Green, Albert, Anne Walton, Maury Osborn, Peng Chai, Junda Lin, Cindy Loeffler, Anita Morgan, Peter Rubec, Sean Spanyers, R. Douglas Slack, Dale Gawlik, Douglas Harpole, James Thomas, Edward Buskey, Keith Schmidt, Roger Zimmerman, and Donald HarperJensen, Richard W. Russell W. Kiesling, and Frank S. ShipleyProceedings: The Second State of the Bay Symposium. February 4 - 6, 19932010-02-152010-02-151993http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/24129pgs. 175-183The diverse uses of the Galveston Estuary inevitably pose potential threats to the survival of many estuarine species. The purpose of this study was to assess the relative health of the Galveston Estuary by evaluating the status and trends of several selected endemic species in order to identify potential problems, as indicated by significant declines in abundance, and to investigate the probable causes of these declines.living resourcespopulation dynamicsfishshellfishgraphscatch/effortlife cyclebirdsalligatorsbenthosplanktonblue crabCallinectes sapidus rathbunwhite shrimpPenaeus setiferusChapter