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    Estuaries: Coastal Biome

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    Estuaries are arguably the most important coastal biome in regards to human settlement and use of resources. They provide us with a variety of services, assets, and benefits. Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of water found along coasts. A body of water can only be classified as an Estuary if its waters are brackish. They occur when freshwater from a river or stream meet and mix with salt water from the ocean, Estuaries and the land surrounding them are places where land transitions to sea, and freshwater transitions to salt water. Estuaries are places for not only scientific research but for recreational use as well. They are important commercially to humans, their assets revenue money through tourism, fisheries, recreational activities,…

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    This estuary is a mixture of salt water and fresh water. This is a sub biome of the Aquatic. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and third largest in the world. An estuary is a body of water where the salt water of the ocean mixes with the fresh water of rivers and streams. The Bay is 200 miles long and flows through the states of Virginia and Maryland. More than 150 rivers, creeks, and streams flow into the Bay, not only from Virginia and Maryland, but also from…

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    The Chesapeake Bay

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    I have a dream of a future where humans take care of the environment. A society that takes pride in keeping the air clean, our natural habitats untouched, and our oceans free of pollution. It is time to become more educated about how our environment is damaged by contamination caused by fracking, oil drilling, and raw sewage. The pollutants leak into the land, enter the water systems, and air at nearby sites. I believe we can do better for our environment. The Chesapeake Bay is the third largest…

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    The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States located between Maryland and Virginia lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean. It has more than 150 major rivers and streams that are a part of the Chesapeake watershed covering parts of six states including: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland Virginia and West Virginia. Nearly 17 million people living in areas that feed into the Chesapeake Bay watershed and affect the Bay water quality. The Bay plays a very important role in…

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    Introduction Western Port Bay is a coastal region located in the south of Victoria which opens up into the Bass Strait. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the state, being home to x amount of species of flora and fauna. Westernport Bay has a coastal climate, with high rainfall and mild temperatures when compared with the rest of Victoria. The purpose of this fieldwork investigation was to explore the social, economic and environmental impacts of climate change on Westernport…

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    Gambusia Holbrooski

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    Materials and Methods The sampling of the Gambusia holbrooski was done in Hennington Pond at FIU. The class was divided into five groups each tasked with obtaining thirty samples of mosquitofish. These samples were obtained randomly using a landing net and a bucket of water that contained water from the pond to put the fish. The collected fish were measured and their length recorded (in mm) from the apex of the lower jaw towards the posterior end. The measurement was done using a small ruler…

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    The recruitment, growth, and mortality rates of the eastern oyster in different water variables was being researched to determine the differences in the extreme low salinity effects on the oysters. Population success was a main concern of the article. The research took place in the Breton Sound in LA over a two year period. Understanding the concepts of the population dynamics is important for researchers and scientists so they can further predict the oyster population. They were able to test…

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    Initially Julia Alvarez’s description of Louise Bogan’s book shows the beginning of the speaker’s interest and self-discovery. Alvarez starts by describing the speaker’s first sight of “The Blue Estuaries” where she was surprised at the absence of blurbs on back and “mentors musing” (6). She was used to seeing the names of poets such as “Chaucer- Milton- Shakespeare- Yeats” (20). When she sees the name Louise Bogan she is immediately interested by the unfamiliarity of a new name. As she read the…

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    In, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries,” Julia Alvarez writes a poem in which the speaker’s hobby of examining poetic books in a bookstore is included. When describing the speaker’s observations and inspired feelings about a specific poem, multiple poetic devices are used to convey the speaker’s complex situation. In, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries,” Julia Alvarez uses tone and imagery to present the speaker’s complex discoveries of a originality and a…

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    The Blue Estuaries Summary

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    Julia Alvarez’s poem On Not Stealing Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries conveys the speaker’s discoveries—the book, her love for and confidence in reading poetry and her girl’s voice--as surprising and serendipitous. This is conveyed through the use of imagery, figurative language and selection of detail. Imagery is used in the poem to convey the speaker’s discoveries: her love for and confidence in reading poetry. The poem begins with the speaker stumbling upon the book, which she says…

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