Using changes in biomass and productivity to discern anthropogenic impacts in aquatic ecosystems

• Main Author: Fitzhugh, Linda Mueller
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The Florida State University 2011
• Subjects: Chemical Oceanography|Biological oceanography|Environmental Studies; Canada; East Bay; North Bay; St. Andrew Bay; West Bay; Peat; permafrost
• Online Access: http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3477205

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...