Estuaries

• Audubon: Wetlands Campaign
  Information on wetlands from the Audubon Society, including protection and restoration efforts, with a map of current wetland projects in the U.S.
  http://www.audubon.org/campaign/wetland/
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Estuarine Wetlands
  Information on the differences between US east and west coast estuaries. Photographs and information on both the flora and fauna of estuaries. From the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
  http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/river.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• National Estuary Program
  National Wetlands Inventory Homepage
  This page, maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service describes the National Wetlands Inventory Project, including estuaries.
  http://www.nwi.fws.gov
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team
  Information on Puget Sound, a huge estuarine area in Washington state.
  http://www.psat.wa.gov

• Society of Wetland Scientists
  This site includes links to information on campus wetland projects.
  http://www.sws.org/
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• WES Environmental Laboratory Wetlands Page
  This project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Wetlands Research Program has a variety of resources on salt marshes.
  http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/wetlands

• Wetland Information Sites
  This includes a good number of web links.
  http://www.wetlands.com/

• Wetlands Homepage
  The EPA Office of Water's page with information and links regarding wetlands.
  http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/watersheds

Pathogens in coastal waters

• Vibrio contamination
  Explanation of the problem from the viewpoint of public health
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibriovulnificus_g.htm

• Vibrio vulnificus
  Explanation of the organism and its effects
  http://mailer.fsu.edu/~research/RinR/vibrio.html

• Food and Drug Administration site on seafood contamination
  Links to papers and regulations, with special regard for public health.
  http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/seafood1.html

• Contamination in Whales, Gulf of Saint Laurence, Canada
  Links parasites to contamination of coastal waters
  http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/aquaculture/topics/parasite_e.htm