| Title | Netarts Bay, Oregon: an Assessment of Human Impact on an Estuarine System |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 1977 |
| Authors | McCallum, Larry D. |
| Secondary Title | Dissertations and Theses |
| Volume | no.2550 |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Geography |
| Degree | M. S. |
| Pagination | 95 p. |
| University | Portland State University |
| City | Portland, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | Available through Summit; Available through Interlibrary Loan, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | human impacts, industrial development, logging, marshes, natural resource management, Netarts Bay, Netarts Spit, recreational uses, theses, tides |
| Notes | Historical analysis showed significant changes in the physical characteristics of Netarts Bay. Factors affecting the bay included logging (sediment leading to marsh growth, decline in chum salmon populations); road fill and road construction (destruction of gaper clam beds) and construction of a boat basin and fill (decrease in sandspit volume). Excellent discussion of changes in the Bay over time. Maps, bw photographs. |
| URL | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2550 |
