The water level in the Pamlico fluctuates substantially based on wind and ocean conditions. A detailed study of various components of Pamlico water levels is presented in
Implications for sea-level rise are
considered in the NC
Science
Panel Sea Level Rise Assessment Report
J. E. Hobbie, Hydrography
of
the Pamlico River Estuary, is a 1970 report discussing
salinity,
temperature and oxygen concentration. Hobbie also discusses the
existence of widespread beds of widgeon grasses in the river,
which
have since disappeared. The report is written to evaluate the
impact of
the Aurora phospahte mine during its early years.
Read, A. J., K. W. Urian, et al. (2003). "Abundance of bottlenose dolphins in the bays, sounds, and estuaries of North Carolina." Marine Mammal Science 19(1): 59-073.
Night Count Surveys for Alligators in Coastal Counties of North Carolina Timothy G. O'Brien and Phillip D. Doerr Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 444-448
Population
Dynamics
and Stock Assessment of the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) in
North Carolina by David Eggleston