Estuary Restoration and Maintenance
Subtitle: The National Estuary Program (Marine Science Series)
Publisher: CRC
Published: August 31, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780849307201
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Management of land & natural resources; Nature/Ecology; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; United States; Estuarine Oceanography; Marine Ecology; Science; Environmental Studies; National Estuary Program (U.S.); USA; Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Environmental Science; Fish; Science / Marine Biology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Estuarine restoration; National Estuary Program (U.S
First sentence: The U.S. government has enacted various legislative controls during the past 50 years to protect the marine environment, including the following major environmental legislation: the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948;Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972; Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; Clean Water Act of 1977; and the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1987 (also known as the Water Quality Act).