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Part VI. Development of Data on the Estuarine Zone 



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Introduction 519 



Chapter 1 . The National Estuarine Inventory 520 



Section 1. The Handbook of Descriptors 520 



Section 2. Estuarine Register Areas 523 



Section 3. Collection of Information 525 



Section 4. Present Status of the Inventory 527 



Section 5. Problems and Solutions 528 



Section 6. Automation of the Inventory 532 



Section 7. The Future of the Inventory 543 



Section 8. Summary 544 



Chapter 2. Information and Data Needs as Shown by the National Es- 

 tuarine Inventory 546 



Section 1. Nonexistent Data 546 



Section 2. "Gray" Data 550 



Section 3. Program Definition 552 



Section 4. The Recommended Program 554 



Chapter 3. Major Research and Study Needs 558 



Section 1. Introduction 558 



Section 2. The Data Base Necessary for Effective Technical Manage- 

 ment 560 



Section 3. Major Knowledge Gaps and a Program of Needed Research 



and Study 565 



Section 4. Ecology 566 



Section 5. Toxicity 578 



Section 6. Microbiology 580 



Section 7. Physics and Mathematics 583 



Section 8. Socioeconomic Factors 590 



Section 9. Ancillary Research and Study Needs 595 



Section 10. Specific Research Programs 600 



Section 11. A Management Program for Research and Study in the 



Estuarine Zone 606 



Section 12. The National Academy of Sciences-National Academy 



of Engineering Study on Coastal Waste Management 615 



Section 13. Summary and Conclusions 628 



Chapter 4. Summary 629 



Part VII. Collection of Supporting Information 



Introduction 631 



Transcript of Public Meetings 631 



Agency Profiles 632 



Contra ct Reports 632 



Reference Collection 633 



