Coastal Ecosystems in Transition

5 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Mean annual concentrations of total nitrogen (TN) and NO x(dissol...Figure 5.2 Po River daily (grey line) and annual average (triangles) dischar...Figure 5.3 Average annual cycles of (a) surface, (b) water‐column average, a...Figure 5.4 Annual cycles of surface chlorophyll‐ a (Chl‐ a ) at two Chesapeake ...Figure 5.5 Decadal changes in mean (±95% CI) surface chlorophyll‐ a (Chl‐ a ) c...Figure 5.6 Box plots showing median, interquartile range, and total range of...Figure 5.7 Interannual occurrence and duration in mucilaginous macroaggregat...Figure 5.8 Average annual cycles of bottom dissolved oxygen concentration by...Figure 5.9 Vertical cross‐sections of dissolved oxygen concentration along t...Figure 5.10 Time series of July hypoxic (O 2< 2 mg L −1) volume in Ches...Figure 5.11 Dissolved oxygen in bottom waters of the Gulf of Trieste (sampli...Figure 5.12 Dissolved oxygen in bottom waters of the northern Adriatic Sea (...Figure 5.13 Frequency of days with hypoxia (%) in coastal waters of Emilia‐R...Figure 5.14 Time series of nutrient loads, surface chlorophyll‐ a (Chl‐ a ), di...Figure 5.15 Time series as in Figure 5.14, but for three additional regions ...Figure 5.16 Long‐term changes in surface water pH (a–c) and temperature (d–f...Figure 5.17 Total alkalinity (TA) versus salinity in surface waters of the n...Figure 5.18 Nomogram of total alkalinity (TA) versus dissolved inorganic car...

6 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Means and standard deviations (top panel, annual means; bottom pa...Figure 6.2 Mean abundance (individuals m −3) of mesozooplankton at five...Figure 6.3 Stable nitrogen (N) composition of bulk net mesozooplankton and s...Figure 6.4 Annual anomalies of near‐surface seawater temperature (bars; modi...

7 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 (Left) Key study sites in the northern Adriatic Sea: Triangles, s...

8 Chapter 8Figure 8.1 Pelite (clay and silt) and organic carbon content in the surface ...Figure 8.2 Chlorophyll‐ a and particulate organic carbon concentrations along...Figure 8.3 Temporal variations in particulate organic carbon concentration n...Figure 8.4 Seasonal cycle of vertically integrated gross primary production ...Figure 8.5 (Left) Seasonal variations in mean sedimentation rates of particu...Figure 8.6 (Top and middle) Time series of annual averages for observed (bla...Figure 8.7 (a) Average biomass (ash‐free dry weight (AFDW) g m −2; gran...Figure 8.8 Seasonal patterns of sediment oxygen consumption; benthic fluxes ...Figure 8.9 Countour maps of seasonal diffusive fluxes of ammonium and phosph...Figure 8.10 Seasonal patterns of benthic fluxes of dissolved inorganic carbo...Figure 8.11 Temporal variations of solute concentrations in the sediment ove...Figure 8.12 Annual mean (± SD) cycles of sediment–water (a) ammonium, (b) ni...Figure 8.13 Spatial variation in sediment–water fluxes of ammonium and phosp...Figure 8.14 Relationship between dissolved oxygen concentrations in overlyin...Figure 8.15 Relationships between total organic matter (OM) inputs (i.e., au...

9 Chapter 9Figure 9.1 Seagrass abundance in Chesapeake Bay, 1978–2017: nd and id indica...Figure 9.2 Map of Chesapeake Bay showing the distribution of seagrass meadow...

10 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Total and national catch from FAO Area 37.2.1 (GFCM, 2018): (lef...Figure 10.2 Total commercial harvest of finfish and shellfish in Chesapeake ...Figure 10.3 Yearly catch in FAO Area 37.2.1 Adriatic Sea of anchovy Engrauli ...Figure 10.4 Commercial catch of Atlantic menhaden and other pelagic finfish ...Figure 10.5 Yearly catch in FAO Area 37.2.1 Adriatic Sea of European hake Me ...Figure 10.6 Yearly catch of miscellaneous coastal fish in FAO Area 37.2.1 Ad...Figure 10.7 Yearly catch of sharks, rays and chimaeras in FAO Area 37.2.1 Ad...Figure 10.8 Trends in commercial catch for three main demersal finfish in Ch...Figure 10.9 Yearly catch of river eel in FAO Area 37.2.1 Adriatic Sea (GFCM,...Figure 10.10 Trends in commercial catch of anadromous (striped bass, white p...Figure 10.11 Yearly catch of striped Venus clam Chamelea gallina in FAO Area...Figure 10.12 Yearly catch of squid Illex coindetii and octopus Octopus vulga ...Figure 10.13 Yearly catch (metric tons) of Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicu ...Figure 10.14 Commercial catch of crustaceans and mollusks (upper panel) and ...Figure 10.15 Phase diagram of pelagic and benthic fisheries harvest in Chesa...Figure 10.16 Time series of pelagic/benthic (P/B) fisheries catch biomass ra...

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