- Boesch, D.F.; Burger, J.; D'Elia, C.F.; Reed, D.J.; Scavia, D. (2000). Scientific synthesis in estuarine management, in: Hobbie, J.E. (Ed.) Estuarine science: a synthetic approach to research and practice. pp. 507-526, more
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| Abstract |
Estuaries are the point of convergence for almost the entire array of coastal and ocean environmental issues. Management of these rapidly changing environments requires a whole-system perspective that includes integration of all available knowledge of the ecology, chemistry, and physics of estuaries. Yet estuarine research has been primarily short-term and site-specific, providing few insights that can be generalized and applied to a broader understanding of these complex ecosystems. "Estuarine Science" addresses that problem by presenting examples of synthetic approaches to estuarine science. Leading scientists -- including Donald F. Boesch, W. Rockwell Geyer, Nancy Rabalais, Charles A. Simenstad, and many others -- offer twelve chapters that report on different types of ecological synthesis and summarize the current state of scientific knowledge. Additional chapters examine the adequacy of existing synthesis, and the data and models required for improving the scientific management of estuaries in the coming decade. Each of the book's five sections introduces a major area of estuarine syntheses; highlights key problems about that topic; reports case histories of successful synthesis; and recommends types of data to collect, processes to study, and models to build for a predictive understanding. Sections examine: inputs to estuaries of water, sediment, and nutrients from the drainage basin the coupling of estuarine physics with biogeochemistry and ecology the biogeochemical process in estuaries and their linkages to the food web controls on the distribution and abundance of organisms in the estuary the need for synthesis that would directly improve the scientific management of estuaries. Estuarine Science synthesizes what has been learned from the intensive research in many different estuarine projects around the country. It will be an essential work for professional scientists and graduate students working in coastal or estuarine research, as well as for managers, planners and environmentalists involved with coastal and estuarine issues. |
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