Record #:

25341

Author(s):

Boettger, Peter

Abstract:

Peter Boettger explains what makes the estuaries brackish and what the changing salinity of the estuaries means for fishermen.

Source:

Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 28 Issue 3, Fall 2009, p6, il

Subject(s):

Estuaries; Estuarine ecology

Record #:

1687

Author(s):

Hart, Kathy

Abstract:

North Carolina boasts the third largest estuarine system in the United States. The state has 2.3 million acres of estuaries, from which come ninety percent of commercial and recreational species of fish and shellfish.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , May/June 1994, p21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Estuaries; Estuarine ecology

Record #:

30049

Author(s):

Mallin, Michael A.

Abstract:

The plankton community of Sutton Reservoir, an estuarine-influenced cooling reservoir in New Hanover County, North Carolina, was sampled monthly throughout 1985. This study compared the pelagic and near-shore plankton communities, and investigated the influence of the reservoir’s chemical and physical characteristics on plankton density.

Source:

Brimleyana (NoCar QL 155 B75), Vol. Issue 15, Jan 1989, p87-101, il, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Estuaries--Research; Estuarine ecology; Reservoirs