Subject Index
A
Aaron Manby, 434
Abiotic factors, 238
Aboveground net primary production (AGNPP), 400
Acetabularia, 440
Active approaches, 2
Adaptive governance, 1
Adaptive management (AM), 1–2
Aegialitis, 396
Aeolian processes, 55–56
Aerobic environments, 2
Aerobic organisms, 2
Age, 3
cheniers, 117
Airborne laser terrain mapping (ALTM), 4–7
Airborne oceano-graphic lidar (AOL), 4
Alaskan earthquake (1964), 209, 210
Alexandrium, 435
A. catenella, 435
A. tamarense, 435
Algal blooms, 7–14, 306–308, 357, 388, 493
Algal production, in mangrove, 400
Alkalinity, 17
Allelopathy, 715
Amazon River, 250
American Oyster. See Crassostrea virginica
Ammonification, 439
Amnesic shellfish poisons (ASP), 8, 714
amoA, 36
Amphibola crenata, 486
Amphipods, 17–18
Anadromous, 18
Anaerobes, 2
Anaerobic environments, 19
Analytical model, 219
Anchored-backed bulkheads, 111
Anoxia, 19–26
Anthropogenic impacts, 29–34, 142
chemical contaminants, 30–31
climate change, 32–33
coastal subsidence, 33
eutrophication, 29–30
floatables/debris, 33
habitat loss and alteration, 30
human activities, 29–34
human-altered hydrological regimes, 32
intensive aquaculture, 31–32
invasive species, 32
metals, 31
overfishing, 31
pathogens, 33
sewage and organic wastes, 30
Apalachicola Bay, 472
Apostichopus japonicus, 576
Aquaculture, 85
bivalve, 85–88
bivalve molluscs, 99–100
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) online database, 215
Archaea, 35–36
Archaeal domains, 35
Artemia, 485
Arthropods, 73, 79, 440, 486, 669
Artificial reef, 37–41
current investigations, 41
features of, 40
functions of, 40
locations of, 38
modules deploy, 38
types, 38
Ascophyllum, 387
Asian shore crab, 369
Atlantic-Caribbean-East Pacific (ACEP) biogeographic regions, 395
Atlantic coastal system, 324, 325
Atolls, 155–156
Atterberg limits, 425
Australia, estuarine deltaic wetlands in, 268–270
Austrovenus stutchburyi, 209
Autotrophic organisms, 42
Avicennia, 395–396, 740
A. marina, 395, 400, 494
B
Bacillus subtilis, 435
Backbarrier, 43–46
coastal lagoons, 44, 45
flood-tidal deltas, 44, 45
intertidal flats, 44, 45
marsh environment, 45
washover fans, 44, 45
Back dune, 43
Backwash ripples, 570
Ballast water exchange, 434
Baltic Sea, eutrophication, 306
Bar, 46–47
Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor (BB-LEH) Estuary, 141–142, 307–308
Barrier islands, 47–52, 144
boundary factor influencing, 49
development of, 49
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A
Aaron Manby, 434
Abiotic factors, 238
Aboveground net primary production (AGNPP), 400
Acetabularia, 440
Active approaches, 2
Adaptive governance, 1
Adaptive management (AM), 1–2
Aegialitis, 396
Aeolian processes, 55–56
Aerobic environments, 2
Aerobic organisms, 2
Age, 3
cheniers, 117
Airborne laser terrain mapping (ALTM), 4–7
Airborne oceano-graphic lidar (AOL), 4
Alaskan earthquake (1964), 209, 210
Alexandrium, 435
A. catenella, 435
A. tamarense, 435
Algal blooms, 7–14, 306–308, 357, 388, 493
Algal production, in mangrove, 400
Alkalinity, 17
Allelopathy, 715
Amazon River, 250
American Oyster. See Crassostrea virginica
Ammonification, 439
Amnesic shellfish poisons (ASP), 8, 714
amoA, 36
Amphibola crenata, 486
Amphipods, 17–18
Anadromous, 18
Anaerobes, 2
Anaerobic environments, 19
Analytical model, 219
Anchored-backed bulkheads, 111
Anoxia, 19–26
Anthropogenic impacts, 29–34, 142
chemical contaminants, 30–31
climate change, 32–33
coastal subsidence, 33
eutrophication, 29–30
floatables/debris, 33
habitat loss and alteration, 30
human activities, 29–34
human-altered hydrological regimes, 32
intensive aquaculture, 31–32
invasive species, 32
metals, 31
overfishing, 31
pathogens, 33
sewage and organic wastes, 30
Apalachicola Bay, 472
Apostichopus japonicus, 576
Aquaculture, 85
bivalve, 85–88
bivalve molluscs, 99–100
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) online database, 215
Archaea, 35–36
Archaeal domains, 35
Artemia, 485
Arthropods, 73, 79, 440, 486, 669
Artificial reef, 37–41
current investigations, 41
features of, 40
functions of, 40
locations of, 38
modules deploy, 38
types, 38
Ascophyllum, 387
Asian shore crab, 369
Atlantic-Caribbean-East Pacific (ACEP) biogeographic regions, 395
Atlantic coastal system, 324, 325
Atolls, 155–156
Atterberg limits, 425
Australia, estuarine deltaic wetlands in, 268–270
Austrovenus stutchburyi, 209
Autotrophic organisms, 42
Avicennia, 395–396, 740
A. marina, 395, 400, 494
B
Bacillus subtilis, 435
Backbarrier, 43–46
coastal lagoons, 44, 45
flood-tidal deltas, 44, 45
intertidal flats, 44, 45
marsh environment, 45
washover fans, 44, 45
Back dune, 43
Backwash ripples, 570
Ballast water exchange, 434
Baltic Sea, eutrophication, 306
Bar, 46–47
Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor (BB-LEH) Estuary, 141–142, 307–308
Barrier islands, 47–52, 144
boundary factor influencing, 49
development of, 49
M.J. Kennish (ed.), Encyclopedia of Estuaries, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8801-4,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016