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Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation

Index Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation

The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) is a private, nonprofit organization that was created in 1971. [1]

46 relations: Alaska, Aquatic plant, Arctic, Argopecten irradians, Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Benthos, Callinectes, Callinectes sapidus, Caribbean Sea, Chesapeake Bay, Christopher D'Elia, Coast, Ecology, Ecosystem, Estuaries and Coasts, Estuarine water circulation, Estuary, Eutrophication, Fiddler crab, Hard clam, Hypoxia (environmental), Long Island Sound, Louisiana, Macrobenthos, Marine ecosystem, Mesocosm, Nancy Rabalais, National Estuarine Research Reserve, Neuse River, Nitrogen, North Carolina, Nutrient, Oxygen saturation, Palaemonetes, Persulfate, Phosphorus, Primary production, Productivity (ecology), Rarefaction, Salt marsh, Seagrass, Spartina, Spartina alterniflora, Tidal marsh, Turbidity, Virginia.

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Aquatic plant

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater).

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Argopecten irradians

Argopecten irradians, formerly classified as Aequipecten irradians, common names Atlantic bay scallop or bay scallop, is an edible species of saltwater clam, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.

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Atlantic Estuarine Research Society

The Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) is an association of researchers and students with an interest in estuarine and coastal environmental issues and policies.

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Benthos

Benthos is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the seabed, also known as the benthic zone.

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Callinectes

Callinectes is a genus of crabs, containing 16 extant species, including the Atlantic blue crab, C. sapidus.

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Callinectes sapidus

Callinectes sapidus (from the Greek calli-.

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Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea (Mar Caribe; Mer des Caraïbes; Caraïbische Zee) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

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Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary in the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia.

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Christopher D'Elia

Christopher Francis D'Elia is an American marine scientist and biologist, known for his research on nutrient pollution by nitrogen.

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Coast

A coastline or a seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake.

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Ecology

Ecology (from οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of") is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.

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Estuaries and Coasts

Estuaries and Coasts is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media and the official journal of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation.

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Estuarine water circulation

Estuarine water circulation is controlled by the inflow of rivers, the tides, rainfall and evaporation, the wind, and other oceanic events such as an upwelling, an eddy, and storms.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Eutrophication

Eutrophication (from Greek eutrophos, "well-nourished"), or hypertrophication, is when a body of water becomes overly enriched with minerals and nutrients that induce excessive growth of plants and algae.

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Fiddler crab

A fiddler crab, sometimes known as a calling crab, may be any of approximately 100 species of semi-terrestrial marine crabs which make up the genus Uca.

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Hard clam

The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), also known as a quahog (or quahaug), round clam, or hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, is an edible marine bivalve mollusc that is native to the eastern shores of North America and Central America, from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatán Peninsula.

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Hypoxia (environmental)

Hypoxia refers to low oxygen conditions.

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Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, lying between the eastern shores of Bronx County, New York City, southern Westchester County, and Connecticut to the north, and the North Shore of Long Island, to the south.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Macrobenthos

Macrobenthos consists of the organisms that live at the bottom of a water columnJ.S. Link, C.A. Griswold, E.T. Methratta, J. Gunnard, Editors.

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Marine ecosystem

Marine ecosystems are among the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems.

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Mesocosm

A mesocosm (meso- or 'medium' and -cosm 'world') is any outdoor experimental system that examines the natural environment under controlled conditions.

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Nancy Rabalais

Nancy N. Rabalais is an American marine ecologist.

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National Estuarine Research Reserve

The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of 28 protected areas established by partnerships between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and coastal states.

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Neuse River

The Neuse River is a river rising in the Piedmont of North Carolina and emptying into Pamlico Sound below New Bern.

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Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Nutrient

A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce.

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Oxygen saturation

Oxygen saturation (symbol SO2) is a relative measure of the concentration of oxygen that is dissolved or carried in a given medium as a proportion of the maximal concentration that can be dissolved in that medium.

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Palaemonetes

Palaemonetes is a genus of caridean shrimp comprising a geographically diverse group of fresh water, brackish and marine crustaceans.

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Persulfate

The term persulfate (sometimes known as peroxysulfate) refers to ions or compounds containing the anions or.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Primary production

Global oceanic and terrestrial photoautotroph abundance, from September 1997 to August 2000. As an estimate of autotroph biomass, it is only a rough indicator of primary-production potential, and not an actual estimate of it. Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and ORBIMAGE. In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide.

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Productivity (ecology)

In ecology, productivity refers to the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem.

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Rarefaction

Rarefaction is the reduction of an item's density, the opposite of compression.

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Salt marsh

A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

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Seagrass

Seagrasses are flowering plants (angiosperms) belonging to four families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae and Cymodoceaceae), all in the order Alismatales (in the class of monocotyledons), which grow in marine, fully saline environments.

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Spartina

Spartina, commonly known as cordgrass or cord-grass, is a genus of plants in the grass family, frequently found in coastal salt marshes.

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Spartina alterniflora

Spartina alterniflora, the smooth cordgrass, saltmarsh cordgrass, or salt-water cordgrass, is a perennial deciduous grass which is found in intertidal wetlands, especially estuarine salt marshes.

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Tidal marsh

A tidal marsh is a type of marsh that is found along rivers, coasts and estuaries of which the flooding characteristics are determined by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean.

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Turbidity

Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by large numbers of individual particles that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_and_Estuarine_Research_Federation

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