A review of global responses to anthropogenic-driven nutrient loads in marine systems
discloses a lengthy list of estuaries, with the severity of impacts appearing to increase over …

This chapter has been prepared with the aim of contributing toward the development of an
ecosystem-based management strategy for Narragansett Bay. Of specific concern is the …

In recent years, summer hypoxia and anoxic events have received increasing attention in
Narragansett Bay. Starting in 1999, bay-wide surveys and fixed site monitoring of dissolved …

Science for Ecosystem-based Management: Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century
addresses the broad problem of coastal nutrient pollution. In the US, approximately two …

The Industrial Revolution in the United States began in December, 1790, in the headwaters
of Narragansett Bay, when Moses Brown used water power from the Blackstone River to …

Narragansett Bay is a medium-sized (328 km2), relatively shallow (average depth 8.6 m),
temperate latitude estuary located in the northeastern United States (Chinman and Nixon …

The overall alteration of the global nitrogen cycle has been of increasing concern to
ecologists and resource managers for several decades (Vitousek et al., 1997), yet most …

Long-term non-linear ecosystem-scale changes in water quality and biotic communities in
coastal lagoons have been associated with intensification of anthropogenic pressures. In …

Nutrient enrichment has degraded many of the world's estuaries by amplifying algal
production, leading to hypoxia/anoxia, loss of vascular plants and fish/shellfish habitat, and …

In dealing with environmental pollution, we can talk of many potential threats to the health of
Narragansett Bay. For over two decades, WWTFs and state environmental agencies have …