Effects of Changing Environmental Conditions on Lagoon Ecology - Coastal Lagoons: Ecosystem Processes and Modeling for Sustainable Use and Development - page 190

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Effects of Changing
Environmental Conditions
on Lagoon Ecology

Sofia Gamito, Javier Gilabert, Concepción Marcos
Diego, and Angel Pérez-Ruzafa

CONTENTS

5.1 Introduction
5.2 Eutrophication Process
5.2.1 Oligotrophic State
5.2.1.1 Submerged Vegetation and Related Energy Pathways
5.2.1.2 Phytoplankton
5.2.1.3 Zooplankton
5.2.1.4 Benthic Fauna
5.2.1.5 Fish Assemblages
5.2.2 Mesotrophic State
5.2.2.1 Competition between Rooted Vegetation
and Macroalgae
5.2.2.2 Microbial vs. Herbivorous Food Web
5.2.2.3 Benthic Fauna
5.2.2.4 Fish Assemblages (Pelagic/Benthic)
5.2.3 Eutrophic State
5.2.3.1 Phytoplankton
5.2.3.2 Benthic Vegetation
5.2.3.3 Benthic Fauna
5.2.3.4 Fish and Bird Assemblages
5.3 Water Renewal Rates
5.3.1 Choked Lagoons
5.3.2 Restricted Lagoons
5.3.3 Leaky Lagoons
5.3.4 Water Renewal Rate and Eutrophication
5.4 Changes in Lagoon Processes and Management
of Living Resources
5.5 Remarks
References