TitleEstuaries
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1981
AuthorsGladson, Jim
Secondary TitleOregon Wildlife
Volume36
Number12
Paginationp.3-8
Date Published1981, Dec.
Call NumberOSU Libraries: Valley SK439 .A31, Digital Open Access
KeywordsAlsea Bay, estuaries, general, human impacts
NotesPopular overview of the state of Oregon's estuaries in the early 1980s. Uses Tillamook Bay as an example of "estuary evolution accelerated by man," documents filling in of the bay due to logging, forest fires. Paragraph descriptions of each of the major estuaries. "Alsea Bay (2,227 acres): This bay is heavily used by wildlife as well as fish. Great blue heron rookeries are found around the bay and winter waterfowl use is heavy. Salmon and cutthroat trout angling are also popular."
URLhttps://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/r781wh144
Series TitleOregon Wildlife