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Coasts• Characteristics of US coastlines
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Coastal Waters• Classification of coastal waters
• Adjacent to land (to edge of continental shelf)
• Influenced by rivers, tides, waves and winds
• Salinity and temperature variable
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Coastal Waters• Classification of coastal waters
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Coastal Waters• Classification of coastal embayments
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Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on formation
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Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on formation
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Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on mixing
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Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on mixing
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Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on mixing
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Coastal Waters• Coriolis impacts on estuaries
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Coastal Waters• Estuaries are important nurseries
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Coastal Waters• Columbia River Estuary
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Coastal Waters• Chesapeake Bay Estuary
Dissolved oxygen, mg/kg
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Coastal Waters• Salt marshes and mangroves
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Coastal Waters• Lagoons
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Marginal Seas• Mediterranean Sea
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Marginal Seas• Caribbean Sea
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Marginal Seas• Caribbean Sea
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Marginal Seas• Caribbean Sea
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Marginal Seas• Gulf of Mexico
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Marginal Seas• Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)
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Marginal Seas• Bering Sea
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Marginal Seas
Antiesturine Circulation• Mediterranean Sea• Caribbean Sea• Gulf of Mexico• Gulf of California (Sea of
Cortez)• Red Sea• Persian Gulf
Antiesturine Circulation• Mediterranean Sea• Caribbean Sea• Gulf of Mexico• Gulf of California (Sea of
Cortez)• Red Sea• Persian Gulf
Esturine Circulation
• Bering Sea
• Arctic Ocean
• Greenland Sea
• Labrador Sea
Esturine Circulation
• Bering Sea
• Arctic Ocean
• Greenland Sea
• Labrador Sea