Zooplankton Community Dynamics in a Western Mid-Atlantic Lagoonal Estuary
| Autor: | James Nickels, Gary A. Buchanan, Ursula A. Howson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
geography geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Estuary Plankton 01 natural sciences Algal bloom Zooplankton Food web Water column Oceanography Environmental science Ecosystem Bay 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Coastal Research. 78:141-168 |
| ISSN: | 1551-5036 0749-0208 |
| Popis: | Howson, U.A.; Buchanan, G.A., and Nickels, J.A., 2017. Zooplankton community dynamics in a western mid-Atlantic lagoonal estuary. In: Buchanan, G.A.; Belton, T.J., and Paudel, B. (eds.), A Comprehensive Assessment of Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. Zooplankton are an integral component of the food web in estuarine ecosystems. The most recent studies of zooplankton in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, occurred almost 40 years ago. Since then, this coastal lagoon estuary has been affected by anthropogenic impacts that threaten its ecological integrity, including nutrient enrichment, algal blooms, alterations of freshwater inputs, and extensive development around the bay and its watershed. Assessing the zooplankton community in this ecosystem provided updated information on the status of this important component of the bay's living resources. Zooplankton samples were collected from the upper meter of the water column with horizontal surface net tows using bongo plankton nets monthly during the w... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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