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
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Environmental Assessment of Estuarine Ecosystems
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Sedimentary Processes on Estuarine Mudflats: Examples of the Seine and Authie Estuaries
- Chapter 3. Quantification of Contaminants
- Chapter 4. Biomarkers Based upon Biochemical Responses
- Chapter 5. Biogeochemistry of Metals in Sediments: Development of Microscale Analytical Tools and Use of Indicators of Biological Activities
- Chapter 6. Organic Contaminants in Coastal and Estuarine Food Webs
- Chapter 7. Tolerance in Organisms Chronically Exposed to Estuarine Pollution
- Chapter 8. Linking Energy Metabolism, Reproduction, Abundance, and Structure of Nereis diversicolor Populations
- Chapter 9. Historical Records of the Nereis diversicolor Population in the Seine Estuary
- Chapter 10. Ecological Status and Health of the Planktonic Copepod Eurytemora affinis in the Seine Estuary
- Chapter 11. From Pollution to Altered Physiological Performance: The Case of Flatfish in the Seine Estuary
- Chapter 12. Diatoms: Modern Diatom Distribution in the Seine and Authie Estuaries
- Chapter 13. Foraminifera
- Chapter 14. Patterns of Abundance, Diversity, and Genus Assemblage Structure of Meiofaunal Nematodes in the Seine (Pont de Normandie) and Authie (Authie Port) Estuaries
- Chapter 15. Dynamic Diagenetic Modelling and Impacts of Biota
- Chapter 16. Conclusions
- Index
- Back cover
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