Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 12: Estuaries: Where Rivers Meet the Sea

Marine Biology on the Net

Estuaries

• Estuarine Wetlands
  Information on the differences between US east and west coast estuaries. Photographs and information on both the flora and fauna of estuaries. From the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
  http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/river.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team
  Information on Puget Sound, a huge estuarine area in Washington state.
  http://www.psat.wa.gov

• Society of Wetland Scientists
  This site includes links to information on campus wetland projects.
  http://www.sws.org/
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• WES Environmental Laboratory Wetlands Page
  This project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Wetlands Research Program has a variety of resources on salt marshes.
  http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/wetlands

• Wetland Information Sites
  This includes a good number of web links.
  http://www.wetlands.com/

• Wetlands Homepage
  The EPA Office of Water's page with information and links regarding wetlands.
  http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/watersheds