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1. Use of the Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 Satellites for Water Quality Monitoring: An Early Warning Tool in the Mar Menor Coastal Lagoon

Author:
Isabel Caballero; Mar Roca; Juan Santos-Echeandía; Patricia Bernárdez; Gabriel Navarro
Source:
Remote Sensing 2022 v.14 no.12 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Landsat; chlorophyll; coastal water; cost effectiveness; eutrophication; evolution; hypersalinity; mortality; mouth; turbidity; water quality; Mediterranean Sea;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... During recent years, several eutrophication processes and subsequent environmental crises have occurred in Mar Menor, the largest hypersaline coastal lagoon in the Western Mediterranean Sea. In this study, the Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 satellites are jointly used to examine the evolution of the main water quality descriptors during the latest ecological crisis in 2021, resulting in an important los ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs14122744

2. Mapping spatial distribution, percent cover and biomass of benthic vegetation in optically complex coastal waters using hyperspectral CASI and multispectral Sentinel-2 sensors

Author:
Ele Vahtmäe; Jonne Kotta; Laura Lõugas; Tiit Kutser
Source:
International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation 2021 v.102 pp. 102444
ISSN:
1569-8432
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; biomass; landscapes; macroalgae; reflectance; satellites; spatial data; submerged aquatic plants; variance; Baltic Sea;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... This work assessed the capability of Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) and satellite multispectral Sentinel-2 image data for mapping the distribution, percent cover (%cover) and biomass of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in optically complex coastal waters of the Baltic Sea. As a first step, the distribution maps of SAV were created for brown macroalgae, green macroalgae and higher ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jag.2021.102444

3. Longitudinal dispersion coefficients of submerged vegetation flow under the effect of surface wind

Author:
Haoze Fang; Zhonghua Yang; Huilin Wang; Yujie Fan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2021 v.28 no.10 pp. 12817-12830
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; analytical methods; databases; dispersibility; models; pollution; research; submerged aquatic plants; turbulent flow; vegetation; wind;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The longitudinal dispersion coefficient is an important index for contaminant transports in rivers. Investigating it by using an analytical approach is conducive to obtain its expression with physical meanings and wide application ranges. However, the analytical solutions are extremely complex for subsequent derivations when many influencing factors, such as benthic vegetation and surface wind, ar ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-11064-9

4. Long-term cultural eutrophication in White and Walden Ponds (Concord, Massachusetts, USA), Thoreau's lakes of light

Author:
J. Curt Stager; Lydia Harvey; Scott Chimileski
Source:
Lake and reservoir management 2020 v.37 no.1 pp. 2-18
ISSN:
2151-5530
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Bacillariophyceae; administrative management; eutrophication; fish; lakes; land use; microfossils; sediments; soil erosion; water quality; watersheds; Massachusetts;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Stager JC, Harvey L, Chimileski S. 2020. Long-term cultural eutrophication in White and Walden Ponds (Concord, Massachusetts, USA), Thoreau’s lakes of light. Lake Reserv Manage. XX:XXX–XXX. Two historically important ponds in the vicinity of Boston, MA, were subjected to a comparative paleolimnological investigation of the timing and causes of eutrophication trends in each. The remarkable clarity ...
DOI:
10.1080/10402381.2020.1839606

5. SeaGrassDetect: A Novel Method for the Detection of Seagrass from Unlabelled Underwater Videos

Author:
Sayantan Sengupta; Bjarne Kjær Ersbøll; Anders Stockmarr
Source:
Ecological informatics 2020 v.57 pp. 101083
ISSN:
1574-9541
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Zostera marina; aerial photography; cloud cover; cost effectiveness; image analysis; marine environment; remote sensing; satellites; seagrasses; Denmark;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Benthic vegetation is arguably one of the most important indicators of the state of marine environment. Assessment of the status of eelgrass (Zostera marina) is commonly done using various remote sensing methods such as aerial photography or satellite images. These methods often fail to capture the true scenario beneath the surface of the water if the water is turbid or the satellite image is mask ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoinf.2020.101083

6. A Model-Based Assessment of Canopy-Scale Primary Productivity for the Baltic Sea Benthic Vegetation Using Environmental Variables and Spectral Indices

Author:
Ele Vahtmäe; Jonne Kotta; Laura Argus; Mihkel Kotta; Ilmar Kotta; Tiit Kutser
Source:
Remote Sensing 2021 v.14 no.1 pp. -
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; air; chlorophyll; data collection; meteorological data; photosynthesis; photosynthetically active radiation; primary productivity; reflectance; submerged aquatic plants; vegetation; water temperature; Baltic Sea;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... This study investigated the potential to predict primary production in benthic ecosystems using meteorological variables and spectral indices. In situ production experiments were carried out during the vegetation season of 2020, wherein the primary production and spectral reflectance of different communities of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) were measured and chlorophyll (Chl a+b) concentratio ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs14010158

7. Spatiotemporal Changes in the Macrophytobenthos in the Coastal Zone of Karanskii Nature and Landscape Reserve (Sevastopol, Black Sea)

Author:
N. V. Mironova; T. V. Pankeeva
Source:
Biology bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2021 v.48 no.10 pp. 1941-1949
ISSN:
1062-3590
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Cladophora; Dasya; Dictyota dichotoma; Ectocarpus; Eudesme; Phyllophora; Rhodochorton; biomass; coasts; dominant species; epiphytes; eutrophication; flora; landscapes; macrophytes; species diversity; Black Sea;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... —For the first time, the landscape approach was used to conduct a comparative analysis of the macrophytobenthic species diversity and changes in its biomass in the coastal zone of Karanskii Nature and Landscape Reserve over the period of 1964–2016. A landscape map of the submarine nearshore slope was produced, and three benthic natural complexes (BNCs) have been distinguished. The main such comple ...
DOI:
10.1134/S1062359021100320

8. Peculiarities of Chara filiformis (Charales, Charophyceae) distribution and oospore sizes in Lithuania

Author:
Zofija Sinkevičienė
Source:
Webbia 2019 v.74 no.1 pp. 133-138
ISSN:
2169-4060
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Chara; habitats; herbaria; lakes; morphometry; oospores; surface water; Lithuania; Northern European region;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Distribution and ecological requirements of Chara filiformis A. Braun in Hertzsch in Lithuanian water bodies were studied. This species has quite limited distribution in central and northern Europe, clearly preferring the habitat ‘3140 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.’. Morphological features of oospores and gyrogonites of C. filiformis were studied based on 50 g ...
DOI:
10.1080/00837792.2019.1607501

9. Silica Storage, Fluxes, and Nutrient Stoichiometry in Different Benthic Primary Producer Communities in the Littoral Zone of a Deep Subalpine Lake (Lake Iseo, Italy)

Author:
Alessandro Scibona; Daniele Nizzoli; Domiziana Cristini; Daniele Longhi; Rossano Bolpagni; Pierluigi Viaroli
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.10 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; lakes; littoral zone; microalgae; nitrogen; phosphorus; sediments; silica; silicon; stoichiometry; submerged aquatic plants; trophic relationships; Italy;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Benthic vegetation at the land-water interface is recognized as a filter for silica fluxes, which represents an important but under-investigated subject. This paper aims to analyze stocks and fluxes of biogenic (BSi) and dissolved (DSi) silica in relation to nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in the littoral zone of a deep lake. Specifically, we evaluated how different primary producers can influence ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11102140

10. Long-term changes in the benthic macroalgal flora of a coastal area affected by urban impacts (Conero Riviera, Mediterranean Sea)

Author:
Fabio Rindi; Brigitte Gavio; Pilar Díaz-Tapia; Cristina G. Di Camillo; Tiziana Romagnoli
Source:
Biodiversity and conservation 2020 v.29 no.7 pp. 2275-2295
ISSN:
0960-3115
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; DNA barcoding; biodiversity; climate change; coasts; cryptic species; environmental degradation; environmental factors; flora; macroalgae; sea transportation; urbanization; Mediterranean Sea;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Seaweed communities are important coastal ecosystems representing good indicators of environmental variation related to climate change and other long-term changes. Long-term variation in the distribution of seaweed communities and individual seaweed species has been intensively investigated; however, long-term studies considering the whole seaweed flora of a geographical area have been infrequentl ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10531-020-01973-z

11. Water velocity regulates macro‐consumer herbivory on the benthic macrophyte Podostemum ceratophyllum Michx.

Author:
James L. Wood; Jon W. Skaggs; Caitlin Conn; Mary C. Freeman
Source:
Freshwater biology 2019 v.64 no.11 pp. 2037-2045
ISSN:
0046-5070
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Ceratophyllum; Podostemum; crayfish; fauna; food webs; grazing intensity; habitats; herbivores; lakes; lotic systems; macrophytes; phytomass; piedmont; riparian areas; rivers; stem elongation; turtles; waterfowl; Georgia;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Macrophytes influence aquatic ecosystems by increasing habitat complexity and providing trophic resources for aquatic fauna. While herbivory on freshwater macrophytes is widely documented in lakes and low‐velocity riverine habitats, the influence of herbivory on macrophytes in higher‐velocity habitats has rarely been examined. We investigated the hypothesis that water velocity can influence consum ...
DOI:
10.1111/fwb.13393

12. Any signs of replacement of canopy-forming algae by turf-forming algae in the northern Adriatic Sea?

Author:
Martina Orlando-Bonaca; Ana Rotter
Source:
Ecological indicators 2018 v.87 pp. 272-284
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Cystoseira; anthropogenic stressors; biodiversity; macroalgae; macrophytes; urbanization; Adriatic Sea;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Canopy-forming algal species, like those of the genus Cystoseira, are known to play an important role as ecosystems-engineers. Under key anthropogenic stressors (e.g. nutrient enrichment and urbanization), these species are replaced by persistent and smaller taxa, defined as turf-forming algae. The scope of this work was to search for shifts from canopy-forming to turf-forming taxa, changes in mac ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.059

13. Interactive Effects of Seagrass and the Microphytobenthos on Sediment Suspension Within Shallow Coastal Bays

Author:
Matthew A. Reidenbach; Ross Timmerman
Source:
Estuaries and coasts 2019 v.42 no.8 pp. 2038-2053
ISSN:
1559-2723
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Zostera marina; autotrophs; biomass; carbohydrates; cohesion; hydrodynamics; meadows; seagrasses; sediment transport; sediments; shear stress; summer; suspended sediment; water power; winter; Virginia;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... The suspension and transport of sediments in coastal environments influences water column clarity, and also affects the growth of photosynthetic organisms. The presence of benthic vegetation, such as seagrass, can attenuate wave and tidal energy, thereby altering suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) and microphytobenthos (MPB) biomass that secrete biogenic compounds that can increase sediment c ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12237-019-00627-w

14. Water correction for improved benthic vegetation signal using satellite-borne hyperspectral data

Author:
H. J. Cho; B. Piñeyro; F. W. Gasdia
Source:
International journal of remote sensing 2016 v.37 no.17 pp. 4084-4100
ISSN:
1366-5901
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; absorption; aerial photography; algorithms; oceans; reflectance; remote sensing; rivers; surveys; vegetation; Florida;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Benthic mapping employs field surveys, hydroacoustic measurements, aerial photography, and satellite imagery. Effective benthic mapping involves removing overlying water effects from atmospherically corrected remotely sensed data to enhance signals from the seafloor. Our previous water correction algorithms depend on controlled laboratory measurements of substrates in clear water, which had challe ...
DOI:
10.1080/01431161.2016.1207262

15. Light penetration in a temperate meso-tidal lagoon: Implications for seagrass growth and dredging in Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand

Author:
Mariana Coppede Cussioli; Karin R. Bryan; Conrad A. Pilditch; Willem P. de Lange; Kai Bischof
Source:
Ocean & coastal management 2019 v.174 pp. 25-37
ISSN:
0964-5691
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; chlorophyll; coastal zone management; dissolved organic matter; dredging; estuaries; light intensity; littoral zone; monitoring; particulates; photosynthesis; photosynthetically active radiation; regression analysis; seagrasses; storms; suspended sediment; turbidity; variance; New Zealand;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Benthic plants such as seagrasses rely on light availability, which is controlled by light attenuation in the water column. Elevated suspended sediment within estuaries strongly influences light attenuation and is governed by the recent history of natural events and human activities. To determine the constituents controlling light penetration (quantified by the irradiance attenuation coefficient, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.01.014

16. Disentangling the effects of wetland cover and urban development on quality of remaining wetlands

Author:
Theresa Patenaude; Adam C. Smith; Lenore Fahrig
Source:
Urban ecosystems 2015 v.18 no.3 pp. 663-684
ISSN:
1083-8155
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; conservation buffers; ecosystems; issues and policy; landscape management; landscapes; macroinvertebrates; urbanization; wetlands;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Effective landscape management decisions require knowledge of the relative effects of landscape variables on ecological responses, so that the most important landscape variables can be targeted for management. The relative effects of wetland cover and urbanization on remaining wetland quality are poorly understood because of correlations between these landscape variables. We determined the relativ ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11252-015-0440-1

17. Habitat-related patterns of soft-bottom macrofaunal assemblages in a brackish, low-diversity system (southern Baltic Sea)

Author:
Adam Sokołowski; Marcelina Ziółkowska; Aleksandra Zgrundo
Source:
Journal of sea research 2015 v.103 pp. 93-102
ISSN:
1385-1101
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; adverse effects; biomass; coasts; fauna; habitats; macrophytes; organic matter; peat; sediments; summer; vegetation; Baltic Sea;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Coastal areas provide a high variety of sedimentary habitats that influence the structure of resident fauna even on small geographical scales. Therefore, examinations of spatial variations in benthic assemblages require background knowledge of the environmental and biotic heterogeneity of habitats in order to understand ecological processes in such areas. The effect of habitat-related abiotic and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.seares.2015.06.017

18. Benthic vegetation, chlorophyllα and physical-chemical variables in a protected zone of a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Lesina, Italy)

Author:
Specchiulli Antonietta; Scirocco Tommaso; D’Adamo Raffaele; Cilenti Lucrezia; Fabbrocini Adele; Cassin Daniele; Penna Pierluigi; Renzi Monia; Bastianoni Simone
Source:
Journal of coastal conservation 2016 v.20 no.5 pp. 363-374
ISSN:
1400-0350
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; temperature; freshwater; macroalgae; phytoplankton; salinity; coastal water; environmental factors; vegetation; silicates; Angiospermae; chlorophyll; oxygen; biomass; nitrates; Italy;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Phytoplankton and benthic vegetation biomass undergoes spatial-temporal changes in relation to their life cycle, but also to meteorological conditions, physical-chemical variables, organic input and internal dynamism. The main aim of this work was to observe the effect of all environmental variables on the vegetative dynamic process in a protected zone of a Mediterranean costal lagoon (Lesina lago ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11852-016-0449-5

19. Spatial and temporal variability of organic matter sources and food web structure across benthic habitats in a low diversity system (southern Baltic Sea)

Author:
Ziółkowska Marcelina; Sokołowski Adam; Richard Pierre
Source:
Journal of sea research 2018 v.141 pp. 47-60
ISSN:
1385-1101
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Chara; Cladophora; Stuckenia; benthic zone; biomass; carbon; detritus; diet; ecosystems; energy flow; epiphytes; fauna; fish; food webs; habitats; herbivores; invertebrates; macroalgae; nitrogen; omnivores; organic matter; particulates; phytoplankton; roots; seasonal variation; sediments; stable isotopes; statistical models; suspension feeding; vascular plants; vegetation; Baltic Sea;     Show all 33 Subjects
Abstract:
... Understanding the effects of basal resources on the functioning of coastal ecosystems is of great interest in ecology since the different composition and availability of food sources directly affect trophic pathways and energy flow in systems. In this study, we determined which basal resources fuel the food webs of four benthic communities from different habitats in the shallow, low diversity Puck ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.seares.2018.05.007

20. Characterization of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman using MERIS fluorescence data

Author:
Jun Zhao; Marouane Temimi; Hosni Ghedira
Source:
ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing 2015 v.101 pp. 125-136
ISSN:
0924-2716
Subject:
benthic plants,   etc   ; Bacillariophyceae; Cochlodinium; Noctiluca; Trichodesmium; algal blooms; algorithms; chlorophyll; color; environmental factors; fluorescence; marine environment; planning; qualitative analysis; Oman; Persian Gulf;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... In this study, MERIS fluorescence data were utilized to monitor a toxin-producing dinoflagellate Cochlodinium bloom in 2008 in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. The bloom was characterized using modified fluorescence line height (MFLH), enhanced Red–Green–Blue (ERGB) and true color composites, and the ratio of particulate backscattering (bbp) to MFLH (bbp/MFLH). In addition to high MFLH values ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.12.010