LEADER 04171nam 2200973z- 450 001 9910557147303321 005 20231214133438.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000040585 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68574 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000040585 100 $a20202105d2021 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEcological Status Assessment of Transitional Waters 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2021 215 $a1 electronic resource (190 p.) 311 $a3-03943-973-1 311 $a3-03943-974-X 330 $aCoastal transitional ecosystems include a wide range of morphological features?i.e., lagoons, wetlands, estuaries, deltas, and so on. According to the Ramsar Convention, ?they are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems? and are continually ?degraded and converted to other uses?. To protect and restore these highly valuable ecosystems, knowledge of their processes and the assessment of their ecological conditions under anthropogenic pressures is of fundamental importance. The present book contains eight original research papers and a review that provide useful tools to understand the structure and function of transitional waters worldwide. The results allow us to assess the impact of anthropogenic activities and inform stakeholders on the actions that can be taken to manage them. The papers in this book provide different ecological approaches to investigate some main impacts: - benthic and nekton communities were studied to assess the impact of eutrophication and salinity changes; - biological processes in carbon dioxide fluxes were assessed in the framework of climate change; - nekton communities were discussed in relation to habitat morphological degradation; - the role of invasive alien species was considered. 606 $aResearch & information: general$2bicssc 610 $aSWRO desalination 610 $abrine discharge 610 $aosmotic stress 610 $acoastal monitoring 610 $aimpacted coastal systems 610 $abiological communities 610 $atransitional waters 610 $acommunity matrix 610 $aqualitative model 610 $aspecies interactions 610 $afreshwater flow 610 $alow salinity zone 610 $asimulation 610 $aecological assessment 610 $aadaptive management 610 $abiological processes 610 $aair?sea CO2 exchange flux 610 $anet ecosystem production 610 $apotential CO2 emissions 610 $atrophic status 610 $aChangjiang River estuary plume 610 $anekton 610 $arestoration 610 $asalinity 610 $apredictive models 610 $abiodiversity 610 $aspatial variation 610 $asediments 610 $aconfinement 610 $asaprobity 610 $aorganic enrichment 610 $acoastal lagoons 610 $aMediterranean sea 610 $aMacrophyte Quality Index (MaQI), transitional waters 610 $auncertainty analysis 610 $aconfidence interval 610 $aKernel standard error 610 $amacroinvertebrates 610 $aeutrophication 610 $aorganic pollution 610 $ainvasive alien species 610 $aaquatic angiosperms 610 $aenvironmental restoration 610 $aecological status 610 $aVenice Lagoon 610 $acoastal lagoon 610 $amorphological alterations 610 $ahabitat conservation 610 $akillifishes 610 $agobies 610 $aMediterranean Sea 610 $aCO2 flux 610 $adesalinization 610 $abenthic fauna 615 7$aResearch & information: general 700 $aFACCA$b Chiara$4edt$01322893 702 $aFACCA$b Chiara$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557147303321 996 $aEcological Status Assessment of Transitional Waters$93035227 997 $aUNINA