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none can now be caught; are there water-borne diseases and what 

 measures will correct them; what values should we place on the 

 physical properties of width, depth, and appearance of water 

 which must be restored or preserved; what will be the long-term 

 effects of excess plant nutrients? Then, with respect to all 

 of these and similar questions, we must necessarily balance 

 against lost values, the burdens which their correction will 

 create and be sure that the burdens we create are commensurate 

 with the values regained. 



THE NEED TO AUGMENT AND SYNTHESIZE BASIC 

 KNOWLEDGE TO PERMIT OPTIMUM ESTUARINE MANAGEMENT 



The quintessence of any management system is the development of 

 predictive capability. Having established the goals and uses; 

 having established the knowledge of the potential, the capabi- 

 lity, and intrinsic values of our estuaries; we must then know 

 what will occur in response to a given stress or stimulus or 

 activity of man or nature. It is this ability of prediction, of 

 knowing what would be the sequelae of our actions, that will 

 enable us to truly manage our estuaries in an intelligent fashion. 



The way we technically manage a specific estuary depends upon 

 the goals established for that estuary and on what uses we wish 

 to make of it. The research program to support this technical 



