The Ecology of Tijuana Estuary, California: An Estuarine Profile

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FIGURES hl,lp 171 ttli> v\,tlrrihi'cf of Tiji~,lrla ESIL~~I~V f h;. r~orftic-rrl of T il~j~ir~,~ Fa>tddrv Maps of hdt)iilft :YF)CS ilri~i ~ I , I C C n
Number Page The channel fish cornrnurl~ty Slzes of f~shes dur~ng nont~dal and t~dal cond~ttons The great blue heron Birds of the lntert~dal flats Shoreb~rd study areas Forag~ng rn~c~ohabitats of ~ntertldal flats Relat~onsh~ps between leg and b~ll lengths The dune habitat Birds of the sand dune Foraging rn~crohab~tats or1 the beach Seasonal dynamlcs of channels and ttdal creeks F~eld exper~rnents with rnacroalgae and phytoplankton L~ve b~ornass and standlng crop of salt marsh vegetation Arnrnon~urn concentrations In flood and ebb waters The flux of Inorgantc nltrogen Dynarnlcs of l~tter In Ihe salt marsh Net flux of part~culate and d~ssolved carbori Concentrations of DOC for flood and ebb waters Compos~t~on of dissolved organic carbon Conceptual model of f~lter~ng functtons Map of cordgrass anti noncordgrass transects Changes In so11 sal~n~ly D~strtbullon of cordgrass alorig transects D~str~but~oii of pickleweed along transects The low-sal~n~ty gap rrrodel Changes Iri total sterr1 length of cardgrass Changes In dveragc tirlqht of cordgrass Ct~ariges In rnaxlfriutri tic'tglit of cordgrass Changes ~ ri cordg1as.i cfenslty The Pacif ~c Estuar~ne Research Laboratory Pred~cted change In watttr sallrilty w~th wastewater wiii
Page 1 and 2: June 1986 I THE ECOLOGY OF TIJUANA
Page 3 and 4: The findings in this report are not
Page 5 and 6: CONVERSION TABLE Metric to U.S. Cus
Page 7: Page 4.5 Energy Flow ..............
Page 11 and 12: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The California Sea
Page 13 and 14: Figure 1. Lacatlcrn of 71juana Estu
Page 15 and 16: Figure 3. Map6 of Tijuana Estuary s
Page 17 and 18: FI(I(uPc$ 4. Wei&rahOt@ patt@rns of
Page 19 and 20: also limitrng Hot, dry desert winds
Page 21 and 22: 2.3 LAND USE HlSPQWV Through exami!
Page 23 and 24: The nearby bridge remained, and ext
Page 25 and 26: flushing until mid-December 1984. E
Page 27 and 28: with seawater. Even in years with s
Page 29 and 30: flats ~n winter but not in midsumme
Page 31 and 32: Each "island" of higher topography
Page 33 and 34: The vegetation and soils of the upp
Page 35 and 36: populations (Massey 1979) The brrds
Page 37 and 38: c~n~entrations of insects, especial
Page 39 and 40: Frgufe 29. The Ifght-footed clapper
Page 41 and 42: Figure 30. During winter (above) th
Page 43 and 44: anlmal footprints, In the hardpan f
Page 45 and 46: Tijuana Estuary salt marsh Such exp
Page 47 and 48: Frgura 36 The etraracrel an& tidal
Page 49 and 50: ^_ _I __"___I _-a_. -- fable 7. Inv
Page 51 and 52: Pre- 1980 (excluding Hosrner Rehse
Page 53 and 54: Table 8. Average density (number/m2
Page 55 and 56: changes in envlronment has not been
Page 57 and 58: was dominated by goby species, Cali
Page 59 and 60:
compared the ,chthyoplankton commun
Page 61 and 62:
Figure 43, Birds of the intertidal
Page 63 and 64:
-" and that the community was compo
Page 65 and 66:
Willet (1 73) i - Water Depth (cm)
Page 67 and 68:
Table 14. Early information on dune
Page 69 and 70:
Figure 48. Birds that nest on the s
Page 71 and 72:
CHAPTER 4 ECOSYSTEM FldNCTlONlNG St
Page 73 and 74:
were no? irght-saturated untri expo
Page 75 and 76:
Table 17. Conceptual model of chann
Page 77 and 78:
Table 19. Net aboveground productiv
Page 79 and 80:
_I___ I__-~--- 4.4.1 Nitragen Fluxe
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i i t 1 1 I Table 22. Standing crop
Page 83 and 84:
calculated from chlorophyll a measu
Page 85 and 86:
Dissolved Organic Biomass Carbon De
Page 87 and 88:
CHAPTER 5 THE ROLE OF DISTURBANCES
Page 89 and 90:
Table 25. Changes in elevation in t
Page 91 and 92:
Table 26. Change in pickleweed cano
Page 93 and 94:
Table 27. Occurrence (in circular 0
Page 95 and 96:
perennials can survive long periods
Page 97 and 98:
An experiment was designed to deter
Page 99 and 100:
CHAPTER 6 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
Page 101 and 102:
Closely associated with the researc
Page 103 and 104:
c. Dredging at Tijuana Estuary will
Page 105 and 106:
Table 30. Predicted impacts of redu
Page 107 and 108:
footed clapper rails; the picklewee
Page 109 and 110:
overwashas, and slabiiizatran rs rl
Page 112 and 113:
REFERENCES Allen, L.G. 1980. Struct
Page 114 and 115:
Minsky, D. 1984. California least t
Page 116:
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