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<P>Your Browser Seems to have trouble with frames. <P>Please follow this link. <P><a href="../../contents.php?subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/">../../contents.php?subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/</a> <HR> <font color=ff0000><br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(title.txt) [<a href='function.main'>function.main</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/nfs/new/precision/precn_info/rivers_org/au/library/nrhp/estuary_review/index.php</b> on line <b>22</b><br /> </font><font color=ff0000><br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(title.txt) [<a href='function.main'>function.main</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/nfs/new/precision/precn_info/rivers_org/au/library/nrhp/estuary_review/index.php</b> on line <b>22</b><br /> </font><font color=ff0000><br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(title.txt) [<a href='function.main'>function.main</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/nfs/new/precision/precn_info/rivers_org/au/library/nrhp/estuary_review/index.php</b> on line <b>22</b><br /> </font><font color=ff0000><br /> <b>Warning</b>: main() [<a href='function.include'>function.include</a>]: Failed opening 'title.txt' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in <b>/nfs/new/precision/precn_info/rivers_org/au/library/nrhp/estuary_review/index.php</b> on line <b>22</b><br /> </font> <H2>Contents</H2> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=abstract">Abstract</a> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=fwd_info_acknowl">Foreword, Publication Information & Acknowledgements</a> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=ch1">1. Introduction</a> <UL> <LI>1.1 The concept of ecological health <LI>1.2 Health, the human condition: An appropriate analogy? <LI>1.3 Australian estuaries <LI>1.4 Structure of this report </UL> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=ch2">2. Factors influencing the distribution of estuarine biota</a> <UL> <LI>2.1 Estuarine geomorphology <LI>2.1.1 Geology evolution and climate <LI>2.1.2 Estuarine morphology <LI>2.2 Temperature and light <LI>2.2.1 Water temperatures <LI>2.2.2 Light <LI>2.3 Water balance <LI>2.3.1 Runoff and tides <LI>2.4 Dissolved constituents in estuaries <LI>2.4.1 Salinity <LI>2.4.2 Nutrients <LI>2.4.3 Trace elements <LI>2.4.4 Dissolved gasses in estuarine waters <LI>2.4.5 Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of estuarine constituents and biota <LI>2.5 Sediments </UL> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=ch3">3. Distribution of biota in estuaries</a> <UL> <LI>3.1 Natural stressors and biotic communities <LI>3.1.1 Theoretical ecology and estuarine biota <LI>3.1.2 Dispersal and migration <LI>3.1.3 Settlement and establishment <LI>3.1.4 Selection pressure <LI>3.1.5 Habitat complexity <LI>3.1.6 Salinity and seasonal cycles in abundance <LI>3.2 Primary production <LI>3.2.1 Phytoplankton <LI>3.2.2 Periphyton and benthic microalgae <LI>3.3 Secondary production <LI>3.3.1 Zooplankton <LI>3.3.2 Zoobenthos <LI>3.4 Feedback effects of biota on habitats </UL> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=ch4">4. Impact of urban and rural development on the distribution of estuarine biota</a> <UL> <LI>4.1 The nature of anthropogenic disturbance <LI>4.2 Non-point source pollution <LI>4.2.1 Impact of development on runoff <LI>4.2.2 Impact of development on sediment delivery and pollutant inputs <LI>4.3 Point source pollution <LI>4.3.1 Sewage inputs <LI>4.3.2 Industrial discharges <LI>4.4 Impact of pollutants on biota <LI>4.4.1 Impact of suspended solids on biota <LI>4.4.2 Impact of organic loadings and nutrient inputs <LI>4.4.2.1 Defining the onset and magnitude of nutrient enrichment <LI>4.4.2.2 Impact of nutrient enrichment on primary production <LI>4.4.2.3 Impact of nutrient enrichment on secondary production <LI>4.4.3 Impact of thermal pollution and acid sulphate runoff on biota <LI>4.4.3.1 Thermal pollution <LI>4.4.3.2 Impact of acidification and acid sulphate runoff <LI>4.4.4 Impact of toxicants on biota <LI>4.4.4.1 Impact of heavy metals on biota <LI>4.4.4.2 Impact of synthetic organics on biota <LI>4.4.4.3 Impact of fossil hydrocarbons on biota <LI>4.5 Introduced organisms, fishing and recreational pressure <LI>4.6 Assessing disturbance in biotic communities <LI>4.6.1 Sources of uncertainty in observations <LI>4.6.2 Taxonomic resolution </UL> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=ch5">5. Ecological health assessment in estuaries</a> <UL> <LI>5.1 Biological processes and ecological health <LI>5.2 Ecosystem function <LI>5.3 Community structure <LI>5.3.1 Species richness <LI>5.3.2 Relative abundance <LI>5.3.3 Species diversity <LI>5.3.4 Size strata <LI>5.4 Biotic indices <LI>5.5 Indicator species <LI>5.6 Biomarkers and developmental stability analysis <LI>5.6.1 Biomarkers <LI>5.6.2 Developmental stability analysis <LI>5.6.3 Metrics (combination indicators) </UL> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=ch6">6. Utility of biota for indicating the ecological health of estuaries</a> <UL> <LI>6.1 Phytoplankton as ecological indicators <LI>6.2 Benthic microalgae and periphyton as ecological indicators <LI>6.3 Zooplankton as ecological indicators <LI>6.4 Benthic macro-invertebrates as ecological indicators </UL> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=ch7">7. References</a> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=appendices">Appendices</a> <UL> <LI>1 Examples of environmental indicators used globally to assess aspects of estuarine condition. <LI>2 Examples of biological indicators used to assess aspects of the ecological health of Australian estuaries. </UL> <P><a href="subdir=nrhp/estuary_review/&filename=list_tables_figs">List of Figures and Tables</a> <font color=ff0000><br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(nrhp/estuary_review/about_full_auripub.txt) [<a href='function.main'>function.main</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/nfs/new/precision/precn_info/rivers_org/au/library/nrhp/estuary_review/PHP_index_auripub.txt</b> on line <b>131</b><br /> </font><font color=ff0000><br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(nrhp/estuary_review/about_full_auripub.txt) [<a href='function.main'>function.main</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/nfs/new/precision/precn_info/rivers_org/au/library/nrhp/estuary_review/PHP_index_auripub.txt</b> on line <b>131</b><br /> </font><font color=ff0000><br /> <b>Warning</b>: main(nrhp/estuary_review/about_full_auripub.txt) [<a href='function.main'>function.main</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in <b>/nfs/new/precision/precn_info/rivers_org/au/library/nrhp/estuary_review/PHP_index_auripub.txt</b> on line <b>131</b><br /> </font><font color=ff0000><br /> <b>Warning</b>: main() [<a href='function.include'>function.include</a>]: Failed opening 'nrhp/estuary_review/about_full_auripub.txt' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in <b>/nfs/new/precision/precn_info/rivers_org/au/library/nrhp/estuary_review/PHP_index_auripub.txt</b> on line <b>131</b><br /> </font>