There are still significant uncertainties in the magnitude and direction of carbon fluxes through coastal ecosystems. An important component of these biogeochemical budgets is ecosystem metabolism, ...

Estuaries and Coasts, Vol. 39, No. 4 (JULY 2016), pp. 992-1005 (14 pages) Many aquatic ecosystems are experiencing a decline in their oxygen (O₂) content and this is predicted to continue.

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020 with associated travel restrictions, a research group shifted their overseas research projects to instead study the seagrass meadow ecosystem in Waquoit Bay, USA ...

Research from North Carolina State University shows that extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and increased precipitation, affect both the amount and the composition of picophytoplankton in the ...

The diversity of threatened fish in estuaries increases when surrounded by forest cover, whereas estuaries surrounded by farmland show the opposite effect. Estuaries — areas where rivers meet the sea ...

Coastal wetlands provide important functions for estuaries, including reducing pollutants, providing habitat for plants and animals, and offering protection from storms and flooding events. In the ...

Top Stories from Dec. WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKRG) — The House of Representatives passed the Enhancing Science, Treatment, and ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A California ecosystem has gotten a big boost from an adorable, fluffy and hungry friend. At Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a newly-reinvigorated population of ...

The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program has handed out $250,000 in grants to seven local groups and governments. Degraded water quality running through a Carpenter Park stream and into the ...

Dr. Dianne I Greenfield CUNY Advanced Science Research Center & Queens College Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences (Oceanography) Area of Research: Biological Oceanograp ...