Coasts• Characteristics of US coastlines

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

Coastal Waters• Classification of coastal waters

Coastal Waters• Classification of coastal embayments

Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on formation

Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on formation

Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on mixing

Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on mixing

Coastal Waters• Classification of estuaries based on mixing

Coastal Waters• Coriolis impacts on estuaries

Coastal Waters• Estuaries are important nurseries

Coastal Waters• Columbia River Estuary

Coastal Waters• Chesapeake Bay Estuary

Dissolved oxygen, mg/kg

Coastal Waters• Salt marshes and mangroves

Coastal Waters• Lagoons

Marginal Seas• Mediterranean Sea

Marginal Seas• Caribbean Sea

Marginal Seas• Caribbean Sea

Marginal Seas• Caribbean Sea

Marginal Seas• Gulf of Mexico

Marginal Seas• Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)

Marginal Seas• Bering Sea

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