Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems - 9780367656393

CRC Press

Climate Change and Coastal EcosystemsLong-Term Effects of Climate and Nutrient Loading on Trophic Organization\nAuthor(s): Robert J. Livingston\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367656393, 978-0367656393\nSynopsis\nProduced by a Leading Aquatic Scientist\n\nA narrative account of how estuaries around the world are being altered by human forces and human-induced global climate changes, Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems: Long-Term Effects of Climate and Nutrient Loading on Trophic Organization chronicles a more than 40-year-old research effort conducted by Dr. Robert J. Livingston and his research team at Florida State University. Designed to evaluate system-level responses to natural and anthropogenic nutrient loading and long-term climate changes, the study focused on the northeast Gulf of Mexico riverbay systems, and concentrated on phytoplankton/benthic macrophyte productivity and associated food web organi.