“The paleoenvironments are interpreted as inner sublittoral and coastal lagoons environments with riverine and estuarine influence.”

“We stayed in an old whare at Kokoroa at the mouth of the Whangamoa River, an estuarine area with extensive mudflats.”

“Several taxa were estuarine and peripheral, and the rest, small fishes sold fresh or fried, were reportedly from local rivers.”

“We would expect estuarian signatures to fall between the 87 Sr/ 86 Sr signature of the Amazon mouth and the global marine signature except very near the mouth of the Tocantins.”

“Although there were only a limited number of estuarial harbours capable of sheltering a large fleet, successful landings were frequent.”

“The tolls charged for use of the Bridge were the highest for any estuarial crossing in Britain.”

“For impressionists such as Rory Bremner it epitomised Tony Blair's estuarial chumminess.”