On the nature of continental shelves [electronic resource] / John J. Walsh.
On the Nature of Continental Shelves.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; On the Nature of Continental Shelves; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Anthropogenic Impacts; 1.2 Spatial Extent; 1.3 Boreal Shelf Structure; 1.4 Tropical Shelf Rectification; 1.5 Food Web Coupling; Chapter 2. Circulation; 2.1 Equations of Motion; 2.2 Ekman Dynamics; 2.3 Vertical Coupling; 2.4 Spatial Resolution; 2.5 Time Dependence; 2.6 Vorticity; 2.7 Baroclinicity; Chapter 3. Production; 3.1 Photosynthesis; 3.2 Sampling Considerations; 3.3 Spatially Synoptic Chlorophyll Fields; 3.4 Time-Dependent Chlorophyll Fields; Chapter 4. Consumption.
- 4.1 Mass Balances4.2 Bering Sea Budget; 4.3 Mid-Atlantic Budget; 4.4 Gulf of Mexico Budget; 4.5 Food Limitation; Chapter 5. Storage; 5.1 Sinking Losses; 5.2 Present Depocenters; 5.3 Past Depocenters; Chapter 6. Alteration; 6.1 Atmospheric Forcing; 6.2 Eutrophication; 6.3 Overfìshing; 6.4 Climate; Chapter 7. Summary; References; Glossary; Subject Index.