MEES608F Literature
Overview
Boynton, W. R., W. Boicourt, S. Brant, J. Hagy, L. W. Harding, E. Houde, D. V.
Holliday, M. Jech, W. M. Kemp, C. Lascara, S. D. Leach, A. P. Madden, M. Roman, L.
P. Sanford, E. M. Smith. 1997. Interactions between physics and biology in the estuarine
turbidity maximum (ETM) of Chesapeake Bay, USA. International Council for the
Exploration of the Sea CM 1997/S:11.
Jassby, A. D., W. J. Kimmerer, S. G. Monismith, C. Armor, J. E. Cloern, T. M. Powell, J.
R. Schubel, and T. J. Vendlinski. 1995. Isohaline position as a habitat indicator for
estuarine populations. Ecological Applications 5(1):272-289.
Kimmerer, W. J. 2004. Open water processes of the San Francisco Estuary: from physical
forcing to biological responses. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 2(1): 1142 (online journal http://repositories.cdlib.org/jmie/sfews/vol2/iss1/art1).
Reed, D. J., and J. Donovan. 1994. The character and composition of the Columbia River
estuarine turbidity maximum. In: Dyer KR, Orth RJ (eds). Olsen & Olsen, Fredensborg,
Denmark, pp 445-450.
Biogeochemistry/ Community Metabolism
Goni, M. A., M. W. Catheya, Y. H. Kima, and G. Voulgaris. 2005. Fluxes and sources of
suspended organic matter in an estuarine turbidity maximum region during low discharge
conditions. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 63: 683-700.
Herman, P. M. J., and C. H.R. Heip. 1999. Biogeochemistry of the MAximum TURbidity
Zone of Estuaries (MATURE): some conclusions. Journal of Marine Systems 22: 89–104
Irigoien, X., J. Post, J. Castel, K.F. Pfeiffer, B. Hellmann. 1999. Nycthemeral variations
of the dissolved oxygen concentration in the turbidity maximum of three European
estuaries: biological vs. physical processes. Journal of Marine Systems 22:173–177
Sobczak, W. V., J. E. Cloern, A. D. Jassby, and A. B. Muller-Solger. 2002.
Bioavailability of organic matter in a highly disturbed estuary: The role of detrital and
algal resources. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of
America 99: 8101-8105
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Circulation/Sediment Transport
Allen, G. P., G. Sauzay, P. Castaing, and J. M. Jouanneau. 1977. Transport and
deposition of suspended sediment in the Gironde estuary, France, p. 63-81. In: M. Wiley
(ed.), Estuarine Processes, Volume II. Academic Press, New York.
Brenon, I., and P. Le Hir. 1999. Modelling the turbidity maximum on the Seine estuary
(France): identification of formation processes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
49:525-544.
Burchard, H., and H. Baumert. 1998. The formation of estuarine turbidity maxima due to
density effects in the salt wedge. A hydrodynamic process study. Journal of Physical
Oceanography 28:309-321.
Cancino, L, R. Neves. 1999b. Hydrodynamic and sediment suspension modelling in
estuarine systems Part II: Application to the Western Scheldt and Gironde estuaries.
Journal of Marine Systems 22(2-3):117-131
Elliott AJ, Wang DP, et al. (1978). The circulation near the head of Chesapeake Bay. J.
Mar. Res. 36(4): 643-655
Fugate DC, Friedrichs CT (2003) Controls on suspended aggregate size in partially
mixed estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 58(2): 389-404
Geyer WR (1993) The importance of suppression of turbulence by stratification on the
estuarine turbidity maximum. Estuaries 16(1): 113-125
Geyer, W. R., J. D. Woodruff, and P. Traykovski. 2001. Sediment transport and trapping
in the Hudson River estuary. Estuaries 24(5):670-679.
North EW, Chao S-Y, Sanford LP, Hood RR (2004) The influence of wind and river
pulses on an estuarine turbidity maximum: numerical studies and field observations.
Estuaries 27: 132-146
Sanford LP, Yates M, et al. (in press). Variability of suspended particle concentrations,
sizes and settling velocities in the Chesapeake Bay turbidity maximum. Flocculation in
Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems. Droppo IG, Leppard GG, Liss P,
Milligan T (eds). Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, LLC
Sanford LP, Suttles SE, Halka JP (2001) Reconsidering the physics of the Chesapeake
Bay estuarine turbidity maximum. Estuaries 24(5):655-669
Schubel JR (1968) Turbidity maximum of northern Chesapeake Bay. Science 161:1013-
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Schubel JR (1971) Tidal variation of the size distribution of suspended sediment at a
station in the Chesapeake Bay turbidity maximum. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research
5:252-266
Schubel JR, Biggs RB (1969) Distribution of seston in upper Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Science 10:18-23
Schubel J, Pritchard D (1986) Responses of upper Chesapeake Bay to variations in
discharge of the Susquehanna River. Estuaries 9(4A): 236-249
Uncles, R. J., and J. A. Stephens. 1993. The freshwater-saltwater interface and its
relationship to the turbidity maximum in the Tamar estuary, United Kingdom. Estuaries
16(1):126-141.
Wang, H. V. C., and S.-Y. Chao. 1996. Intensification of subtidal surface currents over a
deep channel in the upper Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 42:771785.
Bacteria
Crump BC, Armbrust EV, Baross JA (1999) Phylogenetic analysis of particle-attached
and free-living bacterial communities in the Columbia River, its estuary, and the adjacent
coastal ocean. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65:3192-3204
Crump BC, Baross JA (2000) Characterization of the bacterially-active particle fraction
in the Columbia River estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 206:13-22
Crump BC, Baross JA, Simenstad CA (1998) Dominance of particle-attached bacteria in
the Columbia River estuary, USA. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 14:7-18
Ploug, H., H. Zimmermann-Timm, B. Schweitzer. 2002. Microbial communities and
respiration on aggregates in the Elbe Estuary, Germany. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 27:
241–248.
Phytoplankton
Anderson, G. F. 1986. Silica, diatoms, and a freshwater productivity maximum in
Atlantic coastal plain estuaries, Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
22: 183-197.
Goosen, N. K., J. Kromkamp, J. Peene, P. van Rijswijk, P. van Breugel. 1999. Bacterial
and phytoplankton production in the maximum turbidity zone of three European
estuaries: the Elbe, Westerschelde and Gironde. Journal of Marine Systems 22: 151–171
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Muylaert, K., and K. Sabbe. 1999. Spring phytoplankton assemblages in and around the
maximum turbidity zone of the estuaries of the Elbe (Germany), the Schelde
(Belgium/The Netherlands) and the Gironde (France). Journal of Marine Systems 22:
133–149.
Vincent WF, Dodson JJ, Bertrand N, Frenette JJ (1996) Photosynthetic and bacterial
production gradients in a larval fish nursery: The St Lawrence river transition zone.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 139:227-238
Zooplankton
Fockedey, N., and J. Mees. 1999. Feeding of the hyperbenthic mysid Neomysis integer in
the maximum turbidity zone of the Elbe, Westerschelde and Gironde estuaries. Journal of
Marine Systems 22: 207–228
Kimmel DG, Roman MR. 2004. Long-term trends in mesozooplankton and community
composition in the Chesapeake Bay: influence of freshwater input. Marine Ecology
Progress Series 267: 71-83
Kimmerer WJ, Burau JR, Bennett WA.1998. Tidally oriented vertical migration and
position maintenance of zooplankton in a temperate estuary. Limnology and
Oceanography 43:1697-1709
Roman MR, Holliday DV, Sanford LP. 2001. Temporal and spatial patterns of
zooplankton in the Chesapeake Bay turbidity maximum. Marine Ecology Progress Series
213:215-227
Simenstad CA, Morgan CA, Cordell JR, Baross JA. 1994. Flux, passive retention and
active residence of zooplankton in Columbia River estuarine turbidity maxima. In:
Changes in Fluxes in Estuaries. Olsen and Olsen, Fredensborg, Denmark, pp 473-482
Winkler, G., P. Sirois, L. E. Johnson, and J. J. Dodson. 2005. Invasion of an estuarine
transition zone by Dreissena polymorpha veligers had no detectable effect on
zooplankton community structure. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 62: 578–592.
Larval Fish
Bennett WA, Kimmerer WJ, Burau JR (2002) Plasticity in vertical migration by native
and exotic estuarine fishes in a dynamic low-salinity zone. Limnology and Oceanography
47:1496-1507
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Dauvin JC, Dodson JJ (1990) Relationship between feeding incidence and vertical and
longitudinal distribution of rainbow smelt larvae (Osmerus mordax) in a turbid wellmixed estuary. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 60:1-12
Dodson JJ, Dauvin JC, Ingram RG, Dangeljan B (1989) Abundance of larval rainbow
smelt (Osmerus mordax) in relation to the maximum turbidity zone and associated
macroplanktonic fauna of the middle St Lawrence Estuary. Estuaries 12:66-81
Jaureguizar, A. J., J. Bava, C. R. Carozza, C. A. Lasta. 2003. Distribution of whitemouth
croaker Micropogonias furnieri in relation to environmental factors at the Río de la Plata
estuary, South America. Marine Ecology Progress Series 255: 271–282.
Laprise R, Dodson JJ (1989) Ontogeny and importance of tidal vertical migrations in the
retention of larval smelt Osmerus mordax in a well-mixed estuary. Marine Ecology
Progress Series 55:101-111
North EW, Houde ED (in press) Retention mechanisms of white perch and striped bass
early-life stages in an estuarine turbidity maximum: an integrative mapping and Eulerian
approach. Fisheries Oceanography
North EW, Houde ED (2001) Retention of white perch and striped bass larvae:
Biological- physical interactions in Chesapeake Bay estuarine turbidity maximum.
Estuaries 24:756-769
North EW, Houde ED (2003) Linking ETM physics, zooplankton prey, and fish early-life
histories to white perch (Morone americana) and striped bass (M. saxatilis) recruitment
success. Marine Ecology Progress Series 260: 219-236.
North EW, Hood RR, Chao S-Y, Sanford LP (submitted) The influence of episodic
events on transport of striped bass eggs to the estuarine turbidity maximum nursery area.
Estuaries
Shoji J, North EW, Houde ED (2004) The feeding ecology of white perch Morone
americana (Pisces) larvae in the upper Chesapeake estuarine turbidity maximum: the
influence of physical conditions and prey concentrations. Journal of Fish Biology
Sirois P, Dodson JJ (2000a) Critical periods and growth-dependent survival of larvae of
an estuarine fish, the rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax. Marine Ecology Progress Series
203:233-245
Sirois P, Dodson JJ (2000b) Influence of turbidity, food density and parasites on the
ingestion and growth of larval rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax in an estuarine turbidity
maximum. Marine Ecology Progress Series 193:167-179
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Trophic transfer
David, V., B. Sautour, R. Galois, P. Chardy. 2006. The paradox high zooplankton
biomass–low vegetal particulate organic matter in high turbidity zones: What way for
energy transfer? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 333: 202–218.
Winkler, G., J.J. Dodson, N. Bertrand, D. Thivierge, W.F. Vincent. 2003. Trophic
coupling across the St. Lawrence River estuarine transition zone. Marine Ecology
Progress Series 251:59-73
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