Contributors ................................................... xv
1 Geologic and Contemporary Landscapes of the Narragansett
Bay Ecosystem ................................................ 1
Jon C. Boothroyd and Peter V. August
2 Narragansett Bay Amidst a Globally Changing Climate ......... 35
Michael E.Q. Pilson
3 Estimating Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the
Northeastern United States: Relevance to Narragansett Bay ... 47
Robert W. Howarth
4 Groundwater Nitrogen Transport and Input along the
Narragansett Bay Coastal Margin ............................. 67
Barbara L. Nowicki and Arthur J. Gold
5 Nitrogen and Phosphorus Inputs to Narragansett Bay: Past,
Present, and Future ........................................ 101
Scott W. Nixon, Betty A. Buckley, Stephen L. Granger,
Lora A. Harris, Autumn J. Oczkowski, Robinson
W. Fulweiler, and Luke W. Cole
6 Nitrogen Inputs to Narragansett Bay: An Historical
Perspective ................................................ 177
Steven P. Hamburg, Donald Pryor and Matthew
A. Vadeboncoeur
7 Anthropogenic Eutrophication of Narragansett Bay:
Evidence from Dated Sediment Cores ......................... 211
John W. King, J. Bradford Hubeny, Carol L. Gibson,
Elizabeth Laliberte, Kathryn H. Ford, Mark Cantwell,
Rick McKinney, and Peter Appleby
8 Circulation and Transport Dynamics in Narragansett Bay ..... 233
Malcolm L. Spaulding and Craig Swanson
9 Critical Issues for Circulation Modeling of Narragansett
Bay and Mount Hope Bay ..................................... 281
Changsheng Chen, Liuzhi Zhao, Geoff Cowles, and Brian
Rothschild
10 The Dynamics of Water Exchange Between Narragansett Bay
and Rhode Island Sound ..................................... 301
Christopher Kincaid, Deanna Bergondo, and Kurt Rosenberger
11 Summer Bottom Water Dissolved Oxygen in Upper
Narragansett Bay ........................................... 325
Emily Saarman, Warren L. Prell, David W. Murray, and
Christopher F. Deacutis
12 Evidence of Ecological Impacts from Excess Nutrients in
Upper Narragansett Bay ..................................... 349
Christopher F. Deacutis
13 An Ecosystem-based Perspective of Mount Hope Bay ........... 383
Christian Krahforst and Marc Carullo
14 Natural Viral Communities in the Narragansett Bay
Ecosystem .................................................. 419
Marcia F. Marston
15 Nutrient and Plankton Dynamics in Narragansett Bay ......... 431
Theodore J. Smayda and David G. Borkman
16 Narragansett Bay Ctenophore-Zooplankton-Phytoplankton
Dynamics in a Changing Climate ............................. 485
Barbara K. Sullivan, Dian J. Gifford, John H. Costello,
and Jason R. Graff
17 Coastal Salt Marsh Community Change in Narragansett Bay
in Response to Cultural Eutrophication ..................... 499
Cathleen Wigand
18 Impacts of Nutrients on Narragansett Bay Productivity:
A Gradient Approach ........................................ 523
Candace A. Oviatt
19 An "Ecofunctional" Approach to Ecosystem-based Management
for Narragansett Bay ....................................... 545
Barry A. Costa-Pierce and Alan Desbonnet
Index ......................................................... 563
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