PPT-Estuaries

Justin Shane amp Jordan What is an Estuary An estuary is a coastal body of water that is partly enclosed It has multiple streams or rivers that flow into it It has an open flow to the sea. 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 AMSA – – SPONSORSHIP 24 This form to be completed and submitted for all satchel inclusions Insertion of flyer/brochure in conference satchel AU$440 (inc.GST) per brochure/item (Price Snorkel Safari Guide Before you go...You can check the tide times and water temperature at www.bluesound.org. During dierent tides you’ll see dierent marine life, and knowing whether the tide 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. 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. . Hunt, . Doug . Vandemark. , . Joseph . Salisbury, . Shawn . Shellito. Ocean . Process Analysis Laboratory, University of New Hampshire *contact: . chunt@unh.edu. Stream-to-Sea Examinations of Carbon: New Tools and Insights. 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. 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. . 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, . 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)..