Chapter 15

Estuarine and Lacustrine Characterization and Sampling

Outline:

• Lake waters
  • Water & energy balances
  • Lake circulation processes
  • Lake clarity & turbidity
  • Lake water samplers
  • Volcanic lakes as an extreme example for field investigation
  Estuarine waters
  • Definitions and classifications
  • Estuarine processes
  • Water quality issues
  • Example of a monitoring program to track estuary health

Textbook reading:

• Pages 151-158 of Chapter 9

Other reading:

• none.

Related web links:

• Lakes
  • The Science of Volcanic Lakes
  • Lake Tahoe
  • Great Lakes Information Network
  • Lake Baikal
  • Large Lakes Observatory
  • North Temperate lakes NSF Long Term Ecological Research Site
  • International Lake Environment Committee
• Estuaries
  • Chesapeake Bay
    • The Chesapeake Bay Program
    • USGS Activities in Chesapeake Bay
  • USGS Activities in San Francisco Bay
  • Real-Time data for San Francisco Bay
  • NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System
  • Galveston Bay Estuary Program
  • Tampa Bay Estuary Program

Video Podcast: Lakes and Estuaries, Part 1

This 32-minute presentation explains key conditions and processes in lakes, highlights some of the water quality technologies, and shows a unique example of lake conitions at volcanos.

• 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (565 MB file)
• 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (2.5 GB file)

Video Podcast: lakes and Estuaries, Part 2

This 23-minute presentation explains key conditions and processes in estuaries, and then shows a case study of field-based monitoring of estuarine health.

• 640 x 480 (480p) format that balances speed and quality. (381 MB file)
• 1920 x 1280 (HD) format that provides larges size and best quality. (1.7 GB file)

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