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inconsistent. Studies are needed on governmental responsibilities, 
long-range planning programs, development of model legislation, 
conflicting legislation, and river basin and other water management 
authorities and commissions. 
25. Better instruments need to be developed for monitoring 
pollution. An expanded and adequate monitoring system must depend 
on an array of sophisticated automatic instruments. 
26. Support and encourage more work in coastal oceanography. 
Aithough there has been considerable emphasis in oceanography of 
the high seas, relatively little work has been done on the ocean- 
ography of estuarine and coastal areas. We know substantially less 
about these areas, yet they are most subject to pollution. Little 
is known about the prevalence, nature, and fate of pollutants 
occurring as floatables in the surface film of the ocean. Consid- 
erably more needs to be known about circulation patterns and turbu- 
lent diffusion processes of nearshore coastal waters, and more work 
needs to be done on the physical movement and dispersion in estu- 
aries. 
27. Undertake more broad-based ecological studies. Critical 
needs include: 
a. establishment of ecological baselines in marine coastal 
areas 
b. inventory of coastal living resources 
c. bioassay data on major groups of pollutants 
d. food chain relationships of pollutants 
28. Develop models that will describe and predict circulatory 
and diffusion patterns in estuarine and coastal waters. Most 
coastal waters, especially those adjacent to urban centers, have 
a limited capacity to receive wastes. The determination of this 
capacity is an essential part of any long-range abatement program. 
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