Effects of Upland Drainage on Estuarine Nursery Areas of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina

摘要

This study measures the effects of upland drainage on primary nursery areas of northern Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. Four sampling stations were sampled three days per week for three years. The four stations received either heavy, moderate or no drainage through man-made water courses. All stations functioned as primary nursery areas during periods of low rainfall and high salinity (1977). Brown shrimp production at all sites was depressed during periods of extremely high rainfall and low salinities (1978).