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Physical and Environmental Geography

1977

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Netarts Bay, Oregon: An Assessment Of Human Impact On An Estuarine System, Larry D. Mccallum Jan 1977

Netarts Bay, Oregon: An Assessment Of Human Impact On An Estuarine System, Larry D. Mccallum

Dissertations and Theses

Problems associated with planning the future use of estuarine areas stem from:

  1. A lack of knowledge on the critical aspects of the system.
  2. Inability to predict the future changes which will occur within the system in order to effectively manage the resource base.

These difficulties lie in the fact that changes within the system occur because of both "natural" and "cultural" conditions. The thesis hypothesis and subsequent research is to describe the physical changes that have occurred within the Netarts system, primarily due to man's impact.

Types of data gathered for the analysis includes that on historical and current land …

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