Carbon and carbonate metabolism in coastal aquatic ecosystems

Article Abstract:

For the major coastal ecosystems, the main production, respiration, calcification, carbon burial and exchange with adjacent systems, the atmosphere included, have been reviewed. The coast ecosystems include macrophyte communities, estuaries, coral reefs, mangroves and the rest of the continental shelf. The coastal zone is not great in surface area but plays a large role in biogeochemical cycles. It receives massive inputs of terrestrial organic matter and nutrients and is among the most biologically and geochemically active areas of the biosphere. In coastal areas large amounts of energy and matter are exchanged with the open sea. The ecosystems studied, with the exception of estuaries, are net autotrophic.

France, Belgium, World, Monaco, Metabolism, Calcification, Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry), Carbon cycle

---

Development of expectations of larval amphibian assemblage structure in southeastern depression wetlands

Article Abstract:

Research on amphibian habitats along South Carolina's coastal plain suggests that lentic system community structure models are applicable to coastal plain wetlands, and can be used to predict larval amphibian assemblage. Models include drying in spring, drying in summer, drying semi-annually or in autumn, hydroperiod with fish and hydroperiod without fish.

South Carolina, Models, Amphibians, Wetland ecology, Wetlands, Coastal ecology, Larvae

---

Legislative vs. practical protection of an intertidal shoreline in southeastern Australia

Article Abstract:

Research indicates that legislation is inadequate to address environmental protection issues. Studies of intertidal shorelines in Victoria, Australia, show that mollusk over-harvesting occurs despite regulations, and that increased enforcement and/or physical barriers are needed to ensure observance.

Victoria, Evaluation, Environmental policy, Environmental law, Intertidal zonation, Intertidal areas

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Carbon cycling and methane exchange in Eurasian tundra ecosystems. Key findings and extended summaries
• Abstracts: Carbon emissions and sequestration potential of central African ecosystems
• Abstracts: Mangrove restoration: a potential tool for coastal management in tropical developing countries. Demarcating coastal vegetation buffers with multicriteria evaluation and GIS at Saldanha Bay, South Africa
• Abstracts: Community food web, decomposition and nitrogen mineralisation in a stratified Scots pine forest soil. Catastrophic response of lakes to benthivorous fish introduction
• Abstracts: Identification of monitoring stations in water distribution system. Interpreting negative virus counts in highly treated water

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.