Mangrove communities provide habitat for many terrestrial and aquatic species and act as nurseries and breeding grounds for fish, crustaceans, and birds. They also protect coastal areas from erosion and storm events. However, globally 35% of mangrove habitat has been degraded or destroyed, making mangroves one of the most endangered ecosystems on earth. Thus, there is a demand for methods to re...

The use of the monomolecular film Arosurf@ MSF as a mosquito larvicide was first reported by Ganett and White (1977). Since then, the efficacy of this larvicide on many mosquito species has been demonstrated in a wide variety of aquatic habitats (Levy et al. 1981, 1982; Mulla et al. 1983, Takahashi et al. 1984). Aquatic plants which occur in fresh and salt water habitats are an important source...

The study reported here presents the results of an investigation of a marsh-cove ecosystem heavily contaminated by cadmium. The most contaminated aquatic sediments were dredged in 1972-73, but the resuspension of the sediments and recycle of water from the dredge spoil resulted in reestablishment of a large contaminated sediment bed with concentrations very similar to those observed before dred...

Tidal marshes provide nursery habitats for many commercial nektonic species; thus, determining trophic linkages between tidal marshes and aquatic consumers is important for sustaining fishery production in estuarine ecosystems. We examined stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) in 4 commercial nekton species (Chelon haematocheilus, Synechogobius ommaturus, Lateolabrax maculatus and Exopalaemon carinicaud...

Title of Document: ENHANCEMENT OF A CANOPY REFLECTANCE MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SPECULAR AND SPECTRAL EFFECTS OF AN AQUATIC BACKGROUND IN AN INUNDATED TIDAL MARSH Kevin Ross Turpie, Ph.D., 2012 Directed By: Professor Michael Kearney, Department of Geographical Sciences The presence of water produces unique specular and spectral characteristics in an inundated tidal marsh canopy. The aquatic ...

the distribution and abundance of high aquatic plants in the gorganroud river was examined at five stations in four seasons (20 samples) over one year period during 2009-2010. we identified 21 species of aquatic plants from 21 genera, belonging to 9 families. these species were determined as 3 halophytic species (14.2%) and 18 high aquatic plants (85.7%).the highest species diversity was observ...