Ecological Status Assessment of Transitional Waters

• Other Authors: FACCA, Chiara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; SWRO desalination; brine discharge; osmotic stress; coastal monitoring; impacted coastal systems; biological communities; transitional waters; community matrix; qualitative model; species interactions; freshwater flow; low salinity zone; simulation; ecological assessment; adaptive management; biological processes; air-sea CO2 exchange flux; net ecosystem production; potential CO2 emissions; trophic status; Changjiang River estuary plume; nekton; restoration; salinity; predictive models; biodiversity; spatial variation; sediments; confinement; saprobity; organic enrichment; coastal lagoons; Mediterranean sea; Macrophyte Quality Index (MaQI), transitional waters; uncertainty analysis; confidence interval; Kernel standard error; macroinvertebrates; eutrophication; organic pollution; invasive alien species; aquatic angiosperms; environmental restoration; ecological status; Venice Lagoon; coastal lagoon; morphological alterations; habitat conservation; killifishes; gobies; Mediterranean Sea; CO2 flux; desalinization; benthic fauna
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Coastal transitional ecosystems include a wide range of morphological features-i.e., lagoons, wetlands, estuaries, deltas, and so on. According to the Ramsar Convention, "they are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems" and are continually "degraded and converted to other us...