Browsing by Subject "estuary"
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Modeling the transport and fate of spilled crude oil is important for estimating short and long-term toxicity effects in coastal ecosystems. This research project investigates the partitioning of hydrocarbons from a surface ...
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(2012-07-16)The numerous benefits that wetlands provide make them essential to ecosystem services and ecological functions. Historically, wetland losses have been caused by natural and anthropogenic changes. In Texas, nearly 50% of ...
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(2017-11-14)Subterranean estuaries extend into carbonate platforms where extensive cave networks influence the hydrology and biogeochemistry of the coastal aquifer. How complex biological communities thrive in this globally-distributed, ...
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Colonization of Hard-substrate Invertebrate Communities on Various Materials in Galveston Bay, Texas (2021-04-22)Hard-substrate organisms such as oysters and barnacles reduce coastal erosion, improve water quality, and promote biodiversity. However, hard-substrate communities are threatened by dredging, sedimentation, invasive species, ...
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(2009-06-02)The sedimentary sulfur cycle is one of the main components of estuarine biogeochemical systems. It is initiated by the oxidation of organic matter via sulfate reducing bacteria which produce hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The major goal of this research is the development of a competitive ligand equilibration-solvent solvent extraction (CLE-SSE) method to determine organically complexed mercury species in estuarine water. The method was ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Knowledge of surface sediment distribution in Galveston Bay is important because it allows us to better understand how the bay works and how human activities impact the bay and its ecosystems. In this project, six areas ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Understanding the salt marsh ecosystem in the Guadalupe Estuary is needed because wetlands in this system support the endangered whooping crane (Grus americana). The marsh plant research and monitoring described herein ...