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Fate and Effects of Non-Nutrient Chemical Stressors for Coastal Ecosystems: Wetlands, Mangroves and Seasgrasses.
Citation:
LEWIS, M. A. Fate and Effects of Non-Nutrient Chemical Stressors for Coastal Ecosystems: Wetlands, Mangroves and Seasgrasses. Presented at Society of Wetland Scientists 2010 Annual Meeting, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, June 21 - July 02, 2010.
Impact/Purpose:
Coastal marshes, mangrove forests and seagrass beds contain the great assemblages of near-shore and marine vascular plants. These plant-dominated ecosystems however are rapidly declining worldwide which reduces their many ecological services globally such as the ability to improve water quality and provide habitat for flora and fauna. Many factors have been reported causing these declines but the impacts of common anthropogenic chemicals have not received much attention despite their increasing concentrations in near-shore ecosystems. This presentation summarizes the results of a literature survey (about 900 papers) conducted to determine contaminant removal, uptake and toxicity of non-nutrient chemical stressors in coastal, plant-dominated ecosystems and to assess their role in reducing the ecological condition of shoreline angiosperms in tropical and subtropical areas.
Description:
Abstract for presentation at the Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, 2010.