Summary

This textbook covers the physical and chemical aspects of estuaries, the biology and ecology of key organisms, the flow of organic matter through estuaries, and human interactions, such as the environmental impact of fisheries on estuaries and the effects of global climate change on these important ecosystems. Each chapter will begin with basic concepts and then move on to describing applications and current practice. This new edition is being authored by a team of world experts from the estuarine science community.

Author Biography

John W. Day, Jr. is a Distinguished Professor in the Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences and the Coastal Ecology Institute at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

Byron C. Crump is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, Maryland

W. Michael Kemp is a Professor at Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore

Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia is a Research Scientist and Full Professor as well as Head of the Program of Coastal Resources at the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL), Mexico

Preface, ix

Acknowledgments, xi

Contributors, xiii

CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Estuarine Ecology 1
John W. Day Jr., Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia, W. Michael Kemp, and Byron C. Crump

CHAPTER TWO Estuarine Geomorphology and Coastal Hydrology 19
Gregg A. Snedden, Jaye E. Cable, and Bjorn Kjerfve

CHAPTER THREE Estuarine Chemistry 39
Thomas S. Bianchi

CHAPTER FOUR Estuarine Phytoplankton 85
Hans W. Paerl and Dubravko Justic

CHAPTER FIVE Seagrass and Related Submersed Vascular Plants 111
Jens Borum, Renee K. Gruber, and W. Michael Kemp

CHAPTER SIX Coastal Marshes 129
Carles Ibanez, James T. Morris, Irving A. Mendelssohn, and John W. Day Jr.

CHAPTER SEVEN Mangrove Wetlands 165
Robert R. Twilley and John W. Day Jr.

CHAPTER EIGHT Estuarine Benthic Algae 203
Karen J. McGlathery, Kristina Sundback, and Peggy Fong

CHAPTER NINE Estuarine Microbial Ecology 235
Linda K. Blum and Aaron L. Mills

CHAPTER TEN Estuarine Microbial Food Webs 263
Byron C. Crump, Hugh W. Ducklow, and John E. Hobbie

CHAPTER ELEVEN Estuarine Zooplankton 285
Mark C. Benfield

CHAPTER TWELVE Estuarine Benthos 303
James G. Wilson and John W. Fleeger

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Estuarine Nekton 327
James H. Cowan Jr., Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia, Patricia Sanchez-Gil, and Linda A. Deegan

CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Ecology of Estuarine Wildlife 357
Russell Greenberg

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Ecosystem Metabolism 381
Jeremy M. Testa, W. Michael Kemp, Charles S. Hopkinson Jr., and Stephen V. Smith

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Estuarine Food Webs 417
James D. Hagy III and W. Michael Kemp

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Budget Analyses of Estuarine Ecosystems 443
Walter R. Boynton and Scott W. Nixon

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Fisheries in Lagoon-Estuarine Ecosystems 465
Daniel Pauly and Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia

CHAPTER NINETEEN Human Impact and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems 483
John W. Day Jr., Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia, and W. Michael Kemp

CHAPTER TWENTY Global Climate Change and Estuarine Systems 497
John M. Rybczyk, John W. Day Jr., Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia, and James H. Cowan Jr.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Estuarine Ecological Modeling 519
Enrique Reyes, Kenneth Rose, and Dubravko Justic

Index, 537

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