PPT-Estuaries

Where Fresh Water Meets Salt Water Estuary Defined An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water formed where fresh water from rivers and streams flows into a bay or ocean mixing with the salt water . cbeemsorguk email emsofficercbeemsorguk EMS Officer Blaise Bullimore Page 1 MINUTES OF MEETING FRIDAY 25 JUNE 2010 WILDFOWL WETLANDS TRUST PENCLACWYDD LLANELLI Present Jane Hodges JHs Chair Pembrokeshire Coast Nationa l Park Authority PCNPA Blaise B 5. th. Grade. Vocabulary Lesson 1-2. Ecosystem: all of the living and nonliving things in an area. Abiotic. Factor: nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Biotic Factor: living parts of an ecosystem. Population: all of the organisms of a species living in the same area. . Coastal embayment where fresh and salt water mix: connection of sea to fresh water source at least part of the year . Geomorphology, geologic history and climate create differing chemical and physical m conditions.. overharvest the oceans' fish and shellfish stocks and to destroy the breeding and rearing habitat with our excessive wastes. Type of Water. partially enclosed body of water along the coast where freshwater from rivers and streams meets and mixes with salt water from the . ocean. Can be described. as “brackish” –. somewhat salty. A Comprehensive . Monitoring Program. Prepared by Susan Linn. University of Texas at Austin. E. cosystem . S. ervices. P. rimary production & carbon sequestration. H. abitat and nursery. Fisheries . Welcome. Moderator. Director Kelly . Holligan. . Water Quality Planning Division. Water Quality Standards Staff . Introductions. Jim Davenport. Laurie Eng Fisher. Jason . Godeaux. Joe Martin. Today we will be learning about estuaries. .. What is an Estuary?. Adapted from http://web.utk.edu/~ctmelear/ossabaw/PattersonStanfordSutton/estuaryL2.html. Estuary-. - a body of water formed where freshwater from rivers and streams flows into the ocean, mixing with the saltwater; a place of transition between land and sea. Brent Newman. Coastal . Systems research group, . Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), . Durban, South Africa. (Bnewman@csir.co.za). . GROWING THE SOUTH AFRICAN OCEAN ECONOMY: CURRENT STATUS, CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES . What lives in the ocean?. 95. % of ocean is unexplored!. Known organisms are put into . 3. groups:. . bottom. dwellers—live on the sea . floor. /bottom (seaweed, . crabs. , coral). swimmers. —swim in the ocean (fish, . Sulfur. There are many forms of sulfur in estuaries. Sulfur is a good oxidation-reduction element (redox). Seawater contains high amounts of SO. 4. When sulfate is reduced it by phytoplankton, it becomes . Overview. Estuary function is the same world-wide . Outside of estuaries in the United States, international estuaries are just as diverse. We will focus on an estuary in each of the major continents (an example and some key factors). Rivers, Wetlands and Tidal Regions. River Basins. Three distinct systems. Flow to the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi. French Broad, Great Kanawha. Flow to the Atlantic Ocean through South Carolina. Brooke Ard. 5. th. Grade Math/Science. Griggs Road Elementary. Aquatic Ecosystems. Water-based . ecosystems may be fresh water (lakes and ponds) or saltwater (oceans, . estuaries and . saltwater marshes)..