Temporal Dynamics of an Estuary: San Francisco Bay (Hardcover, Reprinted from HYDROBIOLOGIA, 129, 1985)

Estuaries are highly dynamic systems subject to changes occurring over a spectrum of time scales ranging from very short periods (e. g. over a tidal cycle) to geologic time scales. The nature of an estuary reflects complex responses to many driving forces, each having a characteristic frequency (or frequencies) of change. For example, freshwater inflow to estuaries varies daily in response to short-term events such as storms, seasonally, and between years as a result of longer-term climatic variability. Other important components of weather, e. g. wind speed/ direction and daily insolation, also vary over time scales ranging from hours to years. Tidal amplitude changes continuously with dominant frequencies associated with the semi-diurnal cycle, the fortnightly neap-spring, and the semi-annual cycle. Temporal dynamics of these driving forces evoke responses in the form of changing (I) circulation patterns and mixing, (2) sediment composition and transport, (3) solute speciation and distribution, (4) composition and abundance of particulates, (5) biomass, species composition, and productivity of plant and animal communities, (6) rates of material exchange between the sediments, water column, and atmosphere, and (7) bioavailability of trace metals and other pollutants. The purpose of this book is to examine the temporal dynamics of these properties and processes in the San Francisco Bay estuary.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Developments in Hydrobiology, 30
Release date:	November 1985
First published:	1985
Editors:	James E. Cloern • Frederic H. Nichols
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	237
Edition:	Reprinted from HYDROBIOLOGIA, 129, 1985
ISBN-13:	978-90-6193-538-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Hydrobiology > General Promotions
LSN:	90-6193-538-5
Barcode:	9789061935384

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