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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"nearshore habitats"”.
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Evaluation of coastal protection services provided by nearshore habitats in Cox Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
… examined coastal protection services provided by nearshore habitats, and provides an economic valuation of these services. The model results indicate that nearshore habitats do play a role in reducing coastal vulnerability and coastal erosion, with an "avoided damages" cost of $1 million. Sand …
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Fish Assemblage Dynamics and Red Drum Habitat Selection in Bayou St. John and Associated Urban Waterways located within the City of New Orleans, Louisiana
… habitat selection. Using data from 1971 – 2010, nearshore habitats in CPLL were affected by Hurricane Katrina, but have sense recovered and nearshore habitats in BSJ were found to have decreased diversity. Pelagic habitats in both areas were found stable across 40 years. Since 2006, nearshore …
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Factors of ecological resilience in global temperate estuaries : a systematic review
… terrestrial ecosystems, freshwater outflows, and nearshore habitats and they face a variety of external stressors. To help mitigate the impacts of external stressors on temperate estuaries, this systematic literature review identified and synthesized the spatial and temporal scales of ecological …
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Habitat use of Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in Pascagoula River holding areas and in estuarine and marine environments including Ship Island, Mississippi and Mobile Bay, Alabama
… annual migrations between riverine and marine habitats. They are divided into western or an eastern river systems based on the location of their natal river relative to Mobile Bay. Tracking of GS movements using acoustic telemetry has occurred since the late 1990s but has increased in use since …
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The impact of episodic hypoxia on blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus): from molecules to populations)
… of hypoxic water and aggregate in shallow nearshore habitats where increased competition for resources and spatial overlap between predators and prey reduce growth and increase predation/cannibalism. It is difficult to assess the impact of episodic hypoxia on population dynamics because …