27May2022
HRI Seminar Series - Dr. Paul Montagna
A long-term dataset of benthos (i.e., bottom-dwelling) species and community data collected from Lavaca and Matagorda Bays (Lavaca-Colorado Estuary), San Antonio Bay (Guadalupe Estuary), and Nueces and Corpus Christi Bays (Nueces Estuary) was used to identify the freshwater inflow needs to maintain a “sound ecological environment.” The relationship between salinity and community structure can be use evaluate the effectiveness of current freshwater inflow standards in three basin-bay systems along the mid-Texas coast.