Coastal Lagoons: Critical Habitats of Environmental Change ... The dynamic structure of a coastal plain estuary. Journal of Marine Research 15, 33-42 (1956). Fairbridge, R. W.

Fast-forward to today, and in estuaries such as New York Harbor, San Francisco Bay and Miami's Biscayne Bay—areas where rivers meet the sea—80% to 90% of this habitat has been built over.

Increasing human activities in the coastal zone create multiple stresses on estuaries that degrade water quality and damage habitats. Included here are the effects of eutrophication, wastewater ...

but through this research we found that these Port River oyster reefs are providing habitats for coastal animals," says Martin. Published in NeoBiota, the study shows both positive and negative ...