Part II describes the classification system used in Part I and details 

 general principles for guiding development and land use in response to 

 landscape characteristics. (L.H.) 



Keywords: estuaries, general, U.S. coastal regions 



I-D-2 



Hay, J., and P. Farb. 1966. The Atlantic shore. Harper & Row, New York. 

 246 pp. 



Although written for a general audience, this book contains technical 

 information on the various aspects of the Atlantic shore. Chapters 

 on shore patterns, zonations, beaches and dunes, tidal flats, salt 

 marshes, animals and birds, and man's influence on the shore are 

 included. Habitat, feeding habits, adaptibility to change, and migration 

 patterns of animals and birds are discussed. Vegetation is described 

 in general terms. (B.W.) 



Keywords: zonation, tidal flats, salt marshes, habitat, birds, 

 U.S. Atlantic coast 



I-D-3 



McNulty, J.K., W.N. Lindall, Jr., and J.E. Sykes. 1972. Cooperative Gulf of 



Mexico estuarine inventory and study, Florida: phase 1, area description. 



U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Report NMFS CIRC. 368. 126 pp. 



This study represents a portion of the larger Cooperative Gulf of 

 Mexico Estuarine Inventory, which was conducted in the Gulf Coast 

 states--Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. 



Newly developed tables and maps depict the dimensions, submerged 

 vegetation, tidal marshes, mangrove swamps, commercial oyster beds, 

 leased oyster-rearing areas, sources of pollution, drained tidal 

 marshes, and filled areas of Florida's west coast estuaries. Published 

 and unpublished information on temperature, salinity, geology, artificial 

 fishing reefs, stream discharge, human population, commercial fishing, 

 and economic development is presented in new form. 



If the total area of estuaries (3,003,312 acres) is considered to 

 be the area of open water (2,081,525 acres) plus the area of mangrove 

 swamps (393,160 acres) and tidal marshes (528,528 acres), then roughly 

 one-half of the total area of estuaries is unvegetated; the remaining 

 half is about equally divided among mangroves, tidal marshes, and 

 submerged vegetation. 



Human population in coastal counties increased from 614,616 

 in 1930 to 3,320,226 in 1970, resulting in adverse effects 



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