Eutrophication processes in coastal systems : origin and succession of plankton blooms and effects on secondary production in Gulf Coast estuaries / Robert J. Livingston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingston, Robert J.

Series:

Marine science series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine eutrophication--Mexico, Gulf of.

Marine eutrophication.

Coastal ecology--Mexico, Gulf of.

Coastal ecology.

Estuarine ecology--Mexico, Gulf of.

Estuarine ecology.

Physical Description:

327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, [2001]

Summary:

This unique book is the culmination of the most advanced study to date on how coastal systems work. Based on a long-term, interdisciplinary study, this work takes an integrated ecosystem analysis of the eutrophication process - one of the most pressing problems in the environmental and marine sciences. This book provides a comprehensive and current assessment of marine eutrophication processes and details the response of estuarine and coastal systems to natural and anthropogenous nutrient loading.

Contents:

I. Eutrophication Processes 1

II. Aspects of Excessive Nutrient Loading to Estuaries 3

III. Plankton Response to Nutrient Loading 4

IV. Phytoplankton Blooms and the HAB Concept 5

V. Natural History of HABs 6

VI. Phytoplankton as Indicators of Water Quality 7

VII. Food Web Response to Nutrient Loading 9

Chapter 2 Northeast Gulf of Mexico

I. Physiography 11

II. Regional Geology 14

III. Climate 17

A. Temperature 17

B. Precipitation 18

C. Wind 20

IV. River Flow 21

V. Tides 22

VI. Aquatic Habitats 22

Chapter 3 Primary Study Sites

I. Apalachee Bay (Econfina and Fenholloway River-Estuaries) 26

II. Apalachicola River and Bay System 27

III. The Choctawhatchee River and Bay System 29

IV. The Pensacola River and Bay System 31

V. The Perdido River and Bay System 33

Chapter 4 The Perdido Bay System: Eutrophication Processes and Plankton Blooms

A. The Perdido Bay Study 38

B. Phytoplankton Bloom Status 39

II. River Flow Trends 40

A. Seasonal and Interannual River Flow Patterns 41

B. Riverine Influence on Bay Stratification and Flushing 42

III. Nutrient Dynamics 44

A. Nutrient Loading 44

B. Nutrient Concentration Gradients 49

C. Nutrient Limitation 51

IV. Sediment Quality 56

B. Physical Characteristics and Liquid Mud 57

C. Sediment Nutrients 58

D. Stable Isotope Analyses of Carbon Cycling 63

E. Toxic Agents 64

V. Water Quality: Spatial/Temporal Trends 65

B. Temperature and Salinity 68

C. Color, Turbidity, and Secchi Depths 69

D. Light Distribution and Primary Productivity 70

E. Dissolved Oxygen, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, and pH 72

F. Nutrients and Chlorophyll a 76

VI. Long-Term Phytoplankton Trends in Perdido Bay 81

B. Chronology of Phytoplankton Trends in Perdido Bay 85

C. Bloom Species 91

D. Long-Term Changes at the Division/Class Level 100

E. Silica and Diatom Abundance 104

F. Net Phytoplankton and Zooplankton 106

G. Whole-Water Phytoplankton 110

1. Long-Term Changes in Phytoplankton Distribution 110

2. Plankton Response to Nutrient Loading 118

H. Phytoplankton Blooms and the Benthic Microalgae 121

I. Phytoplankton Blooms and Water Quality 137

2. Long-Term Water Quality Trends 137

3. Phytoplankton Blooms and Chlorophyll a 140

J. Long-Term Sediment Quality Trends in Perdido Bay 143

K. Statistical Analyses of Phytoplankton Distributions 146

1. The 1993-1994 Bloom Period 146

2. Comparison of Long-Term Trends 148

Chapter 5 Effects of Blooms on Secondary Production

II. Baywide Trends of Invertebrates and Fishes 154

B. Community Interactions 154

C. Trophic Organization 162

2. Long-Term Trophodynamic Trends 166

Chapter 6 Comparison of Gulf Coastal Systems

I. Habitat Conditions 175

II. Salinity Stratification and Habitat Deterioration 176

A. Stratification, Dissolved Oxygen, and Sediment Condition 176

III. Nutrient Loading and Nutrient Concentrations 182

B. Flow Rates and Nutrient Loading/Concentrations 182

IV. Water Quality 188

V. Sediment Comparisons 191

VI. Phytoplankton Organization 196

B. Phytoplankton Communities in the Study Areas 197

1. Wolf Bay 197

2. Escambia Bay 203

3. Apalachee Bay 210

4. Choctawhatchee Bay 212

5. Perdido Bay 217

C. Phytoplankton Indices 217

VII. Food Web Response to Plankton Organization 224

B. Existing Conditions 228

C. Food Web Comparisons 228

Chapter 7 Restoration, Research, and Regulation

I. Restoration of the Perdido System 237

II. "Ecosystem" Research 240

A. Gulf of Mexico 241

B. Chesapeake Bay 241

C. Florida Bay 244

D. Scientific Overview of the Eutrophication Question 246

III. Information, Regulatory "Action," and Political Control 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0849390621

OCLC:

44619460