chapter 1 The Quest for the “Perfect” Estuarine Indicator: An Introduction / chapter 2 Using Multiple Response Bioindicators to Assess the Health of Estuarine Ecosystems: An Operational Framework / chapter 3 Physical Processes Affecting Estuarine Health / chapter 4 Using Statistical Models to Simulate Salinity Variability in Estuaries / chapter 5 Using Satellite Imagery and Environmental Monitoring to Interpret Oceanographic Influences on Estuarine and Coastal Waters / chapter 6 Development and Use of Assessment Techniques for Coastal Sediments / chapter 7 Sediment Habitat Assessment for Targeted Near-Coastal Areas / chapter 8 Bacterial Communities as Indicators of Estuarine and Sediment Conditions / chapter 9 Microbial Biofilms as Integrative Sensors of Environmental Quality / chapter 10 Diatom Indicators of Ecosystem Change in Subtropical Coastal Wetlands / chapter 11 Using Microalgal Indicators to Assess Human- and Climate-Induced Ecological Change in Estuaries / chapter 12 A Hierarchical Approach to the Evaluation of Variability in Ecoindicators of the Seagrass Thalassia testudinum / chapter 13 Evaluating Indicators of Seagrass Stress to Light / chapter 14 Significance of Considering Multiple Environmental Variables When Using Habitat as an Indicator of Estuarine Condition / chapter 15 Using Seagrass Coverage as an Indicator of Ecosystem Condition / chapter 16 Mangroves as an Indicator of Estuarine Conditions in Restoration Areas / chapter 17 Molecular and Organismal Indicators of Chronic and Intermittent Hypoxia in Marine Crustacea / chapter 18 Spionid Polychaetes as Environmental Indicators: An Example from Tampa Bay, Florida / chapter 19 Trematode Parasites as Estuarine Indicators: Opportunities, Applications, and Comparisons with Conventional Community Approaches / chapter 20 Macrobenthic Process-Indicators of Estuarine Condition / chapter 21 Using Macroinvertebrates to Document the Effects of a Storm Water–Induced Nutrient Gradient on a Subtropical Estuary / chapter 22 Nekton Species Composition as a Biological Indicator of Altered Freshwater Inflow into Estuaries / chapter 23 Evaluating Nearshore Communities as Indicators of Ecosystem Health / chapter 24 Fishes as Estuarine Indicators / chapter 25 Habitat Affinities of Juvenile Goliath Grouper to Assess Estuarine Conditions / chapter 26 Using Waterbirds as Indicators in Estuarine Systems: Successes and Perils / chapter 27 Using Spatial Analysis to Assess Bottlenose Dolphins as an Indicator of Healthy Fish Habitat / chapter 28 A Process for Selecting Indicators for Estuarine Projects with Broad Ecological Goals / chapter 29 Environmental Indicators as Performance Measures for Improving Estuarine Environmental Quality / chapter 30 Indicators of Ecosystem Integrity for Estuaries / chapter 31 Using the Human Disturbance Gradient to Develop Bioassessment Procedures in Estuaries / chapter 32 Using Conceptual Models to Select Ecological Indicators for Monitoring, Restoration, and Management of Estuarine Ecosystems / chapter 33 Future Directions for Estuarine Indicator Research