The Global Coastal Ocean - Multiscale Interdisciplinary Processes V13

Foreword vii Preface ix Contributors xi External Reviewers xvi PART 1. PERSPECTIVE Interdisciplinary Multiscale Coastal Dynamical Processes and Interactions 3(34) Allan R. Robinson Kenneth H. Brink Hugh W. Ducklow Richard A. Jahnke Brian J. Rothschild Coastal Physical Processes Overview 37(24) Kenneth H. Brink Multiple Scales in Space and Time 61(40) Brian J. Rothschild PART 2. SEDIMENT, BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND INTERACTIONS Recent Advances in Fine-Grained Sediment-Transport Processes on the Continental Shelf 101(28) Andrea S. Ogston Richard W. Sternberg Charles A. Nittrouer Organic Matter in Coastal Marine Sediments 129(34) Susan M. Henrichs Transport Processes and Organic Matter Cycling in Coastal Sediments 163(30) Richard A. Jahnke Boundary Exchanges in the Global Coastal Margin: Implications for the Organic and Inorganic Carbon Cycles 193(34) Fred T. Mackenzie Andreas J. Andersson Abraham Lerman Leah May Ver Circulation, Mixing and the Distribution of Remineralized Nutrients 227(42) Larry P. Atkinson John M. Huthnance Jose Luis Blanco The Biogeochemistry of Carbon Dioxide in the Coastal Oceans 269(48) Hugh W. Ducklow S. Leigh McCallister Ecosystem Types and Processes 317(36) Daniel M. Alongi The Role of Sediments in Shelf Ecosystem Dynamics 353(22) Jack J. Middelburg Karline Soetaert Dynamics and Interactions of Autotrophs, Light, Nutrients and Carbon Dioxide 375(38) Trevor Platt Richard Geider Antoine Sciandra Claire Copin-Montegut Heather Bouman Shubha Sathyendranath Diagnosis and Prediction of Variability in Secondary Production and Fish Recruitment Processes: Developments in Physical-Biological Modeling 413(62) Jeffrey A. Runge Peter J.S. Franks Wendy C. Gentleman Bernard A. Megrey Kenneth A. Rose Francisco E. Werner Bruno A. Zakardjian Processes and Patterns of Interactions in Marine Fish Populations: An Ecosystem Perspective 475(80) Philippe Cury Pierre Freon Coleen L. Moloney Lynne Shannon Yunne-Jai Shin The Biogeochemistry of Organic Chemicals of Environmental Concern in the Coastal Oceans 555(88) John Farrington PART 3. MULTIPLE TIME SCALES OF VARIABILITIES Biological Consequences of Interannual to Multidecadal Variability 643(38) Francisco P. Chavez Extreme Events Transporting Sediment Across Continental Margins: The Relative Influence of Climate and Tectonics 681(34) Jeffrey D. Parsons Charles A. Nittrouer Long Term Sea Level Changes and Their Impacts 715(42) Philip L. Woodworth Jonathan M. Gregory Robert J. Nicholls PART 4. SCIENTIFIC ISSUES FOR APPLICATIONS Overview of Science Requirements 757(28) Thomas C. Malone Tony Knap Michael J. Fogarty Functional Diversity and Stability of Coastal Ecosystems 785(36) John H. Steele Jeremy S. Collie Eutrophication 821(46) Nancy N. Rabalais Harmful Algal Blooms: Keys to the Understanding of Phytoplankton Ecology 867(60) Adriana Zingone Tim Wyatt Habitat Modification 927(44) Michel J. Kaiser Stephen J. Hall David N. Thomas Regime Shifts 971(48) Andrew Bakun Index 1019