1. EPA > Oceans, Coasts, & Estuaries > Coastal Watershed Factsheets > Estuaries And General information on the components and functioning of coastal watersheds, and managng coastal resources. Tips on how you can help protect your coastal watershed. http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/factsheets/fact5.html

Contact Us Print Version Search: EPA Home Water Coastal Watershed Factsheets Partnerships ... for Children, Students and Teachers Coastal Watershed Factsheets Estuaries and Your Coastal Watershed United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water EPA 842-F-98-009 July 1998 stuaries are an important component of the complex and dynamic coastal watershed. The economy of many coastal areas relies on the natural beauty and bounty of estuaries. When those natural resources are imperiled, so are the livelihoods of the many people who live and work along the coast. As our population grows, the demands imposed on our natural resources increase and protecting these resources for all their natural, economic, and aesthetic values becomes even more important. What Is an Estuary and What Does It Do? An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water formed where freshwater from rivers, streams, and groundwater flows to the ocean, mixing with the salty seawater. Although influenced by the winds and tides, estuaries are protected from the full force of ocean waves, winds, and storms by the reefs, barrier islands, or fingers of land, mud, or sand that define an estuary's seaward boundary. Estuaries come in all shapes and sizes and go by many different names. They are often known as bays, lagoons, harbors, inlets, or sounds. Whatever the name or type, estuaries provide valuable functions.

2. SPARROW - Atmospheric Nitrogen Flux From Watersheds Of Major US Estuaries Atmospheric Nitrogen Flux From the watersheds of Major estuaries of the United States An Application of the North Atlantic watersheds and in several watersheds of the Gulf region http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow/coast/agu_sparrow.html

Atmospheric Nitrogen Flux From the Watersheds of Major Estuaries of the United States: An Application of the SPARROW Watershed Model 1 U.S. Geological Survey, 413 National Center, Reston, Virginia 20192, USA 2 U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 8987 Yellow Brick Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21237 4 National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Special Projects Office, 1305 East/West Highway, SSMC4, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 In: Nitrogen Loading in Coastal Water Bodies: An Atmospheric Perspective , 2000, American Geophysical Union Monograph 57, Richard Valigura, Richard Alexander, Mark Castro, Tilden Meyers, Hans Paerl, Paul Stacey, and R. Eugene Turner (eds.) pp. 119-170 ABSTRACT Additional Information American Geophysical Union Monograph 57: Table of Contents; Preface; Purchases Reprint of chapter (pp. 119-170) available from author (email: ralex@usgs.gov) USGS News Release Additional information on the USGS SPARROW model, from which estimated nitrogen movements in streams and rivers are derived, is available from the entry page of the SPARROW Web site.

3. EPA > Oceans, Coasts, & Estuaries > Coastal Watersheds Factsheets Contact Us Print Version Search EPA Home Water Wetlands, Oceans, watersheds Oceans, Coasts, estuaries Coastal Watershed Factsheets. http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/factsheets/

Contact Us Print Version Search: EPA Home Water Coastal Watershed Factsheets Partnerships Habitat Protection Regulatory Programs Assessment and ... for Children, Students and Teachers Coastal Watershed Factsheets You can order this document online from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) For mail in requests: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Publications Clearinghouse P.O. Box 42419 Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 For telephone requests: 1-800-490-8198 (Toll Free) 1-513-489-8190 (Local) For email requests: ncepimal@one.net (orders by e-mail) Factsheets: Your Coastal Watershed The Beach and Your Coastal Watershed Near Shore Waters and Your Coastal Watershed Coral Reefs and Your Coastal Watershed ... Contact Us

4. EPA > Oceans, Coasts, & Estuaries > Environmental Protection Agency's Oceans, Coasts, and estuaries. Oceans, Coasts, estuaries. Contact Us Print Version Search Wetlands, Oceans, watersheds Oceans, Coasts, estuaries . http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans

Contact Us Print Version Search: EPA Home Water Partnerships Habitat Protection ... U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy releases Preliminary Report for review by the nation's governors and interested stakeholders. As mandated by the Oceans Act of 2000, the Commission makes recommendations for a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy. Coastal environments are strongly influenced by upstream sources of pollution and freshwater inflow, and are subject to an ever-growing coastal population. EPA protects these resources through a watershed approach and its regulatory and cooperative management programs. Partnerships National Estuary Program Marine Transportation System National Dredging Team ... Volunteer Activities Features "Dredged Material Management: Action Agenda for the Next Decade" (Action Agenda) (PDF, 2.5MB) Draft National Coastal Conditions Report II National Estuary Program Cruise Ship Discharges Invasive Species ... Contact Us

5. Rivers, Streams, And Watersheds (Environmental Resources) rivers, streams, estuaries, watersheds and riparian ecosystems Helps people understand, protect and restore rivers and their watersheds. Also see http://www.grinningplanet.com/5005/rivers-streams-watersheds-tributary.htm

Get GP free via email ! SEARCH Home GP Issues Index Jokes-Cartoons ... Contact Rivers, Streams, and Watersheds Environmental Resources PAGE INDEX Environmental Articles on Grinning Planet Other Sites and Resources Environmental Articles on Grinning Planet EVERGLADES / USACE (Issue 50) 11-MAR-2004 THE ONE WHERE POGO AND ALBERT ALLIGATOR MEET CAJUN CRAWDADDY Water, the Army Corps of Engineers, and Failed Attempts to Control Nature WETLANDS / FLOOD CONTROL (Issue 49) 09-MAR-2004 The Problem with Louisiana's Disappearing Coastal Wetlands WATER POLLUTION STATUS (Environmental Issue 11) 16-OCT-2003 WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, WITH FEWER DROPS TO DRINK Water Pollution is Still a Problem Other Sites and Resources American Rivers Dedicated to protecting and restoring rivers nationwide Center for Watershed Protection Provides technical tools for protecting streams, lakes and rivers River Network Helps people understand, protect and restore rivers and their watersheds Also see: Water resources index Pollution - General Items in small green font are editorial comments from the Grinning Planet team.

6. Estuary-Net Project EstuaryNet Project supports meaningful partnerships that work to solve non-pointsource pollution problems in estuaries and watersheds through understanding http://inlet.geol.sc.edu/estnet.html

A telecommunications project supporting the development of coastal non-point source pollution education programs. PROJECT INTRODUCTION Estuary-Net was developed by the National Estuarine Research Reserve System in response to water quality issues arising in coastal areas. This project strives to develop collaborations among high schools, community volunteer water quality monitoring groups, local officials, state Coastal Zone Management (CZM) programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRS) to solve non-point source pollution problems in estuaries and their watersheds. ESTUARY-NET PROJECT GOAL The Estuary-Net Project supports meaningful partnerships that work to solve non-point source pollution problems in estuaries and watersheds through understanding: the variables and the upland influences that contribute to water quality; the value of long-term data collection and data analysis;

7. Level_1aC state Coastal Zone Management programs, and National Estuarine Research Reservesto work collaboratively in problems with problems in estuaries and watersheds. http://inlet.geol.sc.edu/level_1a.html

ACTIVITY 7- SHARE THE DATA PART A: LOCAL ISSUES Activity Objective: Students will learn that the data they have gathered is limited, but may indicate potential problems. They will learn that they need assistance from the community in order to begin to address this problem. Estuary-Net Outcome Connections: High schools will form a partnership with their local officials, state Coastal Zone Management programs, and National Estuarine Research Reserves to work collaboratively in problems with problems in estuaries and watersheds. Students will learn how to play a meaningful role in solving local water quality problems. Students will be able to use the scientific process to test a hypothesis and will understand how science and the process of science contributes to decision-making. Assessment: This entire activity is an assessment of all of the information learned through the previous activities. Students are assessed in a number of ways: they brainstorm; they work collaboratively to report about an upland influence on the estuary; telecommunicate their findings; and they create a presentation of their findings for an audience of local officials and other invited guests. Judgements about the reports and presentations should be made using the criteria set at the beginning of the project and any adjustments that have been made to that criteria since that time. Time Needed: 1-2 class periods.

8. Nearctica - Ecology - Biogeography - Biomes, Ecoregions, And Habitats - Estuarie US Fish and Wildlife Service. The Coastal Program focuses the US Fish and WildlifeService s efforts in bays, estuaries and watersheds around the US coastline. http://www.nearctica.com/ecology/habitats/estuary.htm

Habitats - Salt Marsh and Estuary Special Segments Butterflies of North America Conifers of North America Eastern Birds List of N.A. Insects Home Eastern Wildflowers General Topics Natural History Ecology Family Environment Evolution Home Education Home Conservation Geophysics Paleontology Commercial Organizations Buy Books about Estuaries An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water formed where freshwater from rivers and streams flows into the ocean, mixing with the salty sea water. Estuaries and the lands surrounding them are places of transition from land to sea, and from fresh to salt water. Although influenced by the tides, estuaries are protected from the full force of ocean waves, winds, and storms by the reefs, barrier islands, or fingers of land, mud, or sand that define an estuary's seaward boundary. Some familiar examples of major estuaries include San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Chesapeake Bay, Boston Harbor, and Tampa Bay. Salt Marshes are one typical habitat type occurring commonly in estuaries. Salt marshes are particularly important because they are among the most productive habitats on earth and are home to a wealth of plant and wildlife species. Salt marshes are technically wetlands, but are included here because they are a dominant component of many estuaries.

9. Water From Land To The Oceans Delawares Rivers, Watersheds, And Water From Land to the Oceans Delawares rivers, watersheds, and estuaries Earth Science Foreground PBL. PBL Investigation. Specific PBL still needs to be designed. I need help from the experts! Id http://www.geology.udel.edu/~jmadsen/Water.pdf

10. Hydrosphere Rivers, Groundwater, Oceans/Coasts, Aquatic Ecology - Aquatic Ecology watersheds, Wetlands, Marshes. and estuaries. See alsoLimnology e.g Coastal Assessment and Data Service estuaries. California Coastal Conservancy http://www.usra.edu/esse/ford/ESS205/g300www/g300wwwhydr.html

11. Coastal Program--U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service The Coastal Program focuses the US Fish and Wildlife Service s effortsin bays, estuaries and watersheds around the US coastline. http://www.fws.gov/cep/cepcode.html

Coastal Program Partnering for Coastal Conservation Contact us Service internet policies What's New: Notice of Availability of Federal Assistance for FY 2004 The Coastal Program is developing a Strategic Plan. Over the next year the Service will be working on the development of a strategic plan for the Coastal Program. We are planning informational meetings with stakeholders as part of this process. For more information... Coastal conservation news: Restore America's Estuaries will hold its 2nd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration in Seattle, September 12-15, 2004. For more information check out their site at http://www.estuaries.org/2ndnational conference.php The "What's An Estuary...Now You Know " campaign's goal is to make "estuary" a household word. The Coastal Program focuses the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's efforts in bays, estuaries and watersheds around the U.S. coastline. The purpose of the Coastal Program is to conserve fish and wildlife and their habitats to support healthy coastal ecosystems. The Service provides funding through the program to 16 high-priority coastal ecosystems.

12. WATER USE PATTERNS IN THE WATERSHEDS OF THE GEORGIA RIVERINE WATER USE PATTERNS IN THE watersheds OF THE GEORGIA RIVERINE estuaries Merryl Alber1 and Carrie Smith2AUTHORS 1 hydrologic units that comprise the watersheds of the 5 http://www.marsci.uga.edu/coastalcouncil/PDFs/alber_smith_gwrc.pdf

13. Wells Reserve: estuarine ecology. Thursday, April 3rd , 9 to noon. estuaries and watersheds.Watershed model demonstration 91030 (outside). Background http://www.wellsreserve.org/docent-ee.htm

HOME RESEARCH EDUCATION STEWARDSHIP ... NEWS Exploring Estuaries Training - Spring 2003 Please email Sue to sign up for the sessions you will be attending Tuesday, April 1, 9 to noon Intro to Docenting and the Exploring Estuaries Program Introductions with tea and crumpets, 9 to 9:45 Everyone please try to attend. Wells Reserve Slide Show NEW! 9:45-11:00 This is a terrific overview of estuarine ecology. Thursday, April 3rd , 9 to noon Estuaries and Watersheds Watershed model demonstration 9-10:30 (outside) Background 10:45-noon Importance of estuaries food webs and food chains, bioaccumulation, food web game, watersheds and the water cycle, point and non-point pollution. Tuesday, April 8, 9 to noon Field trip to the Seacoast Science Center. We will take a "behind the scenes" tour of the Center. You can bring a brown bag lunch and stay for lunch. RSVP with Sue to set up carpooling. Thursday, April 10, 9 to noon Overlook and Floating Lab Demonstration 9-10:30 (outside) floating lab and marsh overlook stations plankton collection and identification!!! Background 10:45- noon salt marsh creatures: crustaceans, fish, plankton, birds salt marsh formation and features (biotic and abiotic)

14. Estuaries, Journal Of The Estuarine Research Federation for Viewing estuaries Online. estuaries is the bimonthly journal of the areas within estuaries, lagoons, wetlands, tidal rivers, watersheds that influence estuaries, and nearshore http://www.erf.org/journal/journal.html

15. Entrez PubMed Nitrogen sources to watersheds and estuaries role of land cover mosaicsand losses within watersheds. Valiela I, Bowen JL. Boston http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1

16. Linking Watershed Landuse To Ecological Indicators In Streams And Subestuaries O ecological assessment framework for watersheds and estuaries in the midAtlantic region of coastal watersheds. Keywords ecological indicators; estuaries; watersheds; landuse http://www.beslter.org/frame7-page_8y.html

Linking watershed landuse to ecological indicators in streams and subestuaries of Chesapeake Bay Ryan S. King, Dennis F. Whigham, Anson H. Hines, Peter P. Marra, Charles A. Gallegos, Donald E. Weller, Thomas E. Jordan Keywords: ecological indicators; estuaries; watersheds; landuse Back

17. MA DEP The Estuaries Project - Southeastern Massachusetts Embayments Restoration It also references the Town(s) and the watersheds in which they are located. Thefirst twenty estuaries under evaluation are also listed on the WEB page. http://www.mass.gov/dep/smerp/smerp.htm

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18. Esturaries estuaries and watersheds, National Estuary Program The National EstuaryProgram was established in 1987 to identify, restore and http://www.unh.edu/marine-education/pages/esturary.html

Estuaries and Watersheds National Estuary Program The National Estuary Program was established in 1987 to identify, restore and protect nationally significant estuaries of the United States. The program focuses not just on improving water quality in an estuary, but on maintaining the integrity of the whole systemits chemical, physical and biological properties as well as its economic, recreational and aesthetic values. http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/estuaries/nep.htm National Estuarine Research Reserves The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR) is a network of protected areas established to improve the health of the nation's estuaries and coastal habitats by developing and providing information that promotes informed resource management. This website lists all the NERR locations around the country. http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/nerr/nerrsitelist.html Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve The Great Bay Estuary is a complex embayment on the New Hampshire-Maine border that is composed of the Piscataqua River, Little Bay and Great Bay. Ocean tides and river runoff mix 15 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, making Great Bay one of the most recessed estuaries in the nation. http://inlet.geol.sc.edu/GRB/home.html

19. Ecology Environmental Information Page Monitoring of toxic contaminants in Washington state; Reports. watersheds. ColumbiaRiver page; Final 1998 List of Impaired and Threatened Waterbodies. estuaries. http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/env-info.html

Environmental Information The Department of Ecology works to provide reliable environmental information. Here are links to reports and data that try to answer the question: How are we doing? For an introduction and overview see Washington's Environmental Health 2000 PBTs (Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals) Washington's Mercury Chemical Action Plan Questions and answers on the Ecology PBT Initiative Monitoring of toxic contaminants in Washington state Reports Watersheds On-line resources by WRIA Monitoring River and stream water quality River and stream flow monitoring Lake water quality Aquatic plant monitoring ... Final 1998 List of Impaired and Threatened Waterbodies Estuaries Monitoring Marine water quality Ecology-PSAMP Partnership for Marine Sediment Monitoring South Puget Sound nutrient study Beach Environmental Assessment, Communication and Health (BEACH) Program ... Reports Partnering agencies (external links): Georgia Basin-Puget Sound Ecosystem Indicators Report Puget Sound Action Team - Puget Sound Online Toxics Cleanup Program - Sediment Management Groundwater Groundwater assessment in Washington state Water Quality Program's groundwater page Reports Waste Reports Toxics Cleanup Program Hazardous sites list Air Air quality telemetry network Reports Environmental Information Management EIM System home page How to submit data to EIM EIM database and map search version 3.0

20. Eco-Portal: Ocean/Science And Research/Estuaries US Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program focuses on conservation of fish andwildlife and their habitats for bays, estuaries and watersheds around the US http://www.environmentalsustainability.info/Ocean/Science_and_Research/Estuaries

Eco-Portal - The Environmental Sustainability.Info Source Home Ocean Science and Research : Estuaries the entire directory only this category More search options Links: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program - focuses on conservation of fish and wildlife and their habitats for bays, estuaries and watersheds around the U.S. coastline by providing funding to 16 high-priority coastal ecosystems (Added: Fri Oct 03 2003 Hits: 90 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It Association of National Estuary Programs (ANEP), The - dedicated to promoting responsible stewardship, preservation and restoration of the bays and estuaries of the United States (Added: Sun Sep 14 2003 Hits: 18 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Bay Institute of San Francisco, The - protects and restores the ecosystems of San Francisco Bay, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and the rivers, streams, and watersheds tributary to the Estuary (Added: Fri Sep 05 2003 Hits: 62 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It Chemical Oceanography Unit - aim is to understand the distribution the University of Liege studies interactions between estuaries and other aquatic ecosystems and the atmosphere (Added: Mon May 13 2002 Hits: 23 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)

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