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Anthropogenic Eutrophication of Narragansett Bay: Evidence from Dated Sediment Cores
Citation:
King, J. W., J. Hubeny, C. L. Gibson, E. Laliberte, K. H. Ford, M. G. CANTWELL, R. A. MCKINNEY, AND P. Appleby. Anthropogenic Eutrophication of Narragansett Bay: Evidence from Dated Sediment Cores. Edition 1, Chapter 7, Alan Desbonnet, Barry A. Costa-Pierce (ed.), Science for Ecosystem-Based Management. Springer, New York, NY, , 211-231, (2008).
Impact/Purpose:
In this study we used several proxy measurements to analyze the organic matter from radiometrically dated sediment cores from three sites in the Narragansett Bay ecosystem for evidence of anthropogenic eutrophication
Description:
The organic matter preserved in estuarine sediments provides a number of useful indicators, or "proxies" that can be used to infer paleoenvironmental changes One type of paleoenvironmental change is anthropogenic eutrophication. The human activity largely responsible for increasing the rate of supply of organic matter in temperate estuaries has been the increased loading of nitrogen.
