Today, interest continues to grow in the potential aquatic-toterrestrial transport of contaminants through movement of insects, birds, reptiles, and other organisms or via the energetic pathways that quintessentially link aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. John Muir. Henry David Thoreau. Theodore Roosevelt. Rachel Carson. Preservationists, conservationists, politicians, scientists, authors, an...

In this Quick Guide, Brierley provides a brief overview of a pervasive aspect of aquatic ecosystems, the daily movement of organisms up and down the water column.

Diazinon (O,O-diethyl O-[2-isopropyl-6-methyl-4pyrimidinyl] phosphothiate) is an organophosphate pesticide with widespread use on a variety of agricultural crops, such as fruit trees, corn, and tobacco (Burkepile et al., 2000). Approximately 6 million kg of diazinon are applied annually in the United States and, as a result, are a potential contributer to nonpoint source contamination of aquati...

Climate change is projected to cause significant alterations to aquatic biogeochemical processes, (including carbon dynamics), aquatic food web structure, dynamics and biodiversity, primary and secondary production; and, affect the range, distribution and habitat quality/quantity of aquatic mammals and waterfowl. Projected enhanced permafrost thawing is very likely to increase nutrient, sedimen...