Support material:.Support material available. Agency - English program:.Pacific Centre. Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Study guide available.

Director, Don White ; script, Don White ; producer, Peter Jones ; executive producer, John Taylor ; cinematography, Doug McKay, Jim Willoughby ; editing, Haida Paul ; sound editing, John Knight ; re-recording, Barry P. Jones ; music, Peter Bjerring.

Recorded 1979.

Perhaps because estuaries seem so ordinary, many on the west coast of Canada are being drained to accommodate new housing and industry. This film demonstrates the importance of the estuary; its environmental function, the natural forces that control it, and its particular ecology. Superb microphotography affords unusual shots of tiny creatures hunting and eating their prey.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Bijou Award for Best Film - Category: Training and Instruction, 1981 Bijou Award for Outstanding Instructional Film, 1981 Bronze Medallion - Category: Films from 11 to 22 minutes, 1983 Henry Fonda Award, 1982 First Prize - Category: Wildlife and Biological Topics, 1982 Selected as the first runner-up, 1982

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).