VI-4 



This discussion describes in some detail the selection of the 

 descriptors used; the sources of information; how the information 

 v/as collected, organized, and automated (Figure VI. 1.1); the present 

 status of the data bank; and the need for, and valuf? of, a manage- 

 ment information system based on this system. 



Figure VI. 1. 1 



DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ESTUARINE INVENTORY 



Estuarine Register 

 Area Designations 



Simultaneously 



"Pertinent Information" 

 Definition 



Handbook of Descriptors 

 Development 



Data Gathering 



Simultaneously 



Data Analysis 

 Out Put 



Data Automation 

 (or other compilation ) 



