Ecology of open - bay bottoms of Texas: a community profile

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dc.acquisition-srcU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Publications Unit, Washington, D.C.; Review of GBNEP-20 reference listen_US
dc.call-noQH 105 .T4 A74 1987 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, N.E.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:59:51Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:59:51Z
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description104 pagesen_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractOpen-bay bottoms represent one of the most extensive habitats in any estuarine system, especially in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico estuaries of Texas. Seven major estuarine systems are found here (Sabine Lake, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, San Antonio Bay, Copano-Aransas Bays, Corpust Christi Bay, and the Laguna Madre), along with three minor riverine estuaries (Brazos, San Bernard, and Rio Grande) which long ago filled. These bays are typically broad and shallow with average depths of 1.2 to 2.4 m and a total surface area of 624,000 ha. Salt marshes and seagrass beds are small. The structure and function of the benthic communitites in these Texas estuaries are examined by reviewing and integrating data from a number of past and ongoing studies. While studies in these systems have not been as numerous as in other estuaries, the patterns of structure and function are beginning to emerge. The key functions of the benthic system are production of biomass as food resources for higher trophic levels; bioturbation, which enhances nutrient regeneration; and nutrient regeneration itself. Benthic nutrient regeneration in the shallow waters of Texas estuaries may play a key role in regulating primary production in the estuaries.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeNorthwestern Gulf of Mexicoen_US
dc.history3/9/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20818
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collection; Also available to download at the link below.en_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeWashington, D.C.en_US
dc.publisherU.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Research and Development, National Wetlands Research Centeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries301en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesBiological Report 85-7.12en_US
dc.subjectecologyen_US
dc.subjectbenthosen_US
dc.subjectbaysen_US
dc.subjectcommunity compositionen_US
dc.subjecthabitaten_US
dc.subjectsalt marshesen_US
dc.titleEcology of open - bay bottoms of Texas: a community profileen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
dc.universityen_US
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