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TIDE. The ebb and flow of the sea.
2. Arms of the sea, bays, creeks, coves, or rivers, where the tide ebbs and flows, are public, and all persons may use the same for the purposes of navigation and for fishing, unless restrained by law. To give these rights at common law, the tide must ebb and flow: the flowing of the waters of a lake into a river, and their reflowing, being not the flux and reflux of the tides, but mere occasional and rare instances of a swell in the lake, and a setting up of the waters into the river, and the subsiding of such swells, is not to be considered an ebb and flow of the tide, so as to constitute a river technically navigable. 20 John. R. 98. See 17 John. R. 195; 2 Conn. R. 481.
3. In Pennsylvania, the common law principle, that the flux and reflux of the tide ascertain the character of the river, has been rejected. 2 Binn. R. 475. Vide Arm of the sea; Navigable river; Sea shore.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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Shorebird Count: Shorebirds density and abundance were counted in both Jeram and Remis Beaches during all tidal cycles. Bird count and behavior survey were done by using direct observation technique (with the aid of binoculars, 12 X 42 magnification, and video recorder) (Nagarajan and Thiyagesan, 1996) from August 2013 until July 2014.

EFFECTS OF TIDAL STATES AND TIME OF DAY ON THE ABUNDANCE AND BEHAVIOR OF SHOREBIRDS UTILIZING TROPICAL INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT

Females with embryos at all stages of development were collected from the estuary, where they were entrained to the ambient, 14:10-h light-dark and tidal cycles. The time of sunset was about 2030 h.

Entrainment of the circadian rhythm in egg hatching of the crab Dyspanopeus sayi by chemical cues from ovigerous females

Four stations in the main channel were selected from the mouth to the inner estuary, and the data were ac quired every 10 minutes throughout a nearly full tidal cycle during a spring tide with medium-high fluvial runoff.

Hydrodynamic controls of morpho-sedimentary evolution in a rock-bounded mesotidal estuary. Tina Menor (N Spain)

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Tidal Flushing Characteristics of Municipal and Industrial Waste in the Karachi Coastal Waters and Simulation of Waste Field Dilution at Sewage Outfall

Without further scientific advancements, the discussion of the tidal cycle and its clinical applications is limited.

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They usually prefer areas with wide continental shelf, wide tidal cycles and cool waters influenced by the Malvinas' Current (Brownell & Donovan, 1988; Goodall et al., 1988; Goodall, 1994; Pedraza, 2008).

Viviendo en un estuario: uso de habitat y patron de comportamiento de la tonina overa (Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacepede, 1804)) en el rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina

Overall the surface and bottom layer densities in Long Reach remain basically homogeneous for the duration of the tidal cycle. However, two exceptions are observed with respect to the bottom layer.

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The repeated-measures ANOVA performed to analyze the effect of channel design and hour of the tidal cycle on current velocity demonstrated a significant interaction between the 2 factors (i.e., differences in current velocity among the channel design varied with hour in the tidal cycle; Table 2).

Effects of water flow and density on early survivorship and growth of the Northern Quahog Mercenaria mercenaria L

Each tidal cycle brings nutrient-rich water from the continental slope up onto the shelf, establishing the current and nutrient conditions ideal for suspension feeders.

Flashing stars light up the Reef's shelf

Not only did both fish undergo vertical excursions during mostly nighttime hours, the northern fish did so during select periods of the tidal cycle when tidal currents were moving in a particular direction.

Evidence of the selection of tidal streams by northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra) for transport in the eastern Bering Sea

The unique, short time span imagery allowed thermal features of the NOW to be mapped over a tidal cycle. The combination of A VHRR imagery.

A study of tidal influences in the North Water Polynya using short time span satellite imagery

Peter Fraenkel, technical director of MCT and inventor of SeaGen, concedes that that the power generated from SeaGen is not constant--even the tides can be slack--though it will operate between 18 and 20 hours a day depending on the phase of the two-week tidal cycle. Like Pelamis, SeaGen is not fully dispatchable.

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