A Comparative Assessment of Coastal Area Management Initiatives in Latin America
This paper provides five criteria for comparing the nineteen coastal countries within Latin America in terms that are relevant to the management of coastal resources or environments. The...
An Evaluation of Habitat Use in Natural and Restored Tidal Marshes in San Francisco Bay, CA
Legislation mandating the protection and restoration of wetlands has led to numerous projects to reverse the trend of wetland loss in the San Francisco Bay region. While natural tidal...
Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay?Issues, Resources, and Management
The major pollutant discharges into Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay can be categorized as follows: municipal discharges, sewage sludge, combined sewage overflows (CSOs), individual...
Long Island Sound: Issues, Resources, Status, and Management
The Long Island Sound estuary is an unusual and complex estuary which probably serves more people than any other estuary in the United States. In spite of the enormous and varied stresses...
Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds: Issues, Resources, and Management (
The Albemarle-Pamlico Sound complex, located in northeastern North Carolina, is the third largest estuarine complex in North America and the second largest in area in the United States....
Louisiana Estuaries: Issues, Resources, Status and Management
Louisiana has more extensive estuarine environments than any other state. These estuaries are comparatively young, having been formed in part by the building and destruction of lobes of...
Restoration of Atlantic Salmon to Maine: Overcoming Physical and Biological Problems in the Estuary
By the early part of the Twentieth Century, all native runs of anadromous Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar) were extirpated from rivers of the United States, with the exception of a few small...
Sanctuaries for Lake Trout in the Great Lakes
Three lake trout sanctuaries have been established in Lake Michigan: the Fox Island Sanctuary of 121,500 ha, in the Chippewa-Ottawa Treaty fishing zone in the northern region of the lake;...
A Prospective Study of the Oyster-Farming in Senegal, West Africa
Various coastal lagoons and estuaries of the region have become oversaline as a consequence of the persistant drought across Sahel. We have monitored the possible consequences of hight...
Fish Wintering in the Sagavanirktok Delta, Alaska
Anadromous fish of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea overwinter for eight to nine months in isolated pools of coastal rivers where water remains unfrozen through the winter. Available overwintering...
The Fish and Fisheries of the Amansuri Wetlands: A Coastal Blackwater System (
The Amansuri wetlands is a blackwater ecosystem situated on the southwestern coast of Ghana. It covers an area of 75 Km 2 which can be divided by vegetation into four ecological zones....
Barrier Beach Management: The Long Island Experience
Barrier beaches are intrinsically unstable but are used for a variety of human activities ranging from recreational to commercial use. This type of land use often leads to the demand for...
Nantucket's Broad Creek Opening
On September 20-21, 1961 a severe coastal storm, the remnant of hurricane Esther, formed a 1,200 foot wide, 20 foot deep opening in a barrier beach (Smith's Point at Broad...
Private Coastline Conservation Management: The Land Trust in the San Juan Islands, Washington
Waterfront land values in prime recreation areas like the San Juan Islands are very high. Local, state, and federal agencies have scarce resources for conserving the natural beauty of...
Stewardship 87
Stewardship 87 provides new linkages between land users, public agencies and the non-profit sector. It creates a totally new rapport between local governments (dependent upon ad valorem...
Patuxent River Policy Plan
Degradation of the Patuxent River, a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, prompted the Maryland General Assembly to establish the Patuxent River Commission and require preparation of...
The Identification of Common Resource Management Needs as a Basis for Barrier Island Research Programs
This paper demonstrates the need for a broad, centrally focussed barrier island research program by conducting a systematic analysis of the resource management needs of the Atlantic and...
Tsunami?Preparing for a Vague and Rare Event
A tsunami (tidal wave) to an earth scientist is a vague event - to others, it is a Hollywood enhanced and misunderstood event. These attitudes are heightened by the fact that tsunamis...
Tsunami Predictions for the Coast of Alaska
The 100- and 500-year combined tsunami and tide elevations are predicted along the southern coast of Alaska. Because there is little historical data of tsunami occurrence in the area,...
Evaluation of Tsunami Risk at the Southwest Coast of the Iberian Peninsula
The southwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula has a long history of being affected by tsunami waves. The tsunami risk analysis carried out for this area included the compilation of a catalog...
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