Using Changes in Biomass and Productivity to Discern Anthropogenic Impacts in Aquatic Ecosystems

• Other Authors: Fitzhugh, Linda Mueller (authoraut), Chanton, Jeffery (professor directing dissertation), Wang, Yang (university representative), Burnett, William (committee member), MacDonald, Ian (committee member), Landing, William (committee member), Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Florida State University
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Canada; West Bay; East Bay; North Bay; St. Andrew Bay; Peat; permafrost; SCAR
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-4446; http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A182572/datastream/TN/view/Using%20Changes%20in%20Biomass%20and%20Productivity%20to%20Discern%20Anthropogenic%20Impacts%20in%20Aquatic%20Ecosystems.jpg

The purpose of these studies was to monitor changes in two aquatic ecosystems that represent end members along a continuum of human impacts. St. Andrew Bay in Panama City, Florida, USA, has been impacted by humans since it formed about 5,000 years ago; however these impacts have accelerated in the l...