Science of Ecosystem-Based Management

I. Ecosystem-based Management in a Changing Climate: A "Grand Experiment" in a shallow sea
- Climate change and Narragansett Bay
- Adaptive management of nutrient inputs to Narragansett Bay

II. Sources and Magnitudes: Nutrient inputs to Narragansett Bay
- An overview of water quality in Mount Hope Bay
- Nutrient inputs to Narragansett Bay: a historical perspective
- How important is atmospheric deposition as a nitrogen source to coastal waters in the urbanized northeastern United States?

III. Biochemistry and Fluxes: Cultural eutrophication of Narragansett Bay: evidence from dated sediment cores
- Benthic foraminifera as a record of environmental change and hypoxia in Narragansett Bay
- Nutrient transport in groundwater at the coastal margin
- Evidence of ecological impacts from excess nutrients in upper Narragansett Bay
- Summer dissolved oxygen conditions in Naragansett Bay

IV. Circulation and Physical Forcing Functions: Wind and bouyancy-driven flows in Narragansett Bay
- Circulation and pollutant transport dynamics in Narragansett Bay
- The role of winds, runoff and seasonal variability in the exchange of water between Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound

V. Biological and Ecological Trends: Natural viral communities in the Narragansett Bay ecosystem
- Nutrient and plankton ingredients in Narragansett Bay
- Impact of nutrients on Narragansett Bay productivity: a gradient approach
- Coastal salt marsh community and system level changes in response to cultural eutrophication
- Managing nitrogen in a changing climate: do the old rules hold?

VI. Synthesis: Solutions & Opportunities: Narragansett Bay as an ecosystem
- Implications of the science for management in the Narragansett Bay ecosystem

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