S272-S291 (20 pages) The salinity gradient of estuaries plays a unique and fundamental role in structuring spatial patterns of physical properties, biota, and biogeochemical processes. We use ...

Freshwater salinization is rising due to pollution and ocean intrusion, threatening water supplies, agriculture, and infrastructure.

Estuaries are dynamic ecosystems that have some of the highest biotic diversity and levels of production in the world. Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of estuaries around ...

Kaushal hopes their framework will be used by those who oversee rivers, estuaries and drinking water ... “Regional salinity management plans and guidance documents and risk assessments for ...

"We are seeing salinity levels in the 40s, and with levels that high, we know certain species simply can’t survive or reproduce effectively," said Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program project ...

HABITAT: Delta smelt can tolerate a wide range of salinity and temperatures ... to the upper reaches of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, from San Pablo Bay upstream to ...

Dehalogenimonas strain W can break down 1,2-dichloroethane, a toxic industrial pollutant, in high-salinity environments. The bacteria survive in estuaries by producing ectoine, which helps them ...

Kaushal hopes their framework will be used by those who oversee rivers, estuaries and drinking water ... deal with salt," Kaushal said. "Regional salinity management plans and guidance documents ...