Science of Ecosystem-Based Management : Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century

by Costa-Pierce, Barry A.

• ISBN13: 9780387352985
• ISBN10: 0387352988
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-28
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

In the U.S., approximately two-thirds of the coastal rivers and bays are moderately to severely degraded from nutrient pollution. The contributors to this book use long-term data sets to discuss the interactions among biological, ecological, chemical, and physical processes, and discuss what is known about nutrient inputs to the bay ecosystem, the impacts related to nutrient inputs, and how the ecosystem might respond to a sudden reduction in these inputs.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xv
Geologic and Contemporary Landscapes of the Narragansett Bay Ecosystem	p. 1
Narragansett Bay Amidst a Globally Changing Climate	p. 35
Estimating Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the Northeastern United States: Relevance to Narragansett Bay	p. 47
Groundwater Nitrogen Transport and Input along the Narragansett Bay Coastal Margin	p. 67
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Inputs to Narragansett Bay: Past, Present, and Future	p. 101
Nitrogen Inputs to Narragansett Bay: An Historical Perspective	p. 177
Anthropogenic Eutrophication of Narragansett Bay: Evidence from Dated Sediment Cores	p. 211
Circulation and Transport Dynamics in Narragansett Bay	p. 233
Critical Issues for Circulation Modeling of Narragansett Bay and Mount Hope Bay	p. 281
The Dynamics of Water Exchange Between Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound	p. 301
Summer Bottom Water Dissolved Oxygen in Upper Narragansett Bay	p. 325
Evidence of Ecological Impacts from Excess Nutrients in Upper Narragansett Bay	p. 349
An Ecosystem-based Perspective of Mount Hope Bay	p. 383
Natural Viral Communities in the Narragansett Bay Ecosystem	p. 419
Nutrient and Plankton Dynamics in Narragansett Bay	p. 431
Narragansett Bay Ctenophore-Zooplankton-Phytoplankton Dynamics in a Changing Climate	p. 485
Coastal Salt Marsh Community Change in Narragansett Bay in Response to Cultural Eutrophication	p. 499
Impacts of Nutrients on Narragansett Bay Productivity: A Gradient Approach	p. 523
An "Ecofunctional" Approach to Ecosystem-based Management for Narragansett Bay	p. 545
Index	p. 563
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