Table of Contents: Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico :

Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico : Volume 1: Water Quality, Sediments, Sediment Contaminants, Oil and Gas Seeps, Coastal Habitats, Offshore Plankton and Benthos, and Shellfish.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ward, C. Herb.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer New York, 2017.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Intro
Preface
About the Editor
About the Authors
External Peer Reviewers
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: An Overview
1.1 Introduction and Overview of Chapter Topics
1.2 Water Quality in the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 2)
1.3 Sediments of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 3)
1.4 Sediment Contaminants of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 4)
1.5 Oil and Gas Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 5)
1.6 Coastal Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 6)
1.7 Offshore Plankton and Benthos of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 7)
1.8 Shellfish of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 8)
1.9 Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 9)*
1.10 Commercial and Recreational Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 10)
1.11 Sea Turtles of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 11)
1.12 Avian Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 12)
1.13 Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 13)
1.14 Diseases and Mortalities of Fishes and Other Animals in the Gulf of Mexico (Chapter 14)
1.15 Conclusions
References
Chapter 2: Water Quality of the Gulf of Mexico
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Determinants and Measures of Water Quality
2.2.1 Physiographic Setting
2.2.2 Human Activities
2.2.3 Water Clarity
2.2.4 Eutrophication
2.2.5 Chemical Contaminants
2.2.6 Water Quality Impairment and Biological Contaminants
2.3 Coastal Water Quality
2.3.1 NOAAś Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment (1999)
2.3.2 USEPAś National Coastal Condition Reports I (2001) and II (2004)
2.3.3 USEPA National Estuarine Condition (2006)
2.3.4 USEPAś National Coastal Condition Report III (2008)
2.3.5 USEPAś National Coastal Condition Report IV (2012)
2.3.6 State of the Bays
2.3.6.1 Texas Bays
2.3.6.2 Louisiana Bays
2.3.6.3 Mississippi and Alabama Bays.
2.3.6.4 Florida Bays
2.3.7 Coastal Water Quality and Petroleum
2.3.7.1 Natural Oil and Gas Seeps
2.3.7.2 Extraction of Petroleum
2.3.7.3 Transportation of Petroleum
2.3.7.4 Consumption of Petroleum
2.3.7.5 Spatial Variability of Petroleum Contamination
2.3.8 Coastal Water Quality and Utilization of Water
2.3.9 Temporal Trends in Coastal Water Quality
2.4 Continental Shelf/Slope and Abyssal Water Quality
2.4.1 Hypoxia on the Continental Shelf
2.4.2 Continental Shelf/Slope and Abyssal Water Quality and Contaminants
2.5 Summary
References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Chapter 3: Sediments of the Gulf of Mexico
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Bathymetric Provinces
3.2.1 Sigsbee Abyssal Plain
3.2.2 Mississippi Fan (Cone)
3.2.3 Continental Slope
3.2.4 Continental Shelf
3.2.4.1 Relict Sediment Cover
3.2.4.2 Modern Sediment Cover
3.2.5 Coastal Environments
3.2.5.1 Beach and Nearshore Zone (Barrier Islands)
3.2.5.2 Dunes
3.2.5.3 Tidal Inlets
3.2.5.4 Wetlands
3.2.5.5 Estuaries
3.2.5.6 Lagoons
3.3 General Characteristics of Sediments
3.3.1 Terrigenous Sediments
3.3.2 Biogenic Sediments
3.3.2.1 Calcium Carbonate
3.3.2.2 Phosphate Skeletons
3.3.2.3 Siliceous Skeletal Material
3.3.3 Chemical Sediments
3.3.4 Sediment Grain Size
3.3.4.1 Gravel
3.3.4.2 Sand
3.3.4.3 Silt
3.3.4.4 Clay
3.3.4.5 Mud
3.4 General Sediment Distribution
3.4.1 Abyssal Plain
3.4.2 Mississippi Fan
3.4.3 Continental Slope
3.4.4 Continental Shelf
3.4.4.1 West Florida Peninsular Gulf
3.4.4.2 Florida Panhandle
3.4.4.3 Alabama-Mississippi
3.4.4.4 Louisiana
3.4.4.5 Texas
3.4.4.6 Mexico and Cuba
3.4.5 Mississippi Delta
3.4.6 Beach Sediments
3.4.7 Estuaries and Lagoons
3.4.7.1 Florida Bay
3.4.7.2 Charlotte Harbor.
3.4.7.3 Tampa Bay
3.4.7.4 Apalachicola Bay
3.4.7.5 Pensacola, East, and Escambia Bays
3.4.7.6 Mobile Bay
3.4.7.7 Galveston Bay
3.4.7.8 Matagorda Bay
3.4.7.9 San Antonio Bay
3.4.7.10 Aransas and Copano Bays
3.4.7.11 Corpus Christi Bay and Nueces Bay
3.4.7.12 Baffin Bay
3.4.7.13 Laguna Madre
3.4.7.14 Lagoons of Mexico and Cuba
3.5 Summary
References
Chapter 4: Sediment Contaminants of the Gulf of Mexico
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Classes of Contaminants
4.1.2 Scope of the Summary
4.2 The Origins and Behavior of Contaminants in the Environment
4.2.1 The Mississippi River
4.2.2 Biological Effects Levels: Usage and Limitations
4.3 Coastal Sediments
4.3.1 NOAA National Status and Trends Program
4.3.2 USEPA Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
4.3.3 USEPA National Coastal Condition Report I
4.3.4 USEPA National Coastal Condition Report II
4.3.5 USEPA National Coastal Condition Report III
4.3.6 USEPA National Coastal Condition Report IV
4.3.7 Gulf of Mexico Bays
4.3.8 Temporal Variations
4.4 Continental Shelf/Slope and Abyssal Sediments
4.4.1 Natural Oil and Gas Seepage
4.4.2 Other Contaminants Attributable to Humans
4.4.3 Mass Loading of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
4.4.4 Temporal Variations
4.5 Summary
References
Appendix A: Characteristics of Common SVOC Contaminants
Appendix B: Characteristics of Common Metal Contaminants
Chapter 5: Oil and Gas Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico
5.1 Introduction
5.2 History
5.2.1 History of Oil and Gas Seeps Worldwide
5.2.2 History of Oil and Gas Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico
5.3 Prevalence
5.4 Petroleum Geology
5.4.1 Source Rocks and Petroleum Generation
5.4.2 Migration Pathways
5.5 Biogeochemistry
5.5.1 Chemistry
5.5.2 Weathering
5.5.3 Biochemistry
5.5.4 Geochemistry.
5.6 Terrestrial Environments
5.7 Marine Environments
5.7.1 Sea-Surface Slicks and Water Column Plumes
5.7.2 Seafloor Sediments
5.7.3 Gas Hydrate
5.7.4 Cold-Seep Communities
5.7.5 Exemplar Sites
5.8 Summary
References
Appendix A: Geochemical Definitions
Chapter 6: Coastal Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Physiographic Framework
6.2.1 Marine Ecoregions
6.2.2 Terrestrial Ecoregions
6.3 Physical Setting
6.3.1 Formation of the Gulf of Mexico Basin
6.3.2 Terrestrial Controls on Coastal Evolution
6.3.3 Oceanographic Processes
6.3.3.1 Meteorological Conditions
6.3.3.2 Tides
6.3.3.3 Circulation
6.3.3.4 Wind Waves
6.3.3.5 Tropical Cyclones
6.3.3.6 Relative Sea-Level Rise
6.3.4 Shoreline Change and Longshore Sediment Transport
6.3.4.1 South Florida Marine Ecoregion
6.3.4.2 Northern Gulf of Mexico Marine Ecoregion
6.3.4.2.1 Central West Florida Barrier Islands
6.3.4.2.2 Big Bend Coastal Marshes
6.3.4.2.3 Northeastern Gulf Barrier Islands and Beaches
6.3.4.2.4 Mississippi River Deltaic Plain
6.3.4.2.5 Mississippi River Chenier Plain
6.3.4.2.6 Texas Mid-Coast Barrier Islands
6.3.4.2.7 Laguna Madre Barrier Islands
6.3.4.2.8 Laguna Morales Barrier Beaches to Barra del Tordo
6.3.4.3 Southern Gulf of Mexico Marine Ecoregion
6.3.4.3.1 Veracruz Neritic Barrier Shoreline
6.3.4.3.2 Tabascan Neritic Rocky and Deltaic Shoreline
6.3.4.3.3 Campeche/Yucatn Carbonate Beach
6.3.4.4 Caribbean Sea Marine Ecoregion: Cabo Catoche to Cancún
6.3.4.5 Greater Antilles Marine Ecoregion: Northwestern Cuba
6.4 Biogeographic Setting
6.4.1 Introduction to Vegetated Marine Habitats
6.4.1.1 The Barrier Strand
6.4.1.2 Marine Intertidal Wetlands
6.4.1.3 Seagrass Beds
6.4.1.4 Intertidal Flats and Subtidal Soft Bottoms.
6.4.2 Depositional Characteristics of Vegetated Marine Habitats
6.4.2.1 South Florida/Bahamian Atlantic Marine Ecoregion
6.4.2.2 Northern Gulf of Mexico Marine Ecoregion
6.4.2.2.1 Southwestern Florida Flatwoods Terrestrial Ecoregion
6.4.2.2.2 Big Bend Coastal Marsh Terrestrial Ecoregion
6.4.2.2.3 Gulf Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes Terrestrial Ecoregion
6.4.2.2.4 Deltaic Coastal Marshes and Barrier Islands Terrestrial Ecoregion
6.4.2.2.5 Texas-Louisiana Coastal Marshes Terrestrial Ecoregion
6.4.2.2.6 Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes Terrestrial Ecoregion
6.4.2.2.7 Laguna Madre Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes Terrestrial Ecoregion
6.4.2.3 Southern Gulf of Mexico Marine Ecoregion
6.4.2.3.1 Veracruz Neritic Marine Ecoregion
6.4.2.3.2 Tabascan Neritic Marine Ecoregion
6.4.2.3.3 Campeche/Yucatn Inner Neritic Marine Ecoregion
6.4.2.4 Caribbean Sea Marine Ecoregion
6.4.2.4.1 Contoyan Neritic Marine Ecoregion
6.4.2.5 Greater Antilles Marine Ecoregion
6.4.3 Introduction to Aquatic Fauna of Vegetated Marine Habitats
6.4.4 Ecosystem Services and Societal Benefits of Vegetated Marine Habitats
6.5 Coastal Habitat Ecology
6.5.1 Barrier Strand Habitats
6.5.1.1 Dominant Forcing Functions
6.5.1.2 Plant Communities and Associated Vegetation
6.5.1.3 Fauna: Swash Zone and Shallow Tidal Pass Habitats
6.5.1.3.1 Biotic Community Structure
6.5.2 Salt Marshes
6.5.2.1 Dominant Forcing Functions
6.5.2.2 Vegetation
6.5.2.2.1 Structure and Zonation
6.5.2.2.2 Salt Marsh Zonation and Distribution in the Gulf of Mexico
6.5.2.2.3 Salt Marsh Primary Productivity
6.5.2.3 Fauna
6.5.3 Mangroves
6.5.3.1 Dominant Forcing Functions
6.5.3.2 Vegetation
6.5.3.2.1 Structure and Zonation
6.5.3.2.2 Distribution
6.5.3.2.3 Primary Productivity
6.5.3.3 Fauna.
6.5.4 Phragmites Reed Beds.

Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico : Volume 1: Water Quality, Sediments, Sediment Contaminants, Oil and Gas Seeps, Coastal Habitats, Offshore Plankton and Benthos, and Shellfish.

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