Water quality trends in Texas estuaries
Coastal watersheds in Texas have experienced significant human population growth over the past several decades, yet there have been no comprehensive assessments of water quality trends in Texas estuaries. Here, analysis of historical estuarine water quality data indicates regional “hot spots” of cha...
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fttexasamucorpus:oai:tamucc-ir.tdl.org:1969.6/89591 2023-10-25T01:36:51+02:00 Water quality trends in Texas estuaries Bugica, Kalman Sterba-Boatwright, Blair Wetz, Michael S. 2020-01-15 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89591 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110903 unknown Elsevier Ltd. Bugica, K., B. Sterba-Boatwright, and M.S. Wetz. 2020. Water quality trends in Texas estuaries. Marine Pollution Bulletin 152: doi: 110903 https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89591 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110903 Water quality Texas Estuary Eutrophication Climate Salinity Article 2020 fttexasamucorpus https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110903 2023-09-25T10:25:53Z Coastal watersheds in Texas have experienced significant human population growth over the past several decades, yet there have been no comprehensive assessments of water quality trends in Texas estuaries. Here, analysis of historical estuarine water quality data indicates regional “hot spots” of change. Galveston Bay and Oso Bay, which have highly urbanized watersheds, currently exhibit symptoms of eutrophication. Symptoms of eutrophication were also found in the Baffin Bay-Upper Laguna Madre complex, which has a sparsely populated but agriculturally-intensive watershed. Increasing salinity was observed in estuaries of the central Texas coast and are attributed to long-term decreases in freshwater inflow. Another artifact of decreasing freshwater inflow is a reduction in the delivery of carbonate minerals to estuaries, which manifests as decreases in pH. With findings from this study, targeted studies can now be directed at the estuaries that are experiencing water quality degradation in order to guide future management efforts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Baffin Bay Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi: DSpace Repository Baffin Bay Marine Pollution Bulletin 152 110903 |
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Coastal watersheds in Texas have experienced significant human population growth over the past several decades, yet there have been no comprehensive assessments of water quality trends in Texas estuaries. Here, analysis of historical estuarine water quality data indicates regional “hot spots” of change. Galveston Bay and Oso Bay, which have highly urbanized watersheds, currently exhibit symptoms of eutrophication. Symptoms of eutrophication were also found in the Baffin Bay-Upper Laguna Madre complex, which has a sparsely populated but agriculturally-intensive watershed. Increasing salinity was observed in estuaries of the central Texas coast and are attributed to long-term decreases in freshwater inflow. Another artifact of decreasing freshwater inflow is a reduction in the delivery of carbonate minerals to estuaries, which manifests as decreases in pH. With findings from this study, targeted studies can now be directed at the estuaries that are experiencing water quality degradation in order to guide future management efforts. |
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Bugica, K., B. Sterba-Boatwright, and M.S. Wetz. 2020. Water quality trends in Texas estuaries. Marine Pollution Bulletin 152: doi: 110903 https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89591 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110903 |
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