Definition of "estuarine"

The shellfishes, by far the most valuable part of gulf coast commercial fisheries, are even more estuarine than the finfishes.

1977, Sewell H. Hopkins, Sam R. Petrocelli, Limiting Factors Affecting the Commercial Fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Estuarine Pollution Control and Assessment: Proceedings of a Conference, Volume 1, page 179

The small lagoons of southern New Jersey receive an insignificant input of freshwater from watersheds of Cape May Peninsula compared to larger, more estuarine bays to the north (Kran 1975).

1980, Joseph T. Kelley, “Sediment Introduction and Deposition in a Coastal Lagoon, Cape May, New Jersey”, in Victor S Kennedy, editor, Estuarine Perspectives, Academic Press, page 379

Some species are more estuarine than others, for example Pseudotolithus typus replaces P. senegalensis as conditions become more estuarine and Pentanemus quinquarius replaces Galeoides decadactylus.

2000, Stephen J. M. Blaber, “Tropical Estuarine Fishes: Ecology, Exploitation and Conservation”, in Science, Blackwell, page 80