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Estuaries - Types, Movement Patterns & Climatical Impacts (Hardcover)
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Estuaries - Types, Movement Patterns & Climatical Impacts (Hardcover)
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Estuaries are productive ecosystems of high ecological value. They
are important habitats for various species and those of highest
value are protected by national and international conventions. This
book highlights possible pollution impacts in a protected estuarine
ecosystem, Amvrakikos Gulf, considered as one of the most important
wetlands in Greece. In addition, the Changjiang (Yangtze) River is
known to contribute significantly to the ecosystems of the
Changjiang River estuary and adjacent waters. In this book, some
long-term data of freshwater discharge, sediment load, nutrient
concentrations and compositions in the river and estuary waters are
presented, as well as the long-term response of the ecosystem in
the estuary. Moreover, the literature on modern estuarine diatoms
from Argentina is revised in order to synthesise the available
ecological information and to detect possible modern analogues for
Quaternary diatom assemblages. The authors also discuss negative or
inverse estuaries, those where seawater is concentrated by the
removal of fresh water, in the Northern Gulf of California. The
challenges facing the sustainable management of temporarily
open/closed estuaries (TOCEs) is addressed as well, critical in
some cases because their ecological integrity, biodiversity and
nursery function have already been compromised.
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