Effects of riverine inputs on coastal ecosystems and fisheries resources

dc.creatorMarine Resources Service;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division
dc.date2024-11-01T06:00:27Z
dc.date2024-11-01T06:00:27Z
dc.date1995
dc.date2020-11-10T21:52:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T20:00:46Z
dc.descriptionFive chapters are presented which address a number of aspects of riverine and runoff effects on coastal marine systems. Examples are presented and documented in which the apparent effects of runnoff-related nutrient enrichment and consequent eutrophication have been important. Various other aspects, such as sedimentation, etc. are explored. The purpose is to advance the scientific, policy, and political dialogue on issues related to utilization and protection of coastal marine ecosystems. The “Marine Catchment Basin” or “MCB” appears to be the logical scale of policy and management interest wherever terrestrial runoff has substantial impacts on a marine system. The MCB expands the “marine ecosystem” concept to include not only the marine aquatic system, but also the adjacent land areas that drain into it. The MCB concept has been identified primarily with semi-enclosed seas, where effects have been particularly dramatic and where the “catchment basin” retains an easily visualized ge ological context. However, even along open ocean coasts, hydrodynamic processes act to retain coherent masses of water, together with their contained organisms and materials, against the coast. Thus open coastal areas may exhibit MCB features similar to those of enclosed or semi-enclosed basins.
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dc.identifier9251036349
dc.identifier0429-9345
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/v4890e
dc.identifierhttp://www.fao.org/3/v4890e/v4890e00.HTM
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/181916
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationFAO Fisheries Technical Paper
dc.relation0429-9345 - T349
dc.rightsFAO
dc.titleEffects of riverine inputs on coastal ecosystems and fisheries resources
dc.titleEffects of riverine inputs on coastal ecosystems and fisheries resources
dc.typeBook (series)

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