effort, drawing the attention of geologists, hydrographers, botanists, 

 zoologists, and others. One of the main purposes of the meeting 

 was to advance the recognition of salt marshes as a coherent subject 

 for general scientific study. 



Some fifty-five participants from university and government agencies 

 throughout the U.S. and the world gathered at the Marine Institute 

 of the University of Georgia at Sapelo Island to discuss four principal 

 topics: salt marshes as land forms, salt marshes as vegetation, the 

 salt marsh as an ecosystem, and salt marshes as historical records. 

 Of the 22 papers presented, four have been selected for individual 

 consideration in this bibliography. (See II-B-13, II-C-1, III-C-4, 

 and III-E-6.) (6.S.) 



Keywords: general, salt marshes, productivity, Spartina , energy flow 



I-C-2 



Newsom, J.D., ed. 1968. Proceedings of the marsh and estuary management 

 symposium. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 250 pp. 



Marshes and estuaries, which are fertile and valuable land and 

 water areas, serve as production areas and nursery grounds for many 

 marine organisms. They are also valuable in the production of fur 

 animals and many species of game and nongame birds. Productivity 

 of these areas is being threatened by such forces as industrial and 

 domestic pollution, dredging, channelization, and urbanization. This 

 symposium was held in an attempt to focus national attention on the 

 value of these areas, as well as on some of the complexities of marsh 

 and estuarine management. Articles discussing the values of South 

 Atlantic and Gulf coast marshes and estuaries to fish and wildlife 

 are abstracted elsewhere in this publication. (See IV-A-4, IV-C-2, 

 IV-C-4, IV-C-6, IV-E-2, V-B-9, V-B-10, and V-C-2.) (B.W.) 



Keywords: salt marshes, estuaries, productivity 



I-C-3 



Chabreck, R.H., ed. 1973. Proceedings of the coastal marsh and estuary 

 management symposium. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 316 pp. 



The Second Symposium on Coastal Marsh and Estuary Management was 

 organized because of the growing concern for problems within the coastal 

 zone. A major purpose of the symposium was to assemble experts in the 

 field of coastal marsh and estuary management and to exchange ideas on 

 events that had transpired since the first symposium. Introductory 

 presentations highlighted recent developments i- coastal zone planning 

 and administration. Productivity was the major theme of the symposium, 

 and attention was paid to primary as well as secondary productivity. 



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