Nutrients and Eutrophication in Estuaries and Coastal Waters

Proceedings of the 31st Symposium of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA), held in Bilbao, Spain, 3–7 July 2000

  • Emma Orive
  • Mike Elliott
  • Victor N. de Jonge
Book

Part of the Developments in Hydrobiology book series (DIHY, volume 164)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Introductory Paper

    1. Causes, historical development, effects and future challenges of a common environmental problem: eutrophication
      Victor N. de Jonge, M. Elliott, E. Orive
      Pages 1-19

  3. Hydrodynamic Control of Chemical and Biological Processes

    1. Modern foraminiferal record of alternating open and restricted environmental conditions in the Santo André lagoon, SW Portugal
      Alejandro Cearreta, María Alday, M. Conceição Freitas, Cesar Andrade, Anabela Cruces
      Pages 21-27
    2. Nutrient inputs to the Irish Sea: temporal and spatial perspectives
      K. Kennington, A. Wither, T. M. Shammon, P. Jones, R. G. Hartnoll
      Pages 29-38
    3. Nutrient-enhanced productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico: past, present and future
      Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner, Quay Dortch, Dubravko Justic, Victor J. Bierman Jr., William J. Wiseman Jr.
      Pages 39-63
    4. Potential modification of the fluxes of nitrogen from the Humber Estuary catchment (U.K.) to the North Sea in response to changing agricultural inputs and climate patterns
      Alan D. Tappin, John R. W. Harris, Reginald J. Uncles, David Boorman
      Pages 65-77

  4. Methods and Approaches to Assess and Control Estuarine and Coastal Eutrophication

    1. Estimation of ecological exergy using weighing parameters determined from DNA contents of organisms — a case study
      Júlio C. Fonseca, Miguel A. Pardal, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, João C. Marques
      Pages 79-90
    2. Trophic status based on nutrient concentration scales and primary producers community of tropical coastal lagoons influenced by groundwater discharges
      Jorge A. Herrera-Silveira, Israel Medina-Gomez, Reyna Colli
      Pages 91-98
    3. ‘Ferry-Boxes’ and data stations for improved monitoring and resolution of eutrophication-related processes: application in Southampton Water UK, a temperate latitude hypernutrified estuary
      S. E. Holley, D. J. Hydes
      Pages 99-110
    4. Identifying ‘hot spots’ of biological and anthropogenic activity in two Irish estuaries using means and frequencies
      M. P. Johnson, M. Hartnett, L. M. Collier, M. J. Costello
      Pages 111-123
    5. Distribution patterns of nutrients and symptoms of eutrophication in the Rio de la Plata River Estuary System
      G. J. Nagy, M. Gómez-Erache, C. H. López, A. C. Perdomo
      Pages 125-139
    6. Baseline study of soft bottom benthic assemblages in the Bay of Santander (Gulf of Biscay)
      A. Puente, J. A. Juanes, G. García-Castrillo, C. Álvarez, J. A. Revilla, J. L. Gil
      Pages 141-149

  5. Chemical Fluxes between and within Ecosystems

    1. Nutrient (N, P, Si) fluxes between marine sediments and water column in coastal and open Adriatic
      A. Baric, G. Kuspilic, S. Matijevic
      Pages 151-159
    2. Nitrogen fluxes and budget seasonality in the Ria Vigo (NW Iberian Peninsula)
      Ricardo Prego
      Pages 161-171
    3. The winter and summer partitioning of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus. Observations across the Irish Sea during 1997 and 1998
      T. M. Shammon, R. G. Hartnoll
      Pages 173-184
    4. Long-term changes in Wadden Sea nutrient cycles: importance of organic matter import from the North Sea
      J. E. E. van Beusekom, V. N. de Jonge
      Pages 185-194
    5. Particulate inputs to Dublin Bay and to the South Lagoon, Bull Island
      James G. Wilson, Mary Brennan, Anne Murray
      Pages 195-204

  6. Modelling of Estuaries and Coastal Waters

    1. A model for predicting the temporal evolution of dissolved oxygen concentration in shallow estuaries
      A. García, J. A. Revilla, R. Medina, C. Álvarez, J. A. Juanes
      Pages 205-211
    2. Modelling the faecal coliform concentrations in the Bilbao estuary
      Jose Ma García-Barcina, Mikel Oteiza, Alejandro de la Sota
      Pages 213-219
    3. Simulating vertical water mixing in homogeneous estuaries: the SADO Estuary case
      F. Martins, P. Leitão, R. Neves
      Pages 221-227

About this book

Introduction

This volume focuses on the nutrient and organic matter inputs in estuaries and other coastal ecosystems, their effects on geochemistry and community structure and possibilities for recovery of the systems to a trophic state that is beneficial for man and nature.
The book provides many examples of the effects of the enhanced supply of nutrients and organic matter on the chemical features of the water and on the structure, metabolism and trophic pathways of the biological communities.
Also included are several case studies providing considerable insight into the response of the different coastal ecosystems to long term changes in the trophic state of the water.
Current knowledge on modeling as a tool to manage the trophic state of the coastal ecosystems is also dealt with, making this book one of interests to scientist and students as well as managers.

Keywords

Eutrophication Groundwater Sediment ecosystem ecosystems environment phytoplankton plankton

Editors and affiliations

  • Emma Orive
    • 1
  • Mike Elliott
    • 2
  • Victor N. de Jonge
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Plant Physiology and EcologyUniversity of the Basque CountryBilbaoSpain
  2. 2.Institute of Estuarine and Coastal StudiesUniversity of HullUK
  3. 3.Department of Marine BiologyUniversity of GroningenHarenThe Netherlands

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2464-7
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2002
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-90-481-6123-2
  • Online ISBN 978-94-017-2464-7
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