Regional classification of Pacific Northwest estuaries by wetland and land cover patterns

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Abstract

Increased anthropogenic nutrient loading and the subsequent eutrophication of coastal ecosystems is a growing ecological and economic problem both in the United States and globally. Eutrophication can result in a range of ecological impacts including hypoxic conditions, fish kills, loss of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), degraded benthic conditions, harmful algal blooms, and detrimental increases in benthic macroalgae. The nature and severity of the impacts vary with the level of nutrient loading as well as with the estuary type and regional drivers.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype Other Government Series
Title Regional classification of Pacific Northwest estuaries by wetland and land cover patterns
Year Published 2009
Language English
Publisher Enviromental Protection Agency
Contributing office(s) Western Fisheries Research Center
Description 73 p.
Larger Work Type Report
Larger Work Title Classification of regional patterns of environmental drivers and benthic habitats in Pacific Northwest estuaries
First page 9
Last page 81
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