Coastal Connections
A Mangrove Root Tangle Is Part of the Coastal Habitat
Look beyond the silhouette of a mangrove forest to understand how roots, water and sediment contribute to a varied coastal habitat.
Follow the water
Coastal Connections
Follow the connections between rivers, shorelines and the open ocean.
Coastal Connections
Upwelling: Why Some Surface Water Has a Deeper Story
Understand the basic movement behind ocean upwelling and why a cool patch of water alone is not enough to identify the process locally.
Coastal Connections
Ocean Acidification Describes a Change in Chemistry
Read ocean acidification as a change in seawater chemistry and pH, while distinguishing a long-term process from one local measurement.
Coastal Connections
An estuary does not have one permanent salinity
Understand why the mix of fresh and salt water varies across an estuary and why a salinity reading needs a place and time.
Coastal Connections
Read a coastal habitat map beyond the coloured patches
Check a habitat map’s legend, date, scale and survey limits before treating every coloured boundary as a precise line on the shore.
Coastal Connections
An estuary is a meeting place, not an empty stretch of water
Where rivers meet the sea, changing water conditions support distinctive habitats. Start reading an estuary as a connected landscape.