1. Opener, Wed. 3/4 What is an estuary?
Give an example of an estuarine critter.
Please make sure you’ve done your aquarium job—feed today if not yesterday!

2. Notebook Check Today! Syllabus adjustments Midterms March 27th
Spring Break

3. Characteristics of Estuaries

4. Definition of an Estuary

5. Classified by:

6. Geological Classifications

7. Bar Built Estuaries

8. Bar Built

9. Example

10. Drowned River Valley Estuary

11. Drowned River Valley

12. Examples

13. Tectonic Estuary

14. Tectonic Estuary

16. Fjord Estuary

17. Fjord Estuary

18. Fjord in a Valley in Alaska

19. Glacier & Fjord

21. Classification by Salinity:

22. Salt Wedge Estuaries

25. Opener: 3/6
The most important factor that determines where organisms live along ANY coast is the tides.
Supratidal zone: always above the HHT
Intertidal zone: between HHT and LLT
Subtidal zone: below the LLT

26. Other Abiotic Factors affecting the estuary

27. Tides

30. Sediments

33. Nutrients

35. Salt Marsh

37. Where are they found?

38. Why should you care?

39. Specific types of plants

40. Benefits of Marshes

42. The Problem

43. N. Myrtle Beach, SC

44. Opener: Tide Energy
What are the best conditions for using the tides for energy?
Why would we use tides/water for energy?
What are restrictions?

45. Tour of the Salt Marsh

46. Grunions! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CilwYmhjxxQ
1. Why are they called grunion?
2. What tides are found along grunion-spawning beaches?
3. How do grunion use these tides in their spawning/nesting behavior?
4. What makes the eggs hatch?