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Temporal Dynamics of an Estuary: San Francisco Bay (Hardcover, Reprinted from HYDROBIOLOGIA, 129, 1985)
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Temporal Dynamics of an Estuary: San Francisco Bay (Hardcover, Reprinted from HYDROBIOLOGIA, 129, 1985)
Series: Developments in Hydrobiology, 30
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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.
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