@article {80221,
	title = {A Conservation Assessment of West Coast (USA) Estuaries},
	year = {2011},
	note = {{\textquotedblleft}Funded by: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation{\textquotedblright}  {\textquotedblleft}This assessment outlines an enhanced planning approach for West Coast estuaries that incorporates an evaluation of the regional context for estuarine conservation and recommends an approach to site-scale planning with more focus on ecological processes and functions.{\textquotedblright} (p.1) {\textquotedblleft}A hierarchical classification system was developed for West Coast estuaries that identified three regions (based on climate, latitude, and oceanography) and four estuary types distinguished by the relative degree of influence of the hydrodynamic forcing mechanisms of waves, tides, and rivers.{\textquotedblright} (p.2)},
	pages = {65 p.},
	institution = {The Nature Conservancy},
	address = {Arlington, Va. },
	keywords = {Agriculture, Alsea Bay, Chetco River, Columbia River estuary, Coos Bay, Coquille River estuary, estuarine dynamics, general ecosystem description, habitats, human impacts, hydrology, land ownership, land use, logging, Necanicum River estuary, Nehalem Ri},
	url = {http://hdl.handle.net/1957/28058},
	author = {Gleason, Mary G. and Newkirk, Sarah and Merrifield, Matthew S. and Howard, Jeanette and Cox, Robin and Webb, Megan and Koepcke, Jennifer and Stranko, Brian and Taylor, Bethany and Beck, Michael W. and Fuller, Roger and Dye, Paul and Vander Schaaf, Dick and Carter, Jena}
}
