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Ch. 1. Ecosystem Functioning of Temporarily Open/Closed Estuaries in South Africa / R. Perissinotto [and others] -- Ch. 2. Paleoecological Significance of Diatoms in Argentinean Estuaries: What Do They Tell Us About the Environment? / Gabriela S. Hassan -- Ch. 3. Anthropogenic Impacts in a Protected Estuary (Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece): Biological Effects and Contaminant Levels in Sentinel Species / C. Tsangaris, E. Cotou, I. Hatzianestis, V.A. Catsiki -- Ch. 4. Santos and Säao Vicente Estuarine System: Contamination by Chlorophenols, Anaerobic Diversity of Degraders under Methanogenic Condition and Potential Application for Ex-Situ Bioremediation in Anaerobic Reactor / Flávia Talarico Saia -- Ch. 5. Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Negative Estuaries in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico / Hem Nalini Morzaria-Luna, Abigail Iris-Maldonado, Paloma Valdivia-Jiménez -- Ch. 6. Implications for the Evolution of the Southwestern Coast of India: A Multi-Proxy Analysis Using Palaeodeposits / B. Ajaykumar [and others] -- Ch. 7. Human Impacts on the Environment of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Estuary / Baodong Wang, Linping Xie, Xia Sun -- Ch. 8. Integrated Approaches to Estuarine Use and Protection: Tampa Bay Ecosystem Services Case Study / James Harvey, Marc Russell, Darrin Dantin, Janet Nestlerode -- Ch. 9. Integrative Ecotoxicological Assessment of Contaminated Sediments in a Complex Tropical Estuarine System / D.M.S. Abessa [and others].