Estuary

In Julia Alvarez’s poem, On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries, she is able to use imagery, specific selection of detail and tone in order to convey the speaker’s discovery. Throughout this poem, the speaker is meerely in a bookstore and comes upon a book, “Your book surprised me on the bookstore shelf- swans gliding on a blue black lake.” There is a clear use of imagery when the speaker describes what the book looks like, “the swans posed on a placid lake.. Blurred underwater sinking

- which is exactly what happens in estuaries, which are areas near the mouth of a river where fresh water and salt water do mix. 4. Q- When fresh and saltwater mix in the marine environment, this is called an estuary, or brackish water environment. Why would bottom dwelling organisms in an estuary need to be able to withstand brackish water? A-Bottom dwellings in an estuary need to be able to withstand brackish water because fresh water in an estuary flows out over the surface and ocean

INTRODUCTION The Chesapeake Bay is the most massive estuary in the United States of America. Spanning lengths over 300,000 meters, this it is a watershed that extends over six states, the District of Columbia, and meets the needs of over 15 million individuals. With its high rate of productivity, its economic and social importance to the surrounding areas, and its close proximity to the U.S. capital, the Chesapeake has the recipient of significant attention for quite some time(Boesch, Donald). One

zonation within the Pauatahanui Inlet estuary at Motukaraka Point. Our focus was to compare the distribution of invertebrate species from the low tide point to the high tide points of the estuary. This estuary is formed by fresh water from streams meeting saltwater from the Tasman Sea. We found the pattern of zonation by randomly placing three 0.3m x 03.m quadrats at 5 metre intervals along an interrupted belt transect line that was placed at a right-angle to the estuary mouth (Low Tide Point). We recorded

Coastal Area I live less than a mile from the San Francisco Bay and Estuary (SFBay). I wrote about this bay’s environmental issues in the Unit #1 Learning Journal assignment and have decided to use this opportunity to elaborate on two specific environmental issues challenging the SFBay. To summarize this ecosystem: It’s the largest bay and estuary on the Pacific coast and has been damaged by industrial activity, starting in 1850 with the Gold Rush and quickly followed by the logging, railroad and

production of fish at 585 thousand tons of fish per year (Brandini, 2013). Even with the low nutrient filled waters, Brazil boasts coasts with diverse ecosystems due to the length of the coastline. This lengthy coastline incudes’ “the world’s largest estuary in the Amazon River Plume; the longest beach, Cassino Beach… and the largest coastal lagoon, Patos Lagoon” to list some examples of the different ecosystems found in this area (Brandini, 2013, p2127). Brazil is seen as a maritime country due to the

What is an Estuary? In its simplest form, an estuary is a body of water formed where freshwater from a river flows into the ocean. This creates a mixture of salt and freshwater that a variety of organisms rely on for survival (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2012). In my paper I will only be looking at the United States’ estuaries under the protection of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This will include 221 estuaries located throughout the United States. An

dictionary, an estuary is defined as a water passage where the tide meets a river current; especially: an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river. In other words, it is where the freshwater from the river and the salty ocean water meet. Estuaries can be looked at in five different ways. The first view is the top view. When the top view is seen, one end of the river entering a large bay and on the other side, a small barrier island separates the ocean from the bay. The second view of an estuary is the

BIOL 231 – Marine Environment Title An integrated study of the Mpenjati Estuary-Beach System. (Physical Component) Kutlo Thathe University Road Westville Private Bag X 5600 Durban 4000 210551705@stu.ukzn.ac.za Abstract This study was conducted at the Mpenjati Estaury which is located in Port Shepstone and lies along the south coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal. An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of water which is either permanently or periodically open to the sea and within which

The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) makes up 40% of the east coast of Florida (“Indian River,” n.d.). It is an estuary program that provides numerous services to the environment and ecosystems within it. It also has a good portion of economic benefits for the area and state, and it is a safe reserve that hundreds of different species call home. The IRL is indeed a place abundant with life in the natural world, and with its history and future outlooks, it seems like it will continue to prosper and flourish