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The biology of estuarine management

Introduction
– Importance of estuaries
– Dymanamic role
– Scope of volume
– Suggested reading
1. The estuary as a resource
1.1. History of estuarine usage
1.2. Types and values of usage
1.3. Shipping
1.4. Domestic and industrial wastes
1.5. Fishing
1.6. Amenity
2. The estuarine system
2.1. Estuarine classification
2.2. Sediment processes
2.3. Geochemical cycles
2.4. Primary production
2.5. Secondary production
2.6. Energy flow
2.7. Environmental stresses
3. Impacts, contamination and pollution
3.1. Impacts
3.2. Contamination and pollution
3.3. Sewage and organic wastes
3.4. Heat
3.5. Hydrocarbons
3.6. Heavy metals
3.7. Organochlorines
3.8. Radioactivity
4. Effects an detection
4.1. Indices
4.2. Biological indicators
4.3. Dose/response relationship
4.4. Community responses
4.5. Population responses
4.6. Individual responses
4.7. Cellular and sub-cellular responses
4.8. Overview
5. Management
5.1. Goals
5.2. Uniform emission standards and best available technology
5.3. Environmental quality objective
5.4. Discharge location
5.5. Environmental quality standards
5.6. International legislation
5.7. Future develoments
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