Oceanography and marine environment of the Basque Country /

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Against a background of extensive multi-disciplinary oceanographic investigations over a number of years, together with the long-term establishment of a Society and Institute, extensive information is available from studies undertaken in the estuarine and coastal waters of the Basque Country. The pr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Borja, Angel, Collins, M. B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Elsevier oceanography series ; 70.
Temas:
Oceanography > Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain)
Marine ecology > Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain)
Sedimentology.
Océanographie > Gascogne, Golfe de (Espagne et France)
Sédimentologie.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Oceanography.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Oceans & Seas.
Marine ecology.
Oceanography.
Atlantic Ocean > Bay of Biscay.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Section 1. Introduction. Marine research in the Basque Country: an historical perspective / A. Rallo and Á. Borja
  • Human activities along the Basque coast during the last two centuries: geological perspective of recent anthropogenic impact on the coast and its environmental consequences / A. Cearreta, M.J. Irabien and A. Pascual
  • Section 2. Geography and oceanography. Geology and palaeoceanography / A. Pascual [and others]
  • Climate and meteorology, variability and its influence on the ocean / J.I. Usabiaga [and others]
  • Sediment supply, transport and deposition: contemporary and Late Quaternary evolution / Ad. Uriarte [and others]
  • Marine dynamics / M. González [and others]
  • Hydrography of the southeastern Bay of Biscay / V. Valencia [and others]
  • Section 3. Chemical oceanography and water quality. Main characteristics of the water masses / V. Valencia and J. Franco
  • Contaminants in estuarine and coastal waters / Ma. J. Belzunce [and others]
  • Microbiological quality / J. Bald [and others]
  • Section 4. Sediment characteristics, quality and chemistry. Characteristics of estuarine and marine sediments / Ad. Uriarte, Ma. J. Belzunce and O. Solaun
  • Contaminants in sediments / Ma. J. Belzunce [and others]
  • Section 5. Biomonitoring. Biomonitoring of heavy metals and organic compounds, at the tissue-organism level / Á. Borja [and others]
  • Biomonitoring of environmental pollution along the Basque coast, using molecular, cellular and tissue-level biomarkers: an integrative approach / I. Marigómez [and others]
  • Section 6. Communities and ecology. Bacterioplankton and phytoplankton communities / E. Orive [and others]
  • Zooplankton communities / F. Villate [and others]
  • Ichthyoplankton assemblages / L. Motos [and others]
  • Benthic communities, biogeography and resource management / Á. Borja [and others]
  • Coastal fisheries and demersal estuarine fauna / L. Arregi [and others]
  • Seabird populations / J. Franco [and others]
  • Biodiversity and conservation of wildlife and natural habitats / R. Castro [and others]
  • Recovery of benthic communities, in polluted systems / J.M. Gorostiaga [and others]
  • Section 7. Overall assessment. Overall assessment, human impacts and quality status / J. Franco, Á. Borja and V. Valencia
  • Conclusions: notes on a research agenda for the region / M. Collins and Á. Borja.

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