Rybczyk writes chapter in book on estuarine ecology

John Rybczyk, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Science, published a chapter titled "Global Climate Change and Estuarine Systems" in the book "Estuarine Ecology, 2nd Edition."

The second edition includes new chapters covering phytoplankton, seagrasses, coastal marshes, mangroves, benthic algae, Integrated Coastal Zone Management techniques and the effects of global climate change. It also features an entirely new section on estuarine ecosystem processes, trophic webs, ecosystem metabolism, and the interactions between estuaries and other ecosystems such as wetlands and marshes.