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The estuarine ecosystem – Ecology, threats and management

DOC1 Original bibliothèque
1. The estuarine environment
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Estuarine circulation
1.3. Estuarine sediments
1.4. Other physico-chemical factors
1.5. Brackish seas and coastal lagoons
2. Life in estuaries
2.1. Distribution of estuarine organisms
2.2. Problems of life in estuaries
2.3. The estuarine food web
3. Primary producers: plant production and its availability
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Salt marshes
3.3. Mangroves
3.4. Intertidal plants and macroalgae
3.5. Microphytobenthos
3.6. Phytoplankton
3.7. Detritus
3.8. Summation of plant and microbial production in estuaries
4. Primary consumers : herbivores and detritivores
4.1. Introduction
4.2. The mud dwellers-benthic deposit feeders
4.3. The surface dwellers-benthic suspension-feeders and algal grazers
4.4. Meiofauna
4.5. Zooplankton
4.6. The primary consumer community
4.7. Role of primary consumers in the estuarine ecosystem
5. The secondary consumers: carnivores
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Fish
5.3. Invertebrates
5.4. Birds
5.5. The impact of the secondary consumers
5.6. Role of the secondary consumers in the estuarine ecosystem
6. Estuarine uses and users
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Estuarine pollution
6.3. Sewage pollution
6.4. Diffuse sources of nutrients
6.5. Organic enrichment
6.6. Overall system change
6.7. Fisheries and aquaculture
6.8. Industrial contamination
6.9. Land-claim, coastal defences and engineering works
6.10. Power generation
6.11. Estuarine barriers and barrages
6.12 Other uses
6.13. Conflicting uses
7. Methods for studying human-induced changes in estuaries
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Individual change
7.3. Population responses: population dynamics, growth, mortality rates, and population models
7.4. Community level assessments
7.5. Integrated estuarine assessments and ecosystem changes
7.6. Monitoring, surveillance, and survey design
7.7. Final comments
8. The management of estuaries
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Policies and philosophies
8.3. Planning and designations
8.4. Practice
8.5. Final remarks

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1. The estuarine environment
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Estuarine circulation
1.3. Estuarine sediments
1.4. Other physico-chemical factors
1.5. Distribution of life in estuaries
1.6. The problems of life in estuaries
1.7. The estuarine food web
2. Primary producers: plant production and its availability
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Salt marshes
2.3. Intertidal plants
2.4. Phytoplankton
2.5. Detritus
2.6. Summation of plant and microbial production in estuaries
3. Primary consumers : herbivores and detritivores
3.1. Introduction
3.2. The mud dwellers
3.3. The surface dwellers
3.4. Meiofauna
3.5. Zooplankton
3.6. The primary consumer community
4. The secondary consumers: carnivores
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Fish
4.3. Invertebrates
4.4. Birds
4.5. The impact of the secondary consumers
5. Estuarrine pollution
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Mankind’s use of estuaries
5.3. Methodolgies of studying pollution
5.4. Organic enrichment
5.5. Industrial contamination
5.6. Reclamation and engineering works
6. The management of estuaries
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Policies
6.3. Planning
6.4. Practice