REGENERATION 8.7. ANNUAL MASS BALANCES OF CORG, N, AND P 8.8. SYNTHESIS AND FURTHER DIRECTIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
14 9 Status of Critical Habitats and Invasive Species 9.1. INTRODUCTION 9.2. CRITICAL HABITATS 9.3. PRESSURES 9.4. SUMMARY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
15 10 Status of Fish and Shellfish Stocks 10.1. INTRODUCTION 10.2. RECENT FISHERIES YIELDS AND TRENDS 10.3. FISHERIES RESOURCES 10.4. PREDATOR–PREY DYNAMICS 10.5. ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS: PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS 10.6. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
16 11 Ecosystem‐Based Management of Multiple Pressures: 11.1. SUMMARY 11.2. IMPACTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES 11.3. MANAGEMENT, MONITORING, AND MODELING REFERENCES
17 INDEX
List of Tables
1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Mean riverine inputs and physical and ecological characteristics of...
2 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Median annual inputs of freshwater (Q, km3) and nutrients (106 kg y...
3 Chapter 4Table 4.1 Estimates of phytoplankton primary production (PP) for different re...
4 Chapter 5Table 5.1 Frequency of Occurrence of Selected Harmful Algal Bloom Species in ...
5 Chapter 6Table 6.1 Generalized monthly presence of common gelatinous zooplankton in Ch...Table 6.2 Monthly presence of common gelatinous zooplankton in the northern A...Table 6.3 Abundance of siphonophore species (nectophorae) in the northern Adr...Table 6.4 The number of metazoan zooplankton taxa in the northern Adriatic Se...
6 Chapter 7Table 7.1 Published studies that have investigated seasonal dynamics of micro...Table 7.2 Average bacterial abundance (106 cells mL−1) and bacterial ca...
7 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Sedimentary organic matter: elemental composition (%), elemental ra...Table 8.2 Sedimentary organic matter in Chesapeake Bay: elemental composition...Table 8.3 Suspended particulate organic carbon (POC), particulate nitrogen (P...Table 8.4 Benthic fluxes (mmol m−2 day−1) in the northern Adriati...Table 8.5 Benthic fluxes (mmol m−2 day−1) in three regions of Che...Table 8.6 Tentative mass balances of Corg, N, and P in the western part of th...Table 8.7 Tentative mass balances of Corg, N, and P for the mainstem Chesapea...
8 Chapter 9Table 9.1 Lagoons of the Northern Adriatic Sea.Table 9.2 List of alien species in the northern Adriatic sea (updated major s...
9 Chapter 11Table 11.1 Ecosystem services impacted by increases in indicators of ecosyste...
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 (Left) The mainstem Chesapeake Bay (CB), which runs 320 km from t...
2 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Time series of annual freshwater input to (a) Chesapeake Bay and ...Figure 2.2 Boxplots showing seasonal loads of (a) total nitrogen (TN), (b) n...Figure 2.3 Time series of annual loads of (a) total nitrogen (TN), (b) nitra...
3 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Bathymetry of the mainstem of Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, an...Figure 3.2 Schematic response of an estuary to longitudinal wind‐stress forc...Figure 3.3 Flow response of Chesapeake Bay to Hurricane Isabel. Wind speed i...Figure 3.4 (a) Observed (solid line with a dot) and modeled (solid line) mon...Figure 3.5 (a) The difference between the present mean tidal range (MTR) and...Figure 3.6 Numerical results on the response of Chesapeake Bay to changes in...Figure 3.7 Adriatic basin topography (TS, Trieste; KP, Koper; VE, Venice; Go...Figure 3.8 (a) Bora and (b) sirocco surface circulations (arrows) from the R...Figure 3.9 Surface salinity averages from the ROMS reanalysis for the northe...Figure 3.10 Sea‐temperature transects along the open boundary of Figure 3.9....Figure 3.11 Number of 5‐day‐long marine warm water outbreaks (upward bars) a...
4 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Average monthly SeaWiFS satellite‐derived surface Chl‐a concentra...Figure 4.2 Long‐term CBP monitoring stations used in this analysis for water...Figure 4.3 Interannual variability of salinity and nutrients in the (left) s...Figure 4.4 Annual cycles of surface nutrients (NO3 and PO4), Chl‐a, and sali...Figure 4.5 Average downbay distributions of surface salinity, total suspende...Figure 4.6 Average annual cycles of (left) surface and (right) bottom salini...Figure 4.7 Relationships between average annual Susquehanna River discharge ...Figure 4.8 (Top) Interannual and (bottom) monthly variability of Chl‐a in th...Figure 4.9 Interannual variability of Chl‐a depth profiles in the Gulf of Tr...Figure 4.10 Average annual cycles of surface Chl‐a by salinity zone in CB (s...Figure 4.11 (a) Average downbay