Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on estuarine ecosystems and Anywhere:
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Definition:
Ecological communities at the seaward ends or tidal mouths of rivers where fresh water meets seawater and where tidal effects are evident. [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
Used for:
estuarine circulation, estuarine currents, estuarine ecosystem functions