Coastal Environmental impacts Brought About by Alterations to Freshwater Flow in the Gulf of Mexico

摘要

Freshwater inflow is one of the most influential landscape processes affecting community structure and function in lagoons, estuaries, and deltas of the world; never- the less their are few reviews of coastal impacts associated with altered freshwater inputs. A conceptual model of the possible influences of freshwater inflows on biogeochemical and trophic interactions was used to structure this review, evaluate dominant effects, and discuss tools for coastal management. Studies in the gulf of Mexico were used to exemplify problems commonly encountered by coastal zone managers and scientists around the world.