Assessments of trophic structure through ecological network analysis (ENA) have been done in a wide variety of estuarine and coastal environments. For example, some have used it to compare trophic structures within ecosystems focusing on temporal conditions (Baird and Ulanowicz 1989; Baird et al. 1998) and among ecosystems focusing on spatial conditions (e.g. Baird and Ulanowicz 1993; Christens...

Passive integrated transponder (PIT) technology is rarely utilized in estuaries due to (1) saline water’s attenuation of an antenna’s electromagnetic field, (2) rapidly changing water properties and levels, and (3) the challenges of installing and maintaining antennas in silty, brackish conditions. We present methods for the construction and installation of antennas that can detect 12-mm full-d...

The first special volume of Limnology and Oceanography, published in 1972, focused on whether phosphorus (P) or carbon (C) is the major agent causing eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems. Only slight mention was made that estuaries may behave differently from lakes and that nitrogen (N) may cause eutrophication in estuaries. In the following decade, an understanding of eutrophication in estuari...

the coastal areas are highly productive system that is degrading due to receiving huge amount of various pollutants. despite of the important of north caspian sea estuaries the quality index of benthic fauna received less attention. in this survey the benthic population of 18 rivers estuaries in southern caspian sea were investigated. the benthic sampling and identification were conducted at ei...

in the present paper various transects perpendicular to iranian makran coasts (chabahar-gawater) were studied using satellite image processing, field observations, sandy shore profiling and grain size analysis to evaluate sedimentology and geomorphology of the area. data revealed that the study area includes exposed rocky shores (52%), sandy shores (40%), and mud flats (8%) sheltered in estuari...

Anchovies, salmon, sardines, gobies, mullets, flounder, bass, barbels, eels, shad, and even sharks—what do they have in common? Well, at certain points their lives you may find them estuaries, the final sections of rivers before meet ocean. Some fish live estuaries entire lives. However, some species prefer living freshwater parts others only close to ocean, a few spread throughout estuary. bot...