A Rehabilitated Estuarine Ecosystem [electronic resource] : The environment and ecology of the Thames Estuary /

1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Thames estuary: a personal view -- 1.2 Cleaning up the Thames and the role of this book -- 2 The Thames estuary: a history of the impact of humans on the environment and a description of the current approach to environmental management -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Definition of the study area -- 2.3 Basic description of the Thames estuary -- 2.4 The Thames estuary before 1800 -- 2.5 A history of the impact of humans on the environment (1800 to the present day) -- 2.6 Water quality management during the Thames Water Authority era -- 2.7 Habitat loss as a result of flood defence work and land-claim -- 2.8 The current approach to environmental management -- 3 Physical and chemical characteristics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Physical characteristics -- 3.3 Chemical characteristics -- 3.4 Modelling -- 3.5 Summary -- 4 The algae of the Thames estuary: a reappraisal -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The present reappraisal -- 4.3 The algal flora by habitat -- 4.4 Seasonality -- 4.5 Changes in occurrence and distribution -- 4.6 Distribution along the estuary -- 4.7 Future studies -- 4.8 Conclusion -- 5 The Zooplankton communities of the Thames estuary -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The current study on the Zooplankton of the Thames estuary -- 5.3 Composition of the Zooplankton -- 5.4 Spatial and temporal distributions of the major groups -- 5.5 Changes in dominance of major species -- 5.6 Vertical and lateral distributions -- 5.7 Comparison with Zooplankton communities in other estuaries -- 5.8 Zooplankton functioning -- 5.9 Conclusions -- 6 The benthic macroinvertebrate communities of the Thames estuary -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Thames Estuary Benthic Programme -- 6.3 The Thames divided -- 6.4 Benthic macroinvertebrates — zone by zone -- 6.5 Conclusions -- 7 Temporal changes in the movements and abundance of Thames estuary fish populations -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Sampling method -- 7.3 Species numbers -- 7.4 Diversity -- 7.5 Species abundance -- 7.6 Community composition -- 7.7 Trawling method -- 7.8 Summary -- 8 Host-parasite interactions: case studies of parasitic infections in migratory fish -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The intestinal fish helminth Pomphorhynchus laevis -- 8.3 Virus-associated spawning papillomatosis in smelt -- 8.4 Other parasites of migratory fish -- 8.5 Summary and conclusions -- 9The Thames estuary saltmarsh plant and sea-grass communities -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Saltmarsh development -- 9.3 Intertidal seagrass communities -- 9.4 Saltmarsh vascular plants and communities -- 9.5 The origin and spread of Spartina -- 9.6 Regional saltmarsh communities -- 9.7 Saltmarsh vegetation of the greater Thames -- 10 Estuaries: towards the next century -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Early work on estuaries -- 10.3 Concerns for the future -- Appendices -- A Summary of data for selected sites along the Thames estuary -- B Thames estuary species list -- References.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Attrill, Martin J. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998
Subjects:	Environment., Hydrogeology., Life sciences., Ecology., Environmental management., Environment, general., Life Sciences, general., Environmental Management.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8708-2
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