COASTAL OCEAN: Trujillo and Thurman, 10^th, Chapter 11

Be sure to read Boxes 11.1 (Exxon Valdez) and 11.2 (Plastics)

Omit section 11.2 (Characteristics of Coastal Waters) and section on marginal seas

Student should be able to

1. discuss the basic characteristics of the Law of the Sea

2. discuss and describe characteristics of estuaries

3. discuss specific problems humans have caused in the coastal ocean

LAWS OF OCEAN OWNERSHIP

Freedom of the Seas

Law of the Sea – territorial sea vs. Exclusive Economic Zone

ESTUARIES

Classification by mode of formation: coastal plain, fjord, bar-built, tectonic

Classification by circulation patterns: consider important forces and salinity changes

horizontally and vertically; vertically mixed, highly stratified, salt wedge

HUMAN INTERACTIONS

Human interactions with estuaries

Reduction of various forms of wetlands

Marine pollution: petroleum, sewage, DDT and PCBs, Mercury, plastics,

non-native species