Sentences with phrase «coastal estuarine»

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Jay Baker, owner of Fat Dog Shellfish Co., said Grizzle's latest research adds to a growing body of work that demonstrates the value of farmed oysters in improving coastal water quality and mitigating human impacts to sensitive estuarine waters.

«This particular project is a blending of our interests in estuarine and coastal hydrodynamics and our interests in climate change,» Hill said.

«Eastern Australian salmon is highly vulnerable because their distribution is limited to shallow coastal and estuarine waters in southern Australia and New Zealand,» said Miranda Jones, the study's lead author, who was a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries when the study was underway.

(C) the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), that are specifically designed to strengthen the ability of coastal, estuarine, and marine resources, habitats, and ecosystems to adapt to and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification;

Research focused on estuarine and coastal dynamics and the impact that the resulting physical, chemical and biological processes have on the marine ecosystem; field programs to quantify physical transport and mixing to elucidate biogeochemical processes.

Physical oceanography, coastal and estuarine circulation, integrated ocean observing systems, instrumentation, eutrophication, larval transport

Considered one of the outstanding natural wetland and coastal sites in Africa the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa's first World Heritage Site, is an incredible merging of marine, coastal wetland, estuarine and terrestrial environments that is not only beautiful but largely unmarred by people.

Drive the scenic coastal route to Mossman before arriving at the majestic Daintree River for an informative river cruise learning of estuarine crocodiles, mangrove forests and wildlife.

A patchwork of lake systems, the bulk of the country's remaining swamp forests, Africa's largest estuarine system, 25 000 year - old coastal dunes, 220 km of beach, coastal forest, grasslands, coral reefs and a rich underwater life combine to make the park one of the country's most popular destinations.

Renowned for the myriad of landscapes encompassed within its boundaries, Cape Scott Provincial Park features coastal rainforests, estuarine marshlands, and rugged coastline protecting stretches of stunning sandy beaches.

The country's now third - largest protected area in St Lucia includes Lake St Lucia and spans 280 km of coastline, a natural ensemble of lakes, swamp forest, ancient coastal dunes, and an estuarine system, with World Heritage status.

On this walk you'll be taking in ancient western oak woodland looking for a wide range of wildlife in stunning coastal and estuarine habitats.

But that's just one set of «second - order» effects to be concerned about: from a purely anthropogenic perspective, one should arguably be a lot more concerned about the «second - order» impacts upon estuarine, coastal marine, and freshwater ecologies that are without question unfolding now pretty much everywhere.

This usually occurs in coastal and estuarine areas due to reducing land - based influence (e.g., either from reduced runoff and associated groundwater recharge, or from excessive water withdrawals from aquifers) or increasing marine influence (e.g., relative sea - level rise).

(C) the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), that are specifically designed to strengthen the ability of coastal, estuarine, and marine resources, habitats, and ecosystems to adapt to and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification;

As sea levels rise, the Chesapeake Bay region is expected to experience an increase in coastal flooding and drowning of estuarine wetlands.

In the 111th Congress she sponsored and passed a bills to protect sensitive coastal and estuarine areas and to establish a national integrated ocean and coastal observing system.

Kristan received an M.S. in marine science from the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, studying nutrient distributions and their impacts on coastal and estuarine systems, as well as their role in sustaining harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Air - sea interaction, wave dynamics and wave breaking, effect of near - surface turbulence on heat, gas, and momentum transport, infrared remote sensing, upper - ocean processes, coastal and estuarine processes.