Stephen M. Mudge

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of some of the large, shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems (SECS) in Europe is given, which are important both from the ecological and the economic perspective (socio-ecological systems) and provide many valuable ecosystem goods and services.

TL;DR: In a recent study of the mesotidal Ria Formosa, a coastal lagoon in southern Portugal, water temperature in the channels ranged from 12 to 27°C in winter and salinity from 13 to 36.5, although much higher values were observed in saltpans as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Analysis of the data indicates that a clearer separation of the geochemical sources can be seen with the sterols and suggests that the fatty alcohol provide more information on secondary processes rather than primary origins.

TL;DR: In this paper, historical data from the Ria Formosa lagoon are classified according to the EEA 2001 guidelines to provide a frame of reference to evaluate the effect of management during the implementation of the environmental legislative directives.

TL;DR: In this article, water soluble components were washed through the sand columns and these components subsequently precipitated with cold storage, and the sediments after four weeks were black in colour due to the precipitation of metal sulphides although no H 2 S was generated because the pH of the seawater kept the sulphides in solution.