This study is focused on evaluating the trace metal levels in water and tissues of two commercial fish species Arius thalassinus and Pennahia anea that were collected from Kapar and Mersing coastal waters. The concentrations of Fe, Zn, Al, As, Cd and Pb in these coastal waters and muscle, liver and gills tissues of the fishes were quantified. The relationship among the metal concentrations and ...

Periodic blooms of Pseudonitzschia spp. in Galician coastal areas have caused virtual collapse of ecosystems with accomp anying serious economic impacts. The aim of this work is the study of the physical environment of a coastal system correlating different bands of MERIS data with in situ chlorophyll data provided by the Marine Environment Quality Control Centre (CCMM) during a study period as...

During high summer seasons in 1994-1999 84 big (20-42 cm total length) female perch (Perca fluviatilis L) were sampled from the waters around Tvärminne Zoological Station on the Hanko-Hangö peninsula on the SW coast of Finland for mercury analysis. Additional sampling of 13 big female perch during the same season were carried out from the waters of Nåtö Biological Station on the Aland Islands i...

Using an integrated physical and biological approach, we examined across-shelf advection and exchange and the associated transport of bivalve larvae in the presence of a strong coastal current separated from the coast by a stratified inshore environment. We tested the hypothesis that the interface of the coastal current and inshore waters can act as an ecological barrier to across-shelf transpo...

[1] Here we describe, test, and apply a spatially explicit, global model for predicting dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) export by rivers to coastal waters (NEWS-DIN). NEWS-DIN was developed as part of an internally consistent suite of global nutrient export models. Modeled and measured DIN export values agree well (calibration R = 0.79), and NEWS-DIN is relatively free of bias. NEWS-DIN pred...

Aerobic ammonia oxidation plays a key role in the nitrogen cycle, and the diversity of the responsible microorganisms is regulated by environmental factors. Abundance and composition of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) were investigated in the surface waters along an environmental gradient of the Yong River in Ningbo, East China. Water samples were collected ...

The SeaWiFS ocean colour sensor on board the SeaStar (Orbview 2) satellite is able to derive the chlorophyll concentration in the surface sea water. The chlorophyll algorithm employed is based on the ratio of radiance or reflectance measured in the blue and green spectral bands. Regression between the band ratio and the in-situ measurements of chlorophyll values gives the coefficients for the r...

The SeaWiFS ocean colour sensor on board the SeaStar (Orbview 2) satellite is able to derive the chlorophyll concentration in the surface sea water. The chlorophyll algorithm employed is based on the ratio of radiance or reflectance measured in the blue and green spectral bands. Regression between the band ratio and the in-situ measurements of chlorophyll values gives the coefficients for the r...

The accurate assessment of total suspended sediment (TSM) concentration in coastal waters by means of remote sensing is quite challenging, due to the optical complexity and significant variability of these waters. In this study, three-band semi-analytical TSM retrieval (TSTM) model with HJ-1A/CCD spectral bands was developed for the retrieval of TSM concentration from turbid coastal waters. Thi...

Just like any other ecosystem, coastal and estuarine ecosystems are complex and dynamic in terms of their species structure and functioning. The resilience of the different types of coastal ecosystem to change depends on the structural complexity of the different trophic relationships within the local food web, the connectivity between habitats and larger (eco)system units, and the ecological a...