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Document Type
Book Chapter
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Editors
Maurice P. Lynch and Elizabeth C. Krome
Publication Date
1988
Book Title
Understanding the Estuary: Advances in Chesapeake Bay Research - Proceedings of a Conference March 23-31, 1988
Publisher
Chesapeake Research Consortium
City
Solomons, Maryland
Series
CRC Publication No. 129 | CBP/TRS 24/88
Abstract
The sediment-water interface is the boundary layer between the water column and sediments. It is involved in virtually all processes and cycles within aquatic and estuarine ecosystems. Interactions and reactions at the sediment-water interface are of particular importance in regulating processes involving nutrient regeneration-remineralization (Boynton and Kemp 1985), fate of toxicants (Olsen, Cutshall and Larsen 1982), development of hypoxia-anoxia (Garber 1987), sediment mixing (Schaffner et al. 1987a, b), and sediment transport (Wright et al. 1987). Much effort has and is being expended to provide details of these processes which will eventually be used in management plans for water quality, sediment quality, and fisheries resources.
Recommended Citation
Diaz, Robert J. and Schaffner, Linda C., "Comparison of Sediment Landscapes in Chesapeake Bay as Seen by Surface and Profile Imaging" (1988). VIMS Books and Book Chapters. 163.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsbooks/163
