Decline of submerged vegetation in the Galveston Bay system: chronology and relationships to physical processes

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dc.acquisition-srcReview of GBNEP-6 reference listen_US
dc.call-noAcc#4341 - Box#13en_US
dc.call-noJournal of Coastal Researchen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorPulich, W.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWhite, W.A.en_US
dc.contributor.otherJournal of Coastal Researchen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:08:12Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:08:12Z
dc.date.issued1991en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpgs. 1125-1138en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractChanges in submerged vascular plant distribution since the 1950's were documented for the Galveston Bay system (excluding the Trinity River delta proper) using aerial photographs and substantiated field reports. Two major regions were compared with nearby sites where vegetation persists. Along the upper bay shoreline, evidence is presented for involvement of Hurricane Carla (1961) and a relative rise in sea level due to subsidence, which resulted in the disappearance of Ruppia maritima beds between 1960 and 1962. In the lower bay (West Bay), mixed beds of R. maritima and Halodule wrightii declined steadily from the 1950's and disappeared by the early 1980's. This area contrasts with Christmas Bay, a secondary protected bay 5 to 7 km south that still contains extensive beds of H. wrightii and small patches of Thalassi testudinum and Halophila engelmanni. In West Bay, urban development, wastewater discharges, chemical spills, and dredging activities, rather than subsidence and Hurricane Carla, are suspected as the principal deleterious agents. Similarities between submerged vegetation declines in Galveston and other bays systems are discussed.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeWest Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeChristmas Bayen_US
dc.history3/3/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22153
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Archives Collection; TAMUG Periodical Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeFort Lauderdale, FLen_US
dc.publisherCoastal Education and Research Foundationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries4341.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectwater qualityen_US
dc.subjectsea grassen_US
dc.subjecterosionen_US
dc.subjecthabitat destructionen_US
dc.subjectsubsidenceen_US
dc.subjectaerial photographyen_US
dc.titleDecline of submerged vegetation in the Galveston Bay system: chronology and relationships to physical processesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issuev.7, iss.4en_US

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