Mobile Bay: An Update. Executive Summary of the Symposium on the Natural Resources of the Mobile Bay Estuary

摘要

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Description of Mobile Bay; State of the Bay: Water quality; Wetland losses; Biological diversity; Land acquisition for conservation; Education; Resources and users: Harvest of living resources; Recreation/Tourism; Residential development; Commercial development; Navigation/Industry; Transportation; Waste assimilation; Extraction of non-living resources; Regulatory programs: Harvest of living resources; Waste discharges into Mobile Bay system; Activities in Federal waters; Alabama coastal program; Zoning by local governments; State land leasing; Estuarine management approach; Management/Research recommendations.