FIGURE 5.1 Examples of submersed vascular plants that occur in estuarine systems: (a) Myriophyllum spicatum (photo: O. Pedersen), (b) Stuckenia pectinata.
FIGURE 3.1 Bacterial decomposition of organic matter in marine/estuarine sediments through a sequence of terminal electron acceptors (e.g., O 2, NO 3 ¯,
FIGURE 8.1 Benthic diatom assemblages viewed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). (a) Epipsammic diatoms (Achnanthes and Navicula) in the cavity of a.
FIGURE 16.1 A simple food chain with three trophic levels illustrated using energy systems language (e.g., Odum, 967; Odum, 1971). Arrows indicate transfer.
FIGURE 7.9 ( Continued )
FIGURE 7.1 (a) Fringe mangrove along Shark River slough dominated by Rhizophora mangle. (b) Interior mangrove forest in Puerto Rico dominated by Avicennia.
FIGURE 6.1 Worldwide distribution of coastal marshes and mangrove swamps. Source: After Chapman (1960). ESTUARINE ECOLOGY, Second Edition. John W. Day.
FIGURE 1.1 Idealized oblique aerial view of a typical estuarine system showing some of the major subsystems.
FIGURE 15.1 Regression of ecosystem respiration and ecosystem gross primary production across many types of aquatic ecosystems. Gross production and respiration.
FIGURE 8.2 Different divisions of algae have adapted to the varied light regimes that occur along depth gradients in estuaries.
