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Estuaries and Nutrients

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Bruce J. Neilson

    1. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA

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  2. Lewis Eugene Cronin

    1. Chesapeake Research Consortium, USA

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Issues in Science and Society (CISS)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Invited Review Papers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Special Characteristics of Estuaries

      • Robert B. Biggs, L. Eugene Cronin
      Pages 3-23

    3. Conceptual Models and Processes of Nutrient Cycling in Estuaries

      • Kenneth L. Webb
      Pages 25-46

    4. Physical and Geological Processes Controlling Nutrient Levels in Estuaries

      • Donald W. Pritchard, Jerry R. Schubel
      Pages 47-69

    5. Studies of Eutrophication in Lakes and Their Relevance to the Estuarine Environment

      • D. W. Schindler
      Pages 71-82

    6. Sources of Nutrients and the Scale of Eutrophication Problems in Estuaries

      • Norbert A. Jaworski
      Pages 83-110

    7. Remineralization and Nutrient Cycling in Coastal Marine Ecosystems

      • Scott W. Nixon
      Pages 111-138

    8. Uptake of Major Nutrients by Estuarine Plants

      • James J. McCarthy
      Pages 139-163

    9. Indicators and Indices of Estuarine Overenrichment

      • A. J. McErlean, Gale Reed
      Pages 165-182

    10. Modeling of Eutrophication in Estuaries

      • Donald J. O’Connor
      Pages 183-223

    11. Nutrient Enrichment and Estuarine Health

      • Rezneat M. Darnell, Thomas M. Soniat
      Pages 225-245

    12. Impact of Nutrient Enrichment on Water Uses

      • John H. Ryther, Charles B. Officer
      Pages 247-261

    13. Management Implications of Nutrient Standards

      • Michael A. Bellanca
      Pages 263-276

  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-277
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    2. The Effects of Treated Sewage Discharge on the Biota of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia

      • D. M. Axelrad, G. C. B. Poore, G. H. Arnott, J. Bauld, V. Brown, R. R. C. Edwards et al.
      Pages 279-306

    3. Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons of South Western Australia

      • Ernest P. Hodgkin, R. C. Lenanton
      Pages 307-321

    4. Eutrophication in the Peel-Harvey Estuarine System, Western Australia

      • A. J. McComb, R. P. Atkins, P. B. Birch, D. M. Gordon, R. J. Lukatelich
      Pages 323-342

    5. The Use of Nutrients, Salinity and Water Circulation Data as a Tool for Coastal Zone Planning

      • Y. Monbet, F. Manaud, P. Gentien, M. Pommepuy, G. P. Allen, J. C. Salomon et al.
      Pages 343-372

    6. Reversal of the Eutrophication Process: A Case Study

      • Gerald A. Moshiri, Nicholas G. Aumen, William G. Crumpton
      Pages 373-390
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Estuaries are eternally enriched. Their positions at the foot of watersheds and their convenience as receiving bodies for the wastes of cites, towns and farms results in continuous addition of nutrients - those elements and compounds which are essential for organic production. Such materials must be added to these complex bodies of water to sustain production, since there is a net loss of water and its contents to the oceans. Enrichment from land and the ocean and the subsequent cycling of the original chemicals or their derivatives contribute to the extraordinarily high values of estuaries for human purposes. Many estuaries are able to assimilate large quantities of nutrients despite the great fluctuations which occur with variations in the flow from tributaries. The nutrients can be stored, incorporated in standing crops of plants, released, cycled and exported - and the system frequently achieves high production of plants and and animals without creation of any undesirable results of enrichment. Excessive enrichment with the same elements and compounds can, however, be highly detrimental to estuaries and their uses. Coastal cities are usually located on the estuaries which provided a harbor for the- and which now receive partially treated sewage and other wastes from the expanding population and industrial activity. Conversion of woodlands to agricultural use and the extensive application of fertilizers have resulted in the flow of large quantities of nutrients down the hill or slopes and eventually into the estuary.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA

    Bruce J. Neilson

  • Chesapeake Research Consortium, USA

    Lewis Eugene Cronin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Estuaries and Nutrients

  • Editors: Bruce J. Neilson, Lewis Eugene Cronin

  • Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Science and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5826-1

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Humana Press Inc. 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-035-0Published: 30 November 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-5828-5Published: 21 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5826-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 643

  • Topics: Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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