of the Lower Mississippi region (Louisiana); and (3) a regional inventory 

 report on Texas coast shores. Each part (state-by-state and often by 

 coastal counties) includes description of coastal areas, presentation of 

 shore history, listing of both authorized Federal projects and Federal 

 survey studies, identification of additional Federal survey studies (if 

 needed) and discussion of improvement methods. 



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 *U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 1970. National 

 estuary study. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 7 vols. 



A report of the Department of the Interior submitted in response to the 

 Estuary Protection Act (P.L. 90-454) in which Congress directed the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior to carry out a study of the Nation's estuaries as well 

 as similar areas in the Great Lakes. The main report and 11 appendixes 

 are contained in seven separate volumes. 



53 

 *U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 1970. National 

 estuary study. Vol. 1. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 

 90 pp. 



Volume I is the main report. Of greatest importance to barrier islands 

 is section III: physical and biological characteristics of estuaries. 

 Atlantic and Gulf coasts are discussed systematically in six separate 

 estuarine zones: North Atlantic, middle Atlantic, Chesapeake Bay, south 

 Atlantic, Biscayne and Florida Bay, and Gulf of Mexico. 



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 *U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 1970. National 

 estuary study. Vol. 2. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 

 303 pp. 



This staff report discusses the estuarine environment. Salient biophysi- 

 cal characteristics are described for six Atlantic and Gulf coast estuarine 

 zones. Estuarine use and conflicts are also discussed. 



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 *U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 1970. National 

 estuary study. Vol. 3. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 

 326 pp. 



Volume III consists of Appendix B-Planagement studies in specific estu- 

 aries. Of relevance to Atlantic and Gulf coasts are case studies of Great 

 South Bay, New York; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia; Pamlico, 

 Currituck, and Albemarle, North Carolina; Apalachicola Bay, Florida; and 

 Aransas Bay, Texas. 



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 *U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 1970. National 

 estuary study. Vol. 4. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 

 261 pp. 



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