BIOLOGY OF THE RIO GRANDE BORDER REGION:
A BIBLIOGRAPHY

E. Ecology
      4.  Coastal Ecology    

1420. Breuer JP. 1962. An ecological survey of the lower Laguna Madre of Texas, 1953-1959. Publ. Inst. Mar. Sci. Univ. Tex. 8:153-83.

1421. Breuer JP. 1970. A biological survey of the tidewater areas of the Rio Grande. In: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Branch. Coastal Fisheries Project Report 1969-1970. [Austin (TX)]: Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. p 127-139.

1422. Buskey EJ, Stockwell DA. 1993. Effects of a persistent "brown tide" on zooplankton populations in the Laguna Madre of South Texas. In: Smayda TJ, Shimizu Y, editors. Toxic phytoplankton blooms in the sea. [place unknown]: Elsevier. p 659-66.

1423. DeYoe HR, Suttle CA. 1994. The inability of the Texas "brown tide" alga to use nitrate and the role of nitrogen in the initiation of a persistent bloom of this organism. J. Phycol. 41:374-85.

1424. Everitt JH, Judd FW. 1989. Using remote sensing techniques to distinguish and monitor black mangrove (Avicennia germinans). J. Coastal Res. 5:737-45.

1425. Hedgpeth JW. 1967. Ecological aspects of the Laguna Madre, a hypersaline estuary. In: Lauff GH, editor. Estuaries. Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Publication (American Association for the Advancement of Science): 83) p 408-19.

1426. Judd FW, Lonard RI. [1985]. Effects of perturbations on South Padre Island. In: Converse H, Magoon OT, Tobin LT, editors. Coastal zone '85: post-conference volume, 4th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management; 1985 Jul 30-Aug 2; Baltimore, MD. San Francisco: Coastal Zone Foundation. p 1855-69.

1427. Judd FW, Lonard RI, Everitt JH, Villarreal R. 1989. Effects of vehicular traffic in secondary dunes and vegetated flats of South Padre Island, Texas. In: Magoon OT and others, editors. Coastal zone '89: proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management; 1989 Jul 11-14; Charleston, SC. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers. p 4634-45.

1428. Judd FW, Sides SL. 1983. Effects of Hurricane Allen on the nearshore vegetation of South Padre Island, Texas. Southwest. Nat. 28:365-9.

1429. Kier RS, Fruh EG, editors. [1976]. Methodology to evaluate alternative coastal zone management policies, application in the Texas coastal zone: example application IV, transferability of methodology to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Austin (TX): University of Texas at Austin, Division of Natural Resources and Environment, Center for Research in Water Resources. 391 p. Available from: National Technical Information Service (NTIS); PB-282 857/2.

1430. McMahan CA. 1968. Biomass and salinity tolerance of shoalgrass and manateegrass in lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Project nr Texas W-029-R. 6 p. Available from: Fish and Wildlife Reference Service; MIN nr 427320315.

1431. McMillan C. 1985. The seed reserve for Halodule wrightii, Syringodium filiforme and Ruppia maritima in Laguna Madre, Texas. Contrib. Mar. Sci. 28:141-9.

1432. Merkord GW. 1978. The distribution and abundance of seagrasses in Laguna Madre of Texas [MSc thesis]. Kingsville (TX): Texas A&I University. 56 p.

1433. Onuf CP. 1994. Seagrasses, dredging and light in Laguna Madre, Texas, U.S.A. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci. 39:75-91.

1434. Onuf CP. 1995. Seagrass meadows of the Laguna Madre of Texas. In: LaRoe ET, Farris GS, Puckett CE, Doran PD, Mac MJ, editors. Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service. p 275-7.

1435. Onuf CP. 1996. Biomass patterns in seagrass meadows of Laguna Madre. Bull. Mar. Sci. 58:404-20.

1436. Onuf CP. 1996. Seagrass responses to long-term light reduction by brown tide in upper Laguna Madre, Texas: distribution and biomass patterns. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 138:219-31.

1437. Pulich WM, Jr. 1980. Ecology of a hypersaline lagoon: the Laguna Madre. In: Fore PL, Peterson RD, editors. Proceedings of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ecosystems Workshop; 1979 Sep 4-7; Port Aransas, TX. Albuquerque (NM): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (FWS/OBS: 80/30) p 103-22.

1438. Quammen ML, Onuf CP. 1993. Laguna Madre: seagrass changes continue decades after salinity reduction. Estuaries 16(302-310).

1439. Stockwell DA, Buskey EJ, Whitledge TE. 1993. Studies on conditions conducive to the development and maintenance of a persistent "brown tide" in Laguna Madre, Texas. In: Smayda TJ, Shimizu Y, editors. Toxic phytoplankton blooms in the sea. [New York]: Elsevier. p 693-8.

1440. Texas Department of Water Resources. 1983. Laguna Madre estuary: a study of the influence of freshwater inflows. Austin (TX): Texas Department of Water Resources. (Limited publication (Texas. Dept. of Water Resources): 182) [270] p.

1441. Whitledge TE. 1993. The nutrient and hydrographic conditions prevailing in Laguna Madre, Texas before and during a brown tide bloom. In: Smayda TJ, Shimizu Y, editors. Toxic phytoplankton blooms in the sea. [place unknown]: Elsevier. p 711-6.

1442. Whitledge TE, Stockwell DA. 1995. Effects of nutrient distributions on phytoplankton in lower Laguna Madre: with particular reference to brown tide. Port Aransas (TX): University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute. (Technical report (University of Texas Marine Science Institute): 95-004) 49 p.

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