Volume 130, 20 September 2013
Special Issue
Pressures, Stresses, Shocks and Trends in Estuarine Ecosystems
Tim Jennerjahn and Steve Mitchell (Guest Editors)
T. C. Jennerjahn, S. B. Mitchell Pressures, stresses, shocks and trends in estuarine ecosystems – An
introduction and synthesis ............................................................................................................................. ........ 1
Effects of human activities: Response of the physicochemical environment
J.-J. Hung, W.-C. Huang, C.-S. Yu Environmental and biogeochemical changes following a decade’s
reclamation in the Dapeng (Tapong) Bay, southwestern Taiwan ................................................................. 9
S. E. Koukina, A. A. Vetrov Metal forms in sediments from Arctic coastal environments in
Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, under separation processes ........................................................................................
21
A. Serafim, R. Company, B. Lopes, C. Pereira, A. Cravo, V. F. Fonseca, S. França, M. J. Bebianno,
H. N. Cabral Evaluation of sediment toxicity in different Portuguese estuaries: Ecological impact of metals and
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ........................................................................................................ 30
M. A. Sánchez-Martínez, A. J. Marmolejo-Rodríguez, V. R. Magallanes-Ordóñez,
A. Sánchez-González Vertical accumulation of potential toxic elements in a semiarid system that
is influenced by an abandoned gold mine ...................................................................................................................
42
A. Vianello, A. Boldrin, P. Guerriero, V. Moschino, R. Rella, A. Sturaro, L. Da Ros Microplastic particles in
sediments of Lagoon of Venice, Italy: First observations on occurrence, spatial patterns and identification
............................................................................................................................. ............... 54
J. C. Antunes, J. G. L. Frias, A. C. Micaelo, P. Sobral Resin pellets from beaches of the Portuguese coast and
adsorbed persistent organic pollutants ....................................................................................................... 62
Effects of human activities: Biotic response from organism to ecosystem level
C. Lafabrie, M. Garrido, C. Leboulanger, P. Cecchi, G. Grégori, V. Pasqualini, O. Pringault Impact of
contaminated-sediment resuspension on phytoplankton in the Biguglia lagoon (Corsica, Mediterranean Sea)
....................................................................................................................................................... 70
A. P. Mucha, C. Teixeira, I. Reis, C. Magalhães, A. A. Bordalo, C. M. R. Almeida Response of a salt marsh
microbial community to metal contamination ................................................................................................. 81
M. Garrido, C. Lafabrie, F. Torre, C. Fernandez, V. Pasqualini Resilience and stability of Cymodocea
nodosa seagrass meadows over the last four decades in a Mediterranean lagoon ........................... 89
D. Stagnol, M. Renaud, D. Davoult Effects of commercial harvesting of intertidal macroalgae on ecosystem
biodiversity and functioning ....................................................................................................................... 99
M. S. Li, L. J. Mao, W. J. Shen, S. Q. Liu, A. S. Wei Change and fragmentation trends of Zhanjiang mangrove
forests in southern China using multi-temporal Landsat imagery (1977 – 2010) ................................... 111
Impact of climate change
T. Chen, S. Li, K. Yu, Z. Zheng, L. Wang, T. Chen Increasing temperature anomalies reduce coral growth in
the Weizhou Island, northern South China Sea ........................................................................................ 121
B. Duarte, T. Couto, J. Freitas, J. Valentim, H. Silva, J. C. Marques, J. M. Dias, I. Caçador Abiotic
modulation of Spartina maritima photobiology in different latitudinal populations .............................................
127
J. M. Valentim, N. Vaz, H. Silva, B. Duarte, I. Caçador, J. M. Dias Tagus estuary and Ria de Aveiro salt
marsh dynamics and the impact of sea level rise ............................................................................................... 138
Impact of extreme events
T. C. Jennerjahn, I. Jänen, C. Propp, S. Adi, S. P. Nugroho Environmental impact of mud volcano inputs on
the anthropogenically altered Porong River and Madura Strait coastal waters, Java, Indonesia ........ 152
E. M. Fonseca, J. A. Baptista Neto, C. G. Silva, J. J. McAlister, B. J. Smith,
M. A. Fernandez Stormwater impact in Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro): Evidences of seasonal variability in
the dynamic of the sediment heavy metals ......................................................................................... 161
Indicators and assessments
I. R. Zalmon, I. M. Macedo, C. E. Rezende, A. P. C. Falcão, T. C. Almeida The distribution of macrofauna
on the inner continental shelf of southeastern Brazil: The major influence of an estuarine system
............................................................................................................................. ....................... 169
L. M. Buruaem, Í. B. de Castro, M. A. Hortellani, S. Taniguchi, G. Fillmann, S. T. Sasaki,
M. A. Varella Petti, J. E. S. Sarkis, M. C. Bícego, L. A. Maranho, M. B. Davanso, E. F. Nonato,
A. Cesar, L. V. Costa-Lotufo, D. M. S. Abessa Integrated quality assessment of sediments from harbour areas
in Santos-São Vicente Estuarine System, Southern Brazil .............................................................. 179
F. Cima, L. Ballarin A proposed integrated bioindex for the macrofouling biocoenosis of hard substrata in the
lagoon of Venice ............................................................................................................................... 190
J. Encarnação, F. Leitão, P. Range, D. Piló, M. A. Chícharo, L. Chícharo The influence of submarine
groundwater discharges on subtidal meiofauna assemblages in south Portugal (Algarve) ................................. 202
V. Losi, T. J. Ferrero, M. Moreno, L. Gaozza, A. Rovere, M. Firpo, J. C. Marques, G. Albertelli The use of
nematodes in assessing ecological conditions in shallow waters surrounding a Mediterranean harbour facility
............................................................................................................................. ...... 209
M. Gopko, I. V. Telesh Estuarine trophic state assessment: New plankton index based on morphology of
Keratella rotifers ............................................................................................................................. ... 222
N. Wouters, P. J. Valayer, T. Pickerel, K. R. Vanstaen, D. W. Palmer, G. Mills,
H. N. Cabral Measuring trends and signals of sustainability in oyster population and production data ............
231
L. Van Niekerk, J. B. Adams, G. C. Bate, A. T. Forbes, N. T. Forbes, P. Huizinga, S. J. Lamberth,
C. F. MacKay, C. Petersen, S. Taljaard, S. P. Weerts, A. K. Whitfield, T. H. Wooldridge
Country-wide assessment of estuary health: An approach for integrating pressures and ecosystem response in a
data limited environment .................................................................................................. 239
A. Rotini, A. Belmonte, I. Barrote, C. Micheli, A. Peirano, R. O. Santos, J. Silva,
L. Migliore Effectiveness and consistency of a suite of descriptors for assessing the ecological status of seagrass
meadows (Posidonia oceanica L. Delile) ..................................................................................... 252