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Coasts Characteristics of US coastlines. Coastal Waters Classification of coastal waters Adjacent to land (to edge of continental shelf) Influenced by.

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1 Coasts Characteristics of US coastlines

2 Coastal Waters Classification of coastal waters Adjacent to land (to edge of continental shelf) Influenced by rivers, tides, waves and winds Salinity and temperature variable

3 Coastal Waters Classification of coastal waters

4 Coastal Waters Classification of coastal embayments

5 Coastal Waters Classification of estuaries based on formation

6 Coastal Waters Classification of estuaries based on formation

7 Coastal Waters Classification of estuaries based on mixing

8 Coastal Waters Classification of estuaries based on mixing

9 Coastal Waters Classification of estuaries based on mixing

10 Coastal Waters Coriolis impacts on estuaries

11 Coastal Waters Estuaries are important nurseries

12 Coastal Waters Columbia River Estuary

13 Coastal Waters Chesapeake Bay Estuary Dissolved oxygen, mg/kg

14 Coastal Waters Salt marshes and mangroves

15 Coastal Waters Lagoons

16 Marginal Seas Mediterranean Sea

17 Marginal Seas Caribbean Sea

18 Marginal Seas Caribbean Sea

19 Marginal Seas Caribbean Sea

20 Marginal Seas Gulf of Mexico

21 Marginal Seas Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)

22 Marginal Seas Bering Sea

23 Marginal Seas Antiesturine Circulation Mediterranean Sea Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Red Sea Persian Gulf Antiesturine Circulation Mediterranean Sea Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) Red Sea Persian Gulf Esturine Circulation Bering Sea Arctic Ocean Greenland Sea Labrador Sea Esturine Circulation Bering Sea Arctic Ocean Greenland Sea Labrador Sea


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