"Primary support for this study came from the Office of Sea Grant, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Coherent Area Project Grant GH-88 and 2-35150, under the project "\'Estuary Modeling' (DSR 72602 and 73479) conducted at the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics of the Department of Civil Engineering. The final phase of the study was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Grant no. R-800429, under the project 'Tidal variation of Water Quality Parameters in Estuaries' (DSR 73986)"--Page 4. "October 30, 1972." "Index no. 72-315-Ccb." Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217). NOAA Office of Sea Grant U.S. Environmental Protection Agency