Effects of Changing Environmental Conditions on Lagoon Ecology - Coastal Lagoons: Ecosystem Processes and Modeling for Sustainable Use and Development - page 192

Solar energy

F ishe ries

OPEN SEA

Wind

Pelagic system

Phytoplankton Pelagic fishes

Rainfall

Migrations

Zooplankton

Run-off

Inputs from the
open sea

MF mf

Benthic
system

IB

Benthic
fishes

Human activities
Dredging
Pumping
Coastal works

MF = Macrophytobenthos
mf = Microphytobenthos
IB = Benthic invertebrates

Nutrients

Detritus