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The estuary as a filter /
The Estuary as a Filter contains the proceedings of the Estuarine Research Federation's seventh biennial conference at Virginia Beach, Virginia, in late October, 1983. In five invited sessions, scientists and managers considered the physical, geological, chemical-geochemical, and biological pro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Orlando :
Academic Press,
1984.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Estuary as a Filter; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. THE ESTUARY AS A FILTER: AN INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES CITED; PART 1: PHYSICAL PROCESSES; CHAPTER 2. TURBULENCE AND MIXING IN ESTUARIES; INTRODUCTION; DISPERSION AND MIXING; OVERALL TREATMENT OF MIXING; RELATION OF MIXING BEHAVIOUR TO CIRCULATION PATTERNS; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES CITED; CHAPTER 3. VERTICAL VARIATIONS IN RESIDUAL CURRENT RESPONSE TO METEOROLOGICAL FORCING IN THE MID-CHESAPEAKE BAY; INTRODUCTION
- DESCRIPTION OF DATA SETDATA REDUCTION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE RECORD LENGTH MEAN LLP VELOCITY; SIMPLE BOX MODEL OF VOLUME CONTINUITY FOR THIS BAY SEGMENT; TIME VARIATIONS IN VERTICAL PROFILES OF LLP VELOCITY; FURTHER STATISTICAL TREATMENT; APPLICATION OF A DIAGNOSTIC MODEL TO THIS DATA SET; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES CITED; CHAPTER 4. TRANSPORT VARIABILITY IN A FJORD; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; TRANSPORT ESTIMATES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; IMPLICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES CITED; PART 2: GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES
- CHAPTER 5. THE ESTUARY AS A FILTER FOR FINE-GRAINED SUSPENDED SEDIMENTINTRODUCTION; FACTORS THAT AFFECT FILTERING EFFICIENCY; DEPARTURES FROM AVERAGE CONDITIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON FILTERING; A MODEL FOR ESTIMATING ESTUARINE FILTERING EFFICIENCY; SOME CLOSING OBSERVATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES CITED; CHAPTER 6. THE ESTUARY AS A SEDIMENT TRAP: ALTERNATE APPROACHES TO ESTIMATING ITS FILTERING EFFICIENCY; INTRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAPPING EFFICIENCY; PROCESSES THAT CAUSE PARTICLE TRAPPING; A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR SEDIMENT TRAPPING IN ESTUARIES; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES CITED
- CHAPTER 7. RECENT SEDIMENTATION RATES IN CHESAPEAKE BAYINTRODUCTION; ANALYSIS PROCEDURES; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES CITED; CHAPTER 8. THE ROLE OF FLOCCULATION IN THE FILTERING OF PARTICULATE MATTER IN ESTUARIES; INTRODUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SETTLING BEHAVIOUR; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES CITED; PART 3: CHEMICAL-GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; CHAPTER 9. THE FATES OF URANIUM AND THORIUM DECAY SERIES NUCLIDES IN THE ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT.; INTRODUCTION; URANIUM; RADIUM AND RADON; THORIUM ISOTOPES; LEAD-210 AND POLONIUM-210; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES CITED
- CHAPTER 10. RESPONSE OF NORTHERN SAN FRANCISCO BAY TO RIVERINE INPUTS OF DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON, SILICON, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUSINTRODUCTION; METHODS; FRESHWATER INFLOW AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT TO THE ESTUARY; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF DIS, DIN, AND DIP IN THE ESTUARY; BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL AS A MAJOR ""FILTERING"" PROCESS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES CITED; CHAPTER 11. THE ESTUARINE INTERACTION OF NUTRIENTS, ORGANICS, AND METALS: A CASE STUDY IN THE DELAWARE ESTUARY; INTRODUCTION; STUDY AREA; THE GEOCHEMICAL FILTER; THE BIOCHEMICAL FILTER; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES CITED