Estuaries
The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of protected wetlands that include more than one million acres of estuarine land and water.
Visit the The National Estuarine Research Reserve System web site
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The Chesapeake Bay System
Hosted by SeaGrant (Maryland), this NOAA web site summarizes the biology and fishery of the blueclaw crab, one of America's most valuable resources.
Visit the Blue Crabs in the Chesapeake web site
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Estuaries
This web site is hosted by the National Ocean Service (NOAA). Explore this Web Site to learn more about estuaries and how to protect them.
Visit the Estuaries: Where Rivers Meet the Sea web site
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Types of Estuaries
The official home page of the U.S. EPA’s National Estuary Program. Visit this site to learn about reports, legislation, workshops, plans, and status of every estuary in America.
Visit the National Estuary Program web site
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Estuarine Circulation
This web site is devoted to the discussion of estuaries, their circulation, and the unfortunate trapping of pollutants by estuaries.
Visit the Estuaries web site
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Estuarine Habitats and Communities
Click here to visit a web site devoted to salt marshes (hosted by the State University of New York, Stony Brook campus).
Visit the Spartina Salt Marshes web site
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Estuarine Habitats and Communities
Visit “Salt Marsh Grasses” for a guide to all anthophytes common to wetlands.
Visit the Salt Marsh Grasses web site
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Environmental Pollutants
“Marine Pollution” provides a summary of the most common pollutants in the sea. The text on this site is actually an archival version of a traveling exhibition that was developed by the Smithsonian Institution.
Visit the Marine Pollution web site
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The Chesapeake Bay System
This wonderful web site provides a highly detailed presentation of many aspects of America’s best known estuary (and a major component of chapter 7).
Visit the Chesapeake Bay Program web site
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