Week 4

Lecture 7: Classification of Estuaries

Outline:

• Definitions of estuaries
• Genetic vs. morphologic classifications

Course reading: Textbook Chapter 2
Related web links: Color textbook chapter on estuary classification
Estuary habitat classification

Lecture 8: Estuarine Circulation

Outline:

• TBA

Course reading: Read pages 58-74 of Day, Jr., J.W., Hall, C.A.S, Kemp, W.M., Yanez-Arancibia, A. 1989. Estuarine ecology: John Wiley & Sons, New York, 558pp.

Additional references:

Schubel, J.R. et al. 1971. The estuarine environment: American Geological Institute.

Dyer, K.R. 1997. Estuaries: A physical introduction: John Wiley & Sons, New York, 140pp.

Related web links:USGS SF Bay Water Quality Site
Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Protocol