Abstract
Introduction (excerpt): This project represents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the influence of freshwater inflow on estuarine production and ecosystem condition and examines both phytoplankton and benthic microalgal biomass. In addition, the project examines an important estuarine function that often goes overlooked when assessing ecosystem condition—the
production of prey organisms (i.e., zooplankton and hyperbenthos) for fishes that use estuaries as nursery habitat.
