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Chesapeake Bay activities Information on USGS studies of Chesapeake Bay, the nations largest estuary, concerned with water quality, ecosystem history and change, vital habitat and biological resources,and land use studies. (Score: 1.424)
Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science Website of the Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science program to understand the framework and processes of the Gulf of Mexico using Tampa Bay as a pilot study. Links to publications, digital library, water chemistry maps, epipytes,and field trips. (Score: 1.142)
Access USGS - San Francisco Bay and Delta Main page for accessing links for information and data on the San Francisco Bay estuary and its watershed with links to highlights, water, biology, wetlands, hazards, digital maps, geologic mapping, winds, bathymetry and overview of the Bay. (Score: 1.101)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Mississippi Embayment study unit The Mississippi Embayment is a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to survey data, publications, maps, and results. (Score: 0.921)
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - Albemarle-Pamlico Drainage Area study unit The Ablemarle-Pamlico Drainage Area is a National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study unit for studying the status, trends, and changes affecting the nations water quality. Site links to data, photos, videos, publications, and results. (Score: 0.866)
Biological and ecotoxicological characterstics of terrestrial vertebrates residing in estuaries Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) program is designed to assess and monitor the effects of environmental contaminants on biological resources with links to detailed information on specific species. (Score: 0.690)
Marine resources Detailed report with photos, graphs, and charts on marine resources of five large marine regions of the U.S. covering environment and physical features, and planktonic, benthic, fishery, amphibian, bird, and mammal resources. (Score: 0.690)
Atchafalaya & Mississippi River Deltas study: a tale of two deltas Project of the Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science program that evaluates the transport and sedimentation of contaminates through the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River delta to the near-shore Gulf of Mexico. Includes aerial photographs. (Score: 0.571)
Gulf of Mexico Estuaries Integrated Science Workshop, January 23-26, 2001 Gulf of Mexico Estuaries Integrated Science Workshop: An integrated science strategy for USGS research in Gulf of Mexico estuaries, January 23-26, 2001 using Tampa Bay as an example with links to program strategy and design. (Score: 0.571)
Satellite imagery: Lake Pontchartrain Basin and Gulf of Mexico Report on satellite imagery collected by the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA polar-orbiting weather satellites. Links are provided to imagery of north-central Gulf of Mexico and of the Lake Pontchartrain. (Score: 0.571)
Salinity variation in an estuary used for oyster cultivation in southeastern North Carolina during the passover of the eye of Hurricane Bertha Review of a study monitoring changes in salinity in Alligator Bay, NC during a 1996 hurricane due to the influx of fresh and saltwarer and the effect it would have on oyster aquaculture. (Score: 0.433)
The South Florida environment-- a region under stress This report serves as an environmental review and framework for developing USGS programs in the south Florida ecosystem, especially the Everglades and its watershed, and stresses the critical role of water in natural and human environment. (Score: 0.413)
Characterization of macroalgal epiphytes on Thalassia testudinum in Tampa Bay, Florida Identification of epiphytes (plants obtaining moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and usually living on another plant) on seaweed in Tampa Bay, Florida. Abstract of symposium presentation with photos. (Score: 0.367)
Tampa Bay Estuary Interactive Mapping System (IMS) Interactive Mapping Service (IMS) is an Internet based Geographic Information System designed to provide users with online mapping capability for habitat, land use and land cover, and seagrass for areas of Tampa Bay. (Score: 0.367)
Tampa Bay Study Overview of interdisciplinary research on the Tampa Bay estuary of the Gulf of Mexico with links to digital library, interactive mapping, reports, posters, water chemistry maps, meetings and conferences, scientist directory, and field trips. (Score: 0.367)
USGS managers tour the Tampa Bay estuary in Florida Photo tour of USGS managers tour of research sites at Tampa Bay Estuary in Florida, January 30, 2002. (Score: 0.367)
San Francisco Bay bathymetry web site Part of the webpages of Access USGS - San Francisco Bay and Delta,this web site provides location-depth grids of bathymetry available for San Francisco Bay and provides some tools for examining those grids. (Files in .gif,.jpg, or .html formats). (Score: 0.367)
Summary of suspended-sediment concentration data, San Francisco Bay, California, water year 2000 Suspended-sediment concentration data were collected in San Francisco Bay during water year 2000 using optical backscatterance sensors and water samples. This report presents the data-collection methods, data, and calibration plots. (Score: 0.367)
The role of climate in estuarine variability Article from American Scientist on study of the San Francisco Bay estuary as a component of the global climate system showing that natural fluctuations might be mistaken for anthropogenic trends affecting water flow and salinity. (Score: 0.367)
Water quality of San Francisco Bay - a long-term program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Thirty year database of water quality data, visual data displays, and project information on the San Francisco Bay directed towards following and understanding changes in the water quality of San Francisco Bay. (Score: 0.367)
Geologic framework and process of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Field methods, topics of investigation, shoreline changes, publications, and satellite imagery related to geologic and hydrologic processes affecting Lake Pontchartrain and adjacent lakes which form a large estuary in the Gulf Coast region. (Score: 0.365)
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