Prepublication
discount available
for Narragansett
Bay book
Science for Ecosystem-Based Management:
Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century addresses the
broad problem of coastal nutrient pollution. In the
United States, approximately two-thirds of the
coastal rivers and bays are moderately to severely
degraded from nutrient pollution. However,
debates continue about how large a problem
nutrient pollution is and what actions to take, and
since effective management requires decisions at
a local scale, an in-depth case study can provide
valuable guidance.
Narragansett Bay is one of the best-studied
estuaries in the world. Rhode Island has been
developing regulatory and management actions
to reduce nutrient inputs, particularly those of
nitrogen, to the waters of Narragansett Bay. This
book was developed in response to a symposium
addressing this mandate with coastal/estuarine
scientists and environmental management agency
personnel. The contributors use long-term data
sets to discuss the interactions among biological,
ecological, chemical, and physical processes, and
discuss what is known about nutrient inputs to
the Bay ecosystem, the impacts related to nutrient
inputs, and how the ecosystem might respond to a
sudden reduction in these inputs.
Contents
Preface
- Geologic and contemporary landscapes of the Narragansett
Bay ecosystem
- Narragansett Bay amidst a globally changing climate
- Estimating atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the
northeastern United States: Relevance to Narragansett Bay
- Groundwater nutrient transport and input along the
Narragansett Bay coastal margin
- Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to Narragansett Bay: Past,
present and future
- Nitrogen inputs to Narragansett Bay: An historical
perspective
- Anthropogenic eutrophication of Narragansett Bay:
Evidence from dated sediment cores
- Circulation and transport dynamics in Narragansett Bay
- Critical issues for modeling of Narragansett Bay and Mount
Hope Bay
- The dynamics of water exchange between Narragansett Bay
and Rhode Island Sound
- Summer bottom water dissolved oxygen in upper
Narragansett Bay
- Evidence of ecological impacts from excess nutrients in
upper Narragansett Bay
- An ecosystem-based perspective of Mount Hope Bay
- Natural viral communities in the Narragansett Bay
ecosystem
- Nutrient and plankton dynamics in Narragansett Bay
- Narragansett Bay ctenophore-zooplankton-phytoplankton
dynamics in a changing climate
- Coastal salt marsh community change in Narragansett Bay
in response to cultural eutrophication
- Impact of nutrients on Narragansett Bay productivity
- An “Ecofunctional” approach to ecosystem-based
management for Narragansett Bay
The book will retail for ca. $89.95. Order for the prepublication
price of $71.96, available until December 31 (use code BIM060731).
To order, visit the Springer website at www.springer.com and search for “Narragansett Bay,” or download the order form at: seagrant.gso.uri.edu/news/2007/narr_bay_book_order.pdf.
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