Author: Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838251
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
An essential introduction to the study of estuaries, highlighting their immense spatial and temporal variability.
Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics
Author: Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838251
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
An essential introduction to the study of estuaries, highlighting their immense spatial and temporal variability.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108838251
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
An essential introduction to the study of estuaries, highlighting their immense spatial and temporal variability.
Residual Currents and Long-term Transport
Author: Ralph T. Cheng
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461390613
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Estuaries, bays and contiguous coastal seas are the world's most valuable, and yet most vulnerable marine ecosystems. Fundamental to the protection and management of these important resources is an understand- ing of the physical processes involved which affect the circulation, mixing, and transport of salt, nutrients and sediment. Residual Currents and Long-Term Transport processes appear to have direct control over freshwater inflows, contaminant loadings, dispersion and transport of sediments and nutrients, and causes of declining living resources. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the research results on these processes in estuaries and bays. Contributions from ten countries include results based on theoretical formulations, analyses of field data, numerical models and case studies.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461390613
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Estuaries, bays and contiguous coastal seas are the world's most valuable, and yet most vulnerable marine ecosystems. Fundamental to the protection and management of these important resources is an understand- ing of the physical processes involved which affect the circulation, mixing, and transport of salt, nutrients and sediment. Residual Currents and Long-Term Transport processes appear to have direct control over freshwater inflows, contaminant loadings, dispersion and transport of sediments and nutrients, and causes of declining living resources. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the research results on these processes in estuaries and bays. Contributions from ten countries include results based on theoretical formulations, analyses of field data, numerical models and case studies.
Coastal Sedimentary Environments
Author: R.A. Jr. Davis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461250781
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The zone where land and sea meet is composed of a variety of complex environments. The coastal areas of the world contain a large percentage of its population and are therefore of extreme economic importance. Industrial, residential, and recreational developments, as well as large urban complexes, occupy much of the coastal margin of most highly developed countries. Undoubtedly future expansion in many undeveloped maritime countries will also be concentrated on coastal areas. Accompanying our occupation of coasts in this age of technology is a dependence on coastal environments for transportation, food, water, defense, and recreation. In order to utilize the coastal zone to its capacity, and yet not plunder its resources, we must have extensive knowledge of the complex environments contained along the coasts. The many environments within the coastal zone include bays, estuaries, deltas, marshes, dunes, and beaches. A tremendously broad range of conditions is represented by these environments. Salinity may range from essentially fresh water in estuaries, such as along the east coast of the United States, to extreme hypersaline lagoons, such as Laguna Madre in Texas. Coastal environments may be in excess of a hundred meters deep (fjords) or may extend several meters above sea level in the form of dunes. Some coastal environments are well protected and are not subjected to high physical energy except for occasional storms, whereas beaches and tidal inlets are continuously modified by waves and currents.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461250781
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The zone where land and sea meet is composed of a variety of complex environments. The coastal areas of the world contain a large percentage of its population and are therefore of extreme economic importance. Industrial, residential, and recreational developments, as well as large urban complexes, occupy much of the coastal margin of most highly developed countries. Undoubtedly future expansion in many undeveloped maritime countries will also be concentrated on coastal areas. Accompanying our occupation of coasts in this age of technology is a dependence on coastal environments for transportation, food, water, defense, and recreation. In order to utilize the coastal zone to its capacity, and yet not plunder its resources, we must have extensive knowledge of the complex environments contained along the coasts. The many environments within the coastal zone include bays, estuaries, deltas, marshes, dunes, and beaches. A tremendously broad range of conditions is represented by these environments. Salinity may range from essentially fresh water in estuaries, such as along the east coast of the United States, to extreme hypersaline lagoons, such as Laguna Madre in Texas. Coastal environments may be in excess of a hundred meters deep (fjords) or may extend several meters above sea level in the form of dunes. Some coastal environments are well protected and are not subjected to high physical energy except for occasional storms, whereas beaches and tidal inlets are continuously modified by waves and currents.
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan
Author:
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Oceanography and Marine Biology, An Annual Review, Volume 39
Author: R. N. Gibson
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203247191
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Interest in oceanography and marine biology and the relevance of those fields to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews that summarize recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review has catered to this demand since its foundation, by the late Harold Barnes, more than 35 years ago. It is an annual
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203247191
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Interest in oceanography and marine biology and the relevance of those fields to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews that summarize recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review has catered to this demand since its foundation, by the late Harold Barnes, more than 35 years ago. It is an annual
Ecology of Estuaries
Author: Michael J. Kennish
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351088505
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
The principle objective of this book is to review the biological characteristics of estuaries. The volume has been as a text for undergraduates and graduate students as well as reference for scientists conducting research on estuarine systems. And the rapid development of estuarine ecology as a field of scientific inquiry reflects a growing awareness of the immense societal importance of a coastal ecosystem. While the volume of literature on estuaries amassed, scientists deemed it necessary to synthesize the field periodically. Consiquently, several books have been produced in recent years which examine variuous aspects of the disicpline.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351088505
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
The principle objective of this book is to review the biological characteristics of estuaries. The volume has been as a text for undergraduates and graduate students as well as reference for scientists conducting research on estuarine systems. And the rapid development of estuarine ecology as a field of scientific inquiry reflects a growing awareness of the immense societal importance of a coastal ecosystem. While the volume of literature on estuaries amassed, scientists deemed it necessary to synthesize the field periodically. Consiquently, several books have been produced in recent years which examine variuous aspects of the disicpline.
Estimates of Sediment Denitrification and Its Influence on the Fate of Nitrogen in Chesapeake Bay
Author: Robert Reece Twilley
Publisher:
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
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Publisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
Susceptibility and Status of West Coast Estuaries to Nutrient Discharges
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Category : Estuarine ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Estuarine ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The Ecology and Management of Wetlands
Author: Donal D. Hook
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1468483781
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists , soU scientists and biochemists that met in Leningrad, USSR in July 1975 at the 12th Botanical Conference in a Session organized by Professor B.B. Vartepetian. This group and others later conspired to contribute to a book entitled Plant Life in Anaerobic Environments (eds. D. D. Hook and R. M. M. Crawford, Ann Arbor Science, 1978). Several contributors to the book suggested in 1983 that a broad-scoped symposium on wetlands would be useful (a) in facilitating communication among the diverse research groups involved in wetlands research (b) in bringing researchers and managers together and (c) in presenting a com prehensive and balanced coverage on the status of ecology ami management of wetlands from a global perspective. With this encouragement, the senior editor organized a Plan ning Committee that encompassed expertise from many disciplines of wetland scientists and managers. This Committee, with input from their colleagues around the world, organized a symposium that addressed almost every aspect of wetland ecology and management.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1468483781
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists , soU scientists and biochemists that met in Leningrad, USSR in July 1975 at the 12th Botanical Conference in a Session organized by Professor B.B. Vartepetian. This group and others later conspired to contribute to a book entitled Plant Life in Anaerobic Environments (eds. D. D. Hook and R. M. M. Crawford, Ann Arbor Science, 1978). Several contributors to the book suggested in 1983 that a broad-scoped symposium on wetlands would be useful (a) in facilitating communication among the diverse research groups involved in wetlands research (b) in bringing researchers and managers together and (c) in presenting a com prehensive and balanced coverage on the status of ecology ami management of wetlands from a global perspective. With this encouragement, the senior editor organized a Plan ning Committee that encompassed expertise from many disciplines of wetland scientists and managers. This Committee, with input from their colleagues around the world, organized a symposium that addressed almost every aspect of wetland ecology and management.