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Environmental Assessment of Estuarine Ecosystems A Case Study

368 Pages 80 B/W Illustrations

by CRC Press

368 Pages 80 B/W Illustrations

by CRC Press

368 Pages

by CRC Press

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Estuaries in every country exemplify the same paradox — they are among the most productive ecosystems and also among the most impacted by anthropogenic activities. And although estuarine biodiversity is key to the ecological and economic health of coastal regions, estuaries are exposed to toxic effluents transported by rivers from remote and nearby conurbations and industrial and agricultural... Read more

Introduction, Claude Amiard-Triquet and Jean-Claude Dauvin

Sedimentary Processes on Estuarine Mudflats: Examples of the Seine and Authie Estuaries, Julien Deloffre and Robert Lafite

Quantification of Contaminants, Jean-Claude Amiard, Laurent Bodineau, Virginie Bragigand, Christophe Minier, and Hélène Budzinski

Biomarkers Based upon Biochemical Responses, Michèle Roméo, Laurence Poirier, and Brigitte Berthet

Biogeochemistry of Metals in Sediments: Development of Microscale Analytical Tools and Use of Indicators of Biological Activities, Baghdad Ouddane, Laurent Quillet, Olivier Clarisse, Gabriel Billon, Jean-Claude Fischer, and Fabienne Petit

Organic Contaminants in Coastal and Estuarine Food Webs, Alain Abarnou

Tolerance in Organisms Chronically Exposed to Estuarine Pollution, Claude Amiard-Triquet, Thierry Berthe, Anne Créach, Françoise Denis, Cyril Durou, François Gévaert, Catherine Mouneyrac, Jean-Baptiste Ramond, and Fabienne Petit

Linking Energy Metabolism, Reproduction, Abundance, and Structure of Nereis diversicolor Populations, Catherine Mouneyrac, Cyril Durou, Patrick Gillet, Herman Hummel, and Claude Amiard-Triquet

Historical Records of the Nereis diversicolor Population in the Seine Estuary, Christophe Bessineton

Ecological Status and Health of the Planktonic Copepod Eurytemora affinis in the Seine Estuary, Joëlle Forget-Leray, Sami Souissi, David Devreker, Kevin Cailleaud, and Hélène Budzinski

From Pollution to Altered Physiological Performance: The Case of Flatfish in the Seine Estuary, Christophe Minier and Rachid Amara

Diatoms: Modern Diatom Distribution in the Seine and Authie Estuaries, Florence Sylvestre

Foraminifera, Jean-Pierre Debenay

Patterns of Abundance, Diversity, and Genus Assemblage Structure of Meiofaunal Nematodes in the Seine (Pont de Normandie) and Authie (Authie Port) Estuaries, Timothy J. Ferrero

Dynamic Diagenetic Modelling and Impacts of Biota, Lionel Denis, Dominique Boust, Bénedicte Thouvenin, Pierre Le Hir, Julien Deloffre, Jean-Louis Gonzalez, and Patrick Gillet

Conclusions, Claude Amiard-Triquet and Philip S. Rainbow

Index