Waters, rivers, and creeks

Importance of Boreal Rivers in Providing Iron to Marine Waters

This study reports increasing iron concentrations in rivers draining into the Baltic Sea. Given the decisive role of iron to the structure and biogeochemical function of aquatic ecosystems, this trend is likely one with far reaching consequences to the receiving system. What those consequences may be depends on the fate of the iron in estuarine mixing. We here assess the stability of riverine i...

Thermal biology of bonefish (Albula vulpes) in Bahamian coastal waters and tidal creeks: An integrated laboratory and field study

Little is known about the thermal tolerances of fish that occupy tropical intertidal habitats or how their distribution, physiological condition, and survival are influenced by water temperature. We used a combination of laboratory and field approaches to study the thermal biology of bonefish, Albula vulpes, a fish species that relies on nearshore intertidal habitats throughout the Caribbean. T...

Impediments and Innovation in International Rivers: The Waters of South Asia

International cooperation over the major rivers in South Asia has become much closer in the last several years, despite nuclear tests in India and Pakistan, and rising tension between those states. Five important treaties or agreements, signed in 1996 and 1997, against a background of greater regional economic and nongovernmental contact, could facilitate significant progress to mitigate floodi...

Spatio-Temporal Migration Patterns of Pacific Salmon Smolts in Rivers and Coastal Marine Waters

BACKGROUND Migrations allow animals to find food resources, rearing habitats, or mates, but often impose considerable predation risk. Several behavioural strategies may reduce this risk, including faster travel speed and taking routes with shorter total distance. Descriptions of the natural range of variation in migration strategies among individuals and populations is necessary before the ecol...

An Assessment of Fecal Contamination of Coldwater and Pond Creeks