What can estuaries, mixture locations salt and freshwater, teach environmentalists about pollution and extreme events? This ...

Geographers have traditionally mapped estuaries by recording where wetland plants are growing. Endris and colleagues found that this approach often underestimates the size of an estuary because ...

but are also a critical nursery habitat for commercially important off-shore species. The coupling of physics, biogeochemistry, and ecology occurs at many spatial scales in estuaries (Figure 1 ...

The Chesapeake Bay area could have up to a third of the year under marine heat wave conditions by the end of the century, according to a new study from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Brevard Zoo is hoping to get the Indian River Lagoon back to its roots. They're planting the zoo's first nursery-grown seagrass shoots with the aim of growing back the most important natural nursery ...

What is the state of estuarine ecosystem restoration? Many estuaries show no significant ecological improvement despite many years of extensive restoration and conservation efforts. Increasing ...