Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, administered by UNEP, advises the Global Environmental Facility A STAP advisory document…
FIGURE 5.1 Examples of submersed vascular plants that occur in estuarine systems: (a) Myriophyllum spicatum (photo: O. Pedersen), (b) Stuckenia pectinata (photo: O. Pedersen),…
FIGURE 3.1 Bacterial decomposition of organic matter in marine/estuarine sediments through a sequence of terminal electron acceptors (e.g., O2, NO3¯, MnO2, FeOOH, SO4¯,…
FIGURE 16.1 A simple food chain with three trophic levels illustrated using energy systems language (e.g., Odum, 967; Odum, 1971). Arrows indicate transfer of matter or energy.…
FIGURE 7.1 (a) Fringe mangrove along Shark River slough dominated by Rhizophora mangle. (b) Interior mangrove forest in Puerto Rico dominated by Avicennia germinans. (c)…
FIGURE 15.1 Regression of ecosystem respiration and ecosystem gross primary production across many types of aquatic ecosystems. Gross production and respiration tend to be…
FIGURE 7.1 (a) Fringe mangrove along Shark River slough dominated by Rhizophora mangle. (b) Interior mangrove forest in Puerto Rico dominated by Avicennia germinans. (c)…
FIGURE 6.1 Worldwide distribution of coastal marshes and mangrove swamps. Source: After Chapman (1960). ESTUARINE ECOLOGY, Second Edition. John W. Day JR, Byron C. Crump,…
FIGURE 8.1 Benthic diatom assemblages viewed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). (a) Epipsammic diatoms (Achnanthes and Navicula) in the cavity of a sand grain. (b) Vertical…