Estuary Restoration and Maintenance: The National Estuary ProgramThis timely volume examines the work of the National Estuary Program, the prominent federally-funded initiative dealing with pollution and other anthropogenic impacts on estuarine ecosystems and the management plans necessary to ensure that these invaluable natural treasures remain healthy and productive for future generations. |
Contents
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Long Island Sound Estuary Program | 93 |
Delware Estuary Program | 155 |
Galveston Bay National Estuary Program | 205 |
Other editions - View all
Estuary Restoration and Maintenance: The National Estuary Program Michael J Kennish No preview available - 2019 |
Estuary Restoration and Maintenance: The National Estuary Program Michael J. Kennish No preview available - 1999 |
Common terms and phrases
abundance actions activities addition agricultural altered aquatic areas assessment associated beaches benthic birds bottom cause Central changes Channel chemical coastal communities concentrations contaminants continue decline decreased degradation Delaware Estuary delta discharges dissolved diversity dredging effects Environmental Estuary Program example federal Figure fish flow forms freshwater Galveston Bay habitat Harbor human impacts implementation important improve increase industrial inputs land levels living resources loads Long Island Sound loss lower major marine marshes material metals monitoring municipal natural nitrogen nonpoint source nutrients occur organisms oxygen oyster PCBs phytoplankton plans plants point source pollution populations priority problems production Protection recreational reduce region Report Rept require restoration result River runoff salinity San Francisco Bay sediments sewage shellfish significant South species stormwater Table Tech tidal toxic treatment Trends urban waste water quality watershed wetlands wildlife York
References to this book
Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life James L. Sumich,John Francis Morrissey Limited preview - 2004 |