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Noaa: Estuary Education: China Camp State Park
California's China Camp State Park is an important environmental and historic site which has a natural watershed along the shores of San Francisco Bay. Features in the estuary include an extensive intertidal salt marsh, meadow, and oak...
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Counting Critters
Students use a seine net to count marine life in the NY-NJ Estuary. Scientists explain why some animals thrive and others decline, why some fish can be eaten and some cannot. [4:50]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Building a Salt Marsh
Find out how a salt marsh can be built or rebuilt. This video explains how plants are chosen to restore a salt marsh near New York City. [3:52]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Tale of Two Estuaries
A detailed look at the life inside two very different estuaries in Oregon: the South Slough and Tillamook estuaries. [8:04]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Getting Involved
Learn how to get involved to protect these important but fragile resources in the estuary ecosystem. [4:59]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Tillamook Estuary Overview
A video overview of the amazing Tillamook Estuary in Oregon. Exciting photography highlights this 3-minute look this national treasure. [4:03]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Plankton Parade
Students learn about the importance of zooplankton and phytoplankton, and why different plankton species are the basis of the estuary food web. [3:25]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Fish, Animals With Backbones
Learn about the life of several fish species as they thrive in the estuary ecosystem. See some close-ups of South Slough Estuary fishes while learning about their importance to the food chain. [4:14]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Totally Turtles
Meet scientists and students at the Jug Bay Reserve in Maryland as they study and track the common Box Turtle. [7:25]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: So What Is an Estuary, So Now You Know
Produced by the Association of National Estuary Programs as a fun explanation of what estuaries are and why they are important. [7:23]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Restoration
A look at how and why the South Slough estuary has been changed by human use, and how we are now trying to rebuild or restore the estuary to original condition. Specialized techniques for restoration include use of high explosives. [7:48]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: More About the Marsh
A quick overview of the salt marsh and why this environment is an important ecosystem to a variety of marine life. [1:39]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Restoration and Monitoring
See how an urban estuary suffering from land loss is restored using a unique high-tech method. Then, using digital camera technology, students are able to show the results of the restoration to determine the project's success. [2:25]