Sentences with phrase «coastal rivers»

Incessant mountain rain, snow and melting glaciers in a comparatively small region of land that hugs the southern Alaska coast and empties fresh water into the Gulf of Alaska would create the sixth largest coastal river in the world if it emerged as a single stream, a recent study shows.

Conservation of coastal rivers of the northern Gulf of Mexico is vital to the survival of the alligator snapping turtle, including two recently discovered species, University of Florida scientists say.

On top of that, Goodbred found, local shrimp farmers had drilled holes into the dikes to pipe salt water from coastal rivers into their hatcheries, weakening the barriers.

salmon A popular game fish that tends to live most of its life in the ocean, then enters coastal rivers (and freshwater) to breed and lay eggs.

Geomorphic effects of alternating flood - and drought - dominated regimes on the N.S.W. coastal rivers, in Warner, R. F. (Ed.)

The article (Erskine, W.D. and Warner, R.F., 1988, Geomorphic effects of alternating flood - and drought - dominated regimes on NSW coastal rivers.

Over 60 % of American coastal rivers and bays have been negatively impacted by phosphorus pollution, and there are currently at least 166 coastal «dead zones» in the United States.

A number of resorts provide kayaks for local exploration, and there are also a wide range of organized tours to enjoy, including longer routes that venture into the mouths of coastal rivers and over coral reefs.

The eddies are formed by strong outflow currents from coastal rivers that are rich in nutrients from spring snowmelt.

Most of the coastal rivers in North America once teemed with great runs of anadromous fishes — organisms that hatch in inland freshwater streams, migrate to the salty sea, then return to the streams to spawn.

To understand the factors that drive these social dynamics, Barocas's team, from the University of Wyoming and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, has spent decades spying on the coastal river otters of Alaska near Prince William Sound.

All eyes were on southeast Florida's St. Lucie Estuary in 2016 as it received national attention due to beach closures on the Fourth of July weekend from the massive amounts of toxic green slime that covered parts of the 7 - mile - long inlet linked to a coastal river system.

Massive amounts of toxic green slime covered parts of the 7 - mile - long inlet linked to a coastal river system.

The disease can also be spread when dogs each fresh water snails found in coastal rivers and streams.

The Pacific coast population of the snowy plover is defined as those individuals that nest adjacent to tidal waters of the Pacific Ocean, and includes all nesting birds on the mainland coast, peninsulas, offshore islands, adjacent bays, estuaries, and coastal rivers (USDI Fish and Wildlife Service 2004).

Samir was appointed by the Bombay High Court on a Committee to assess the impacts of development on the tidal movement of a coastal river in Mumbai.