A Preliminary Bibliography with KWIC Index 



on the Ecology of Estuaries and Coastal 



Areas of the Eastern United States 



By 

 ROBERT LIVINGSTONE, Jr. 



ABSTRACT 



This bibliography, which contains more thsm 5,470 references, is an initial ef- 

 fort to bring together references on the ecology of estuaries and coastal waters of 

 the eastern United States, and stresses the period 1900-60. It is the starting point 

 for the compilation of a more comprehensive list in the future. 



The bibliography is in two parts: (1) the complete entries listed alphabetically 

 by authors and (2) a KWIC Index (keyword-in-context) to significamt words relevant 

 to title and context. 



INTRODUCTION 



The concept of an estuarine bibliography for 

 the Atlantic Coast originated with the Atlantic 

 States Marine Fisheries Commission at its 

 annual meeting in 1958. At that meeting it was 

 agreed that each State would submit to the 

 Commission a list of references pertaining 

 to its area. The Commission hoped that the 

 compilation of these State lists into a master 

 Atlantic Coast Bibliography would be a com- 

 paratively simple task that the Executive 

 Secretary could carry out in his spare time. 



In due course all 15 States submitted lists 

 with 1,800 references. Wayne Heydecker, then 

 Executive Secretary, started the compilation. 

 Although he worked diligently with his char- 

 acteristic zeal, it was soon apparent that the 

 preparation of such a bibliography was a task 

 that far exceeded the resources of the Com- 

 nnission. Accordingly it was turned over to the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the research 

 arm of the Commission, which assigned the 

 task to the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., 

 because of the proximity of the excellent 

 biological library at the Woods Hole Marine 

 Biological Laboratory. 



The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Bio- 

 logical Laboratory accepted this assignment 

 with the understanding that the work would 

 be absorbed by the regular staff as time per- 

 mitted. Several persons contributed toward the 

 project, and the list grew to over 5,000 ref- 

 erences. 



Meanwhile much time has passed, and 

 estuarine workers have been clamoring for 

 copies. Since no bibliography is ever com- 

 plete and since this work is produced by 

 machine processing, it was decided that the 

 needs of estuarine researchers would be best 

 served by publishing the items so far col- 

 lected. New items can be inserted into the 

 punchcard deck, and new listing made at com- 

 paratively low cost. It is in a sense a "living 

 bibliography." Workers in the field are urged 

 to submit items that they feel should be in- 

 cluded in the next edition. 



In compiling this bibliography I have used 

 the ternns ecology and estuary in their broadest 

 possible meaning. Estuary is used here to in- 

 clude the coastal band of water bordering and 

 adjacent to the estuary, and extending from 

 shore to about the 100 -fathom line. Although 

 at variance with the definition proposed by 

 Cameron smd Pritchard (1963), the estuary is 

 dealt with broadly here and considers the 

 life-history stages of the various organisms 

 found in estuarine and coastal environments. 



DEFINITIONS 



Subject 



Note: Robert Livingstone, Jr., Fishery Biologist (Re- 

 search), Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological 

 Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 



The bibliography emphasizes the ecology of 

 estuarine organisms. In addition, a substan- 

 tial number of references are included on 

 physical and chemical oceanography, and on 

 geology and paleoecology. Papers have also 

 been selected on physiology, especially lab- 

 oratory experiments dealing with estuarine 

 organisms. Man's activities, as a rule, are 

 not considered except where they pertain to 



