Numerous surveys have demonstrated that diffuse pollution from urban-residential run-off and industrial discharges can adversely impact salt marsh and tidal creek sediment quality (Barrett & McBrien, 2006; Fox et al., 2001; Iannuzzi et al., 1995; Long et al., 1995; Sanger et al., 2004; White et al., 2005). The impact of shipping activities, including major discharge of fuel oil onto salt marshe...

The objective of this work is to retrieve parameters relevant to the understanding of sediment dynamics in a bay, Bourgneuf Bay (France) from hyperspectral remote sensing data. The erodability of mudflats is strongly influenced by the sediments bio-physical characteristics. These parameters include sediment grain size, moisture content and mineralogy as well as presence or absence of biofilm, a...

Global climate change is expected to severely impact Arctic ecosystems, yet predictions of impacts are complicated by region-specific patterns and nonuniform trends. Twentyfour open-water overwintering areas (or "microhabitats") were identified to be of particular importance for eight seabird and marine mammal species in the eastern Canadian High Arctic and Baffin Bay. Localized trends in the a...

Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT: The Venus’ fly trap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis) is a unique carnivorous plant listed as a Species of Concern within the native range of southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina. Although several large nature preserves support Venus’ fly trap populations, illegal harvest is considered a factor in long-term population declines. ...

The dataset of free-living marine nematodes of San Antonio Bay is based on sediment samples collected in February 2009 during doctoral theses funded by CONICET grants. A total of 36 samples has been taken at three locations in the San Antonio Bay, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina on the coastal littoral at three tidal levels. This presents a unique and important collection for benthic biodiversit...

April 20, 2010 marked the start of the British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest marine oil spill in US history, which contaminated coastal wetland ecosystems across the northern Gulf of Mexico. We used hyperspectral data from 2010 and 2011 to compare the impact of oil contamination and recovery of coastal wetland vegetation across three ecologically diverse sites: Barataria Ba...

O'BRIEN, P.E. & HARRIS, P.T., 1996 (xi); Patterns of glacial erosion and deposition in Prydz Bay and the past behaviour of the Lambert Glacier.ln Banks, M.R. & Brown, M.J. (Eds); CLIMA71C SUCCESSION AND GLACIAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPH£'Rt' OVlcf? THE LAST FIVE MILLION YEARS. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 130(2): 79-85. ISSN 0080-4703. Antarctic eRc, Australian Geological Survey Organisation,...

Incorporating indigenous knowledge into fisheries management is becoming increasingly important in the derivation of alternative management solutions. It also satisfies the political demands of indigenous communities to exercise their rights and responsibilities to traditional resources and their management. Using a methodology that considers perceptions or constructs of the environment to be d...

J. Argyriades , R. Arnold , C. Augier , J. Baker , A.S. Barabash , M. Bongrand , G. Broudin-Bay , V.B. Brudanin , A.J. Caffrey , S. Cebrián f , A. Chapon , E. Chauveau , Th. Dafni f , Z. Daraktchieva , J. Dı́az , D. Durand , V.G. Egorov , J.J. Evans , N. Fatemi-Ghomi , R. Flack , A. Basharina-Freshville , K-I. Fushimi , X. Garrido , H. Gómez f , B. Guillon , A. Holin , K. Holý , J.J. Horkley , P...