Science of Ecosystem-based Management Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century

Science for Ecosystem-based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century addresses the broad problem of coastal nutrient pollution. In the U.S., approximately two thirds of the coastal rivers and bays are moderately to severely degraded from nutrient pollution. However, debates continue about how large a problem nutrient pollution is and what actions to take, and since effective management requires decisions at a local scale, an in-depth case study can provide valuable guidance.

Narragansett Bay is one of the best-studied estuaries in the world. Rhode Island has been developing regulatory and management actions to reduce nutrient inputs, particularly those of nitrogen, to the waters of Narragansett Bay. This book was developed in response to a symposium addressing this mandate with coastal/estuarine scientists and environmental management agency personnel. The contributors use long-term data sets to discuss the interactions among biological, ecological, chemical, and physical processes, and discuss what is known about nutrient inputs to the bay ecosystem, the impacts related to nutrient inputs, and how the ecosystem might respond to a sudden reduction in these inputs.

Springer Series in Environmental Management 'Science for Ecosystem-based Estuarine Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century' Alan Desbonnet & Barry A. Costa-Pierce (eds) Acknowledgements Preface—A. Desbonnet 1. Geologic and contemporary landscapes of the Narragansett Bay ecosystem. Jon C. Boothroyd & Peter V. August 2. Narragansett Bay amidst a globally changing climate. Michael E.Q. Pilson 3. Estimating atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Northeastern United States: Relevance to Narragansett Bay. Robert W. Howarth 4. Groundwater nutrient transport and input along the Narragansett Bay coastal margin. Barbara L. Nowicki & Arthur J. Gold 5. Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to Narragansett Bay: past, present and future. Scott W. Nixon, Betty A. Buckley, Stephen L. Granger, Lora A. Harris, Autumn J. Oczkowski, Robinson W. Fulweiler & Luke W. Cole 6. Nitrogen inputs to Narragansett Bay: An Historical PerspectiveSteven P. Hamburg, Donald Pryor & Matthew A. Vadenboncoeur 7. Anthropogenic eutrophication of Narragansett Bay: evidence from dated sediment cores. John W. King, J.Bradford Hubney, Carol L. Gibson, Elizabeth Laliberte, Kathryn H. Ford, Mark Cantwell, Rick Mckinney & Peter Appleby 8. Circulation and transport dynamics in Narragansett Bay.Malcolm L. Spaulding & J. Craig Swanson 9. Critical issues for modeling of Narragansett Bay and Mount Hope Bay. Changsheng Chen, Liuzhi Zhao, Geoff Cowles& Brian Rothschild 10. The dynamics of water exchange between Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. Christopher R. Kincaid, Deanna Bergondo & Kurt Rosenberger 11. Summer bottom water dissolved oxygen in upper Narragansett Bay. Emily Saarman, Warren L. Prell, David W. Murray & Christopher F. Deacutis 12. Evidence of ecological impacts from excess nutrients in upper Narragansett Bay. Christopher F. Deacutis 13. An ecosystem-based perspective of Mount Hope Bay. Christian Krahforst & Marc Carullo 14. Natural viral communities in the Narragansett Bay ecosystem. Marcia F. Marston 15. Nutrient and plankton dynamics in Narragansett Bay. Theodore J. Smayda & David G. Borkman 16. Narragansett Bay ctenophore-zooplankton-phytoplankton dynamics in a changing climate. Barbara K. Sullivan, Dian J. Gifford, John H. Costello & Jason R. Graff 17. Coastal salt marsh community change in Narragansett Bay in response to cultural eutrophication. Cathleen Wigand 18. Impact of nutrients on Narragansett Bay productivity. Candace A. Oviatt 19. An 'Ecofunctional' approach to ecosystem-based management for Narragansett Bay. Barry A. Costa-Pierce & Alan Desbonnet