ESTUARINE BIOLOGY - BIO 560
Fall 2006
ASSIGNED READING MATERIAL (Updated 7-06)
INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS
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24 Aug.
McLusky, D.S. 1981. The Estuarine Ecosystem. John Wiley & Sons, 150p.
Kennish, M.J. 1986. Ecology of Estuaries, V. 1, Physical and Chemical
Aspects. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL - Chapters 1,2,3,4,5, & 6.
Day, J.W. et al. 1989. Estuarine Ecology. Wiley Interscience, New York,
Pages 47-79.
R.A. Davis and D.M. Fitzgerald. 2004. Beaches and Coasts, Pages 289-306
River Deltas: the source of most of our coastal sediments. Blackwell
Publishing.
Attril, M.J. and S.D. Rundle. 2002. Ecotone or Ecocline: Ecological
boundaries of estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 55:929-936.
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29 Aug.
Morris, A.W., et al. 1978. Very Low salinity regions of estuaries:
important sites for chemical and biological reactions. Nature 274:678
680.
R.A. Davis and D.M. Fitzgerald. 2004. Beaches and Coasts. Pages 188-208.
Blake, A.C., G.C. Kineke, T.G. Milligan, & C.R. Alexander. 2001. Sediment
trapping in the ACE Basin, South Carolina. Estuaries 24:721-733.
Day et al. 1989. Pages 79-143.
Remane, A. and C, Schlieper. 1971. Biology of Brackish Water. John
Wiley Press, NY. Pages 1-25 and 211-277.
Moore, R.H. 1992. Low salinity backbays and lagoons. Pages 541-613
in C.T. Hackney, M.M. Adams and W.H. Martin, eds. Biodiversity of the
Southeastern United States: Aquatic Communities., John Wiley & Sons,
NY.
Dardeau, M.R. et al. 1992. Estuaries. Pages 614-744 in Biodiversity of
the Southeastern U.S.: Aquatic Communities.
5 Sept.
Epifauno, C.E. 1988. Transport of invertebrate larvae between estuaries
and the continental shelf. American Fisheries Soc. Spec. Symp. 3:104
114.
Burton, R.S. and M.W. Feldman. 1982. Population genetics of coastal and
estuarine invertebrates: Does larval behavior influence population structure?
Estuarine Comparisons. Academic Press, NY. Pages 537-552.
Strathman, R.R. 1982. Selection for retention or export of larvae in estuaries.
Estuarine Comparisons., Academic Press. Pages 521-536.
Levington, J.S. 1980. Genetic divergence in Estuaries. Estuarine
Perspectives, Academic Press, NY. Pages 509-520.
12 Sept.
Estuarine Energetics - Classic View
Pomeroy, L.R. 1959. Algal productivity in salt marshes of Georgia. Limnol.
Oceanogr. 4:386-397.
Teal, J.M. 1962. Energy Flow in a salt marsh ecosystem of Georgia. Ecology
43:614-624.
Odum, E.P. and A.A. de la Cruz. 1967. Particulate organic detritus in a
Georgia salt marsh. Pages 383-388 in Estuaries, G.H. Lauff ed.
Haines, E.B. 1977. The origin of detritus in Georgia Salt Marshes. Oikos
29:254-260.
Odum, W.E. et al. 1979. Factors controlling the flux of particulate organic
carbon from estuarine wetlands. Pages 69-82 in Ecological Processes in
Coastal and Marine Systems.
19 Sept.
Estuarine Energetics - Modern View
Russell-Hunter, W.D. 1970. C:N ratios. Pages 174-182 in Aquatic
Productivity. McMillan Co., London.
Howarth, R.W. and JW Teal. 1980. Energy flow in a salt marsh ecosystem:
Role of reduced inorganic sulfur compounds. American Naturalist 116:861872.
Haines, E.B. and C.L. Montague. 1979. Food sources of estuarine
invertebrates analyzed using 13C/12C ratios. Ecology 60:48-56.
Hughes, E.H. and E.B. Sherr. 1983. Subtidal food webs in a Georgia estuary:
delta 13C analysis. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 67:227-242.
Peterson, B.J. and R.W. Howarth. 1987. Sulfate, carbon, and nitrogen
isotopes used to trace organic matter flow in the salt marsh estuaries of
Sapelo Island, GA. Limnology and Oceanography 32:1195-1213.
D'Avanzo, C. et al. 1991. Nitrogen assimilation from amorphous detritus by two
coastal consumers. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci. 33:203-209.
Anesio, A.M., P.C. Abreu, and B.A. Biddanda. 2003. The role of free and
attached microorganisms in the decomposition of estuarine macrophyte
detritus. Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Science 56:197-202.
26 Sept.
Role of Algae In Estuarine Energetics
Kennish, M.J. 1990. Ecology of Estuaries, Vol. II. Pages 159-165.
Cadee, G.C. and J. Hegeman. 1977. Distribution of primary production of the
benthic microflora and accumulation of organic matter on a tidal flat area,
Balgzand, Dutch Wadden Sea. Netherlands J. Sea Research 11:24-41.
Baillie, P.W. and B.L. Welsh. 1980. The effect of tidal resuspension in the
distribution of intertidal epipelic algae in an estuary. Estuarine Coastal Mar.
Sci. 10:165-180.
Davis, M.W. and H. Lee. 1983. Colonization of sediment associated
microalgae and effects of estuarine infauna on microalgal production. Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser. 11:227-232.
Varela, M. and E. Penas. 1985. Primary production of benthic
microalgae in an intertidal sand flat of the Rio de Arosa, NW Spain. Mar.
Ecol, Prog. Ser. 25:111-119.
Mallin, M.A. et al. 1992. Contributions of benthic microalgae to coastal fishery
yield. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 121:691-695.
3 Oct.
Marsh Plants and AnoxIc Solis
Etherington, J.B. 1975. Environment and Plant Ecology. John Wiley & Sons.
NY. Read Chapter 7 on Waterlogged Soils.
Howes, B.L. et al. Factors controlling the growth form of Sparlina alterniflora:
Feedbacks between aboveground production, sediment oxidation, nitrogen
and salinity. J. Ecology 74:881-898.
Hsieh, Y. 1997. Aboveground net primary productivity of vascular plants.
Pages 111-130 in C.L. Coultas and Y. Hsieh, eds. Ecology and Management
of Tidal Marshes: A Model From the Gulf of Mexico. St Lucie Press, Delray
Beach, FL.
Day, J. D. et al. 2000. Pattern and Process of land loss in the Mississippi
Delta: A spatial and temporal analysis of wetland habitat change. Estuaries
23:425-438.
Sasser, C.E., et al. 1986. Spatial and temporal changes in Louisiana's
Barataria Bay marshes, 1945-1980. Environmental Management 10:671-680.
Hackney, C.T. and W.J. Cleary. 1987. Saltmarsh loss in southeastern North
Carolina lagoons: Importance of Sea level rise and dredging. J. Coastal
Research 3:93-97.
Krauss, K.W., J.A. Allen, and D.R. Cahoon. 2003. Differential rates of vertical
accretion and elevation change among aerial root types in Micronesian
mangrove forests. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 56:251-260.
10 Oct.
Sedimentation & Salinity
Postma, H. 1967. Sediment transport and sedimentation in the estuarine
environment. Pages 158-179 in G.H. Lauff, ed., Estuaries. AAAS.
Davis, R.A.. Jr., ed. 1985. Coastal Sedimentary Environments. SpringerVerlag, NY 716p. Read pages 444-455 and 638-650.
Hackney, C.T. 1978. Relationship of freshwater inflow to estuarine productivity.
USFWS Biol. Serv. Prog. 66p
Conner, W.H. and M. Brody. 1989. Rising water level and the future of
southeast Louisiana swamp forests. Estuaries 12:318-323.
17 Oct.
Structure of Benthic Communities
Conner, M.S. et al. 1982. The effect of feeding by mud snails, Ilynassa
obsoleta (Say), on the structure and metabolism of a laboratory benthic algal
community. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 65:29-45.
Brenchley, G.A. 1981. Disturbance and community structure: An experimental
study of bioturbation in marine soft-bottomed environments. J. Marine
Research 39:767-790.
Brenchley, G.A. 1982. Mechanisms of spatial competition in marine softbottomed communities. J. Experimental Mar. Biol. & Ecol. 60:17-33.
Woodin, S.A. 1976. Adult larval interactions in dense infaunal assemblages:
patterns of abundance. J. Marine Research 34:25-41.
Roads, D.C. and D.K. Young. 1970. The influence of deposit feeding
organisms on sediment stability and community structure. J. Marine Research
28:150-178.
Posey, M.H. 1990. Functional approaches to soft-substrate communities: How
useful are they? Critical Reviews in Aquatic Biology 2:343-356.
Bahr, L.M. and W.P. Lanier. 1981. The Ecology, of Intertidal Oyster Reefs of
the South Atlantic Coast: A community profile. U.S. Fish & Wild. Serv.
FWS/OBS-81/15.
Dame, R.F. 1976. Energy flow in an intertidal oyster population. Estuarine
Coastal Shelf. Science 4:243-253.
24 Oct.
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
Orth, R.J. and K.A. Moore. 1984. Distribution and abundance of submerged
aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay: An historical perspective. Estuaries
7:531-540.
Kennish, M.J. 1990. V II. Pages 23-38 and 177-197.
31 Oct.
Fish & Fisheries
Sinclair, M. 1988. Chapters 4 (Pages 68-77) and Chapter 6 (Pages 103-112)
in An essay on Population, Regulation and Speciation. Univ Washington
Press.
Kennish, M.J. Ecology of Estuaries V. 11 Pages 293-304.
Weinstein, M.P. 1979. Shallow marsh habitats as primary nurseries for fishes
and shellfish, Cape Fear River, NC. Fishery Bull. 77:339-357.
Lindall, W.N., Jr. and C.H. Soloman. 1977. Alteration and destruction of
estuaries affecting fishery resources of the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Fisheries
Review 39:1-7.
Boesch, D.F. and R.E. Turner. 1984. Dependence of fishery species on salt
marshes: The role of food and refuge. Estuaries 7:460-468.
Turner, R.E. 1977. Intertidal vegetation and commercial yields of penaeid
shrimp. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 106:411-416.
Bell, F.W. and G.D. Lynn. 1997. Marginal value of coastal wetlands to Florida's
commercial fisheries. In C.L. Coultas & Y. Hsieh., eds. Ecology and
Management of Tidal Marshes: A Model from the Gulf of Mexico.
7 Nov.
Pollution
DeLaune, R.D. et al. 1979. Effects of crude oil on a Louisiana Spartina
altemiflora salt marsh. Environ. Pollut. 20:21-33.
Smith, C.M. and C.T. Hackney. 1989. The effects of hydrocarbons on the
setting of the american oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in intertidal habitats in
southeastern North Carolina. Estuaries 12:42-48.
Seliger, H.H. et al. 1985 Catastrophic anoxia in the Chesapeake Bay in 1984.
Science 228:70-73.
Farrington, J.W. 1985. Oil Pollution: A decade of research and monitoring.
Oceanus 28:3-12.
Mallin, M. et al. 2005. Reversal of eutrophication following sewage treatment
upgrades in the New River Estuary. Estuaries: 28:750-760.
21 Nov.
Management of Coastal Resources
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League. 2002. Coastal Sprawl: The
effects of Urban Design on Aquatic Ecosystems of the United States. Pew
Oceans Commission. Arlington, VA (Also available on the web)
Slade, D.C. 1990. Putting the public trust doctrine to work. Connecticut Dept.
Environmental Protection. Pages 1-134.
National Research Council. 1990. Managing Coastal Erosion. National
Academy Press. Pages 16-142.
Belt, C.B. Jr. 1975. The 1973 Flood and man's constriction of the Mississippi
River. Science 189:681-684.