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Estuary

(Science: ecology marine biology) An inlet or arm of the sea, especially the wide mouth of a river, where the tide meets the current.


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Barrataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program

By some extraordinary stroke of luck, the agency responsible for protecting the largest estuary in North America just happens to be headquartered at my university, on the first floor of the building where my dorm room is located. As I am majoring in environmental biology, ...

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by alextemplet
Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:28 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Barrataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
Replies: 2
Views: 976

Threats to estuaries

It helps when you live right in the middle of the largest estuary in North America, and the government seems to make a hobby of figuring out how to destroy it even further.

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by alextemplet
Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:07 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Threats to estuaries
Replies: 18
Views: 2769

Conservation of Estuaries

I happen to live in one of the largest estuary systems in the United States down here in south Louisiana. The reason I am going into ecology is because of the rate at which our coastline is disappearing. One of the greatest factors is erosion ...

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by alextemplet
Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:02 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Conservation of Estuaries
Replies: 4
Views: 1234

URGENT RESEARCH NEEDS

... ecological niche of Helice crassa: Helice crassa belongs to biological class Malacostraca(1). The helice crassa studied were found at Tohuna Torea estuary at the end of Riddel Road.they were usually found under the mud covered by the sea water,in dark damp conditions.so that they are not exposed ...

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by chenwithasterisk
Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:21 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: URGENT RESEARCH NEEDS
Replies: 20
Views: 8474

URGENT RESEARCH NEEDS

... the refuge of a burrow during extreme physico-chemical conditions allows the benthic stages of H. crassa to occupy the most dilute regions of an estuary. In these latter areas, concentration of the vertical distributions of ovigerous females to highest shore levels ensures that larvae are released ...

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by Dr.Stein
Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:49 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: URGENT RESEARCH NEEDS
Replies: 20
Views: 8474
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