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Explores how the motion and interaction of fresh and salt water determine the salinity within a particular estuary, and thereby the balance of all living and nonliving resources there. This text, based on a conference on estuarine circulation, focuses on the many variations of the two-layered net, or nontidal gravitational pattern, which was first proposed by Dr Donald Pritchard, and pays special attention to the factors that control estuarine transport processes. Estuarine circulation is important because water movement transport marine organisms, sediments, and pollutants. In addition, estuarine circulation affects food chains, as well as the distribution and abundance of organisms that are transported by the currents during larval stages.

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Author:   Bruce J. Neilson ,  Albert Kuo ,  John Brubaker
Publisher:   Humana Press Inc.
Imprint:   Humana Press Inc.
Edition:   1989 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.640kg
ISBN:  

9780896031555

ISBN 10:   0896031551
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   15 February 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Estuarine Classification—A Help or a Hindrance.- Estuarine Flow Interaction with Topography; Lateral and Longitudinal Effects.- Headland Eddies in a Tidal Estuary.- Residual Currents in the Peconic Bays Estuary.- The Response of Estuarine Circulation to Local Wind Events.- Computer Simulation of Wind-Driven Circulation in a Coastal Lagoon.- On Inter-Tidal Transport Equation.- Excitation-Response Analysis of Estuarine Circulation.- A Tale of Two Estuaries: Columbia Bay, Alaska, and San Francisco Bay, California.- Time Scale Variations of Estuarine Stratification Parameters and Impact on the Food Chains of the Chesapeake Bay.- The Influence of Physical Factors in Governing Temporal and Spatial Variations of Seston.- Interaction Between Circulation of the Estuary of the James River and Transport of Oyster Larvae.- The Role of Bottom Current and Estuarine Geomorphology on the Sedimentation Processes and Productivity of Wreck Shoal, an Oyster Reef of the James River, Virginia.- Considerations on Soft Mud Response under Waves.- River Discharge and Sediment Deposition in the Upper Pamlico Estuary.- Role of Models in Estuarine Flow and Water Quality Analysis.

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