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THE DYNAMICS OF AN ESTUARY AS A NATURAL ECOSYSTEM, II
Citation:
Vernberg, F., W. Kitchens, H. McKellar, K. Summers, AND R. Bonnell. THE DYNAMICS OF AN ESTUARY AS A NATURAL ECOSYSTEM, II. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/3-78/092.
Description:
This report describes two separate but interrelated substudies: an update of the macroecosystem model of the North Inlet Estuary near Georgetown, SC and a continuing study of experimental salt-marsh microecosystems. The model is under development to help understand the interactions of various parts of a natural ecosystem. The principal objective of the study is to develop and test replicate experimental salt-marsh units at the microecosystem level as diagnostic tools for assessing long- and short-term pollution effects on the Spartina alterniflora salt-marsh community.