Ecohydrodynamics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Ecohydrody Namics 4
Copyright Page 5
CONTENTS 12
FOREWORD 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 10
Chapter 1. Marine hydrodynamics at ecological scales 14
Chapter 2. Fate of nutrient enrichment on continental shelves as indicated by the C/N content of bottom sediments 26
Chapter 3. Cross thermocline flow on continental shelves and the locations of shelf fronts 64
Chapter 4. Vertical mixing, a constraint to primary production : an extension of the concept of an optimal mixing zone 80
Chapter 5. An investigation of seasonal upwelling along the Atlantic coast of Florida 92
Chapter 6. Upwelling in the Gulf of Guinea. Results of a mathematical model 112
Chapter 7. On two marine ecosystems of Senegal separated by a peninsula 154
Chapter 8. Differential dispersion and nutrient-plankton distributions 168
Chapter 9. Hydrodynamics as a limiting factor in the development of the Baltic Sea ecosystem 178
Chapter 10. Hydrodynamic control of marine phytoplankton production : the paradox of stability 204
Chapter 11. Diffusion as a constraint on the biological importance of microzones in the sea 222
Chapter 12. The residual circulation in the North Sea 232
Chapter 13. Modelling the physical mechanisms in the marine upper layers with a second-order turbulence closure 286
Chapter 14. Modelling turbidity maximum in the Seine estuary 298
Chapter 15. Numerical simulations of salinity, turbidity and sediment accumulation in the Scheldt estuary 332
Chapter 16. Mathematical modelling of recent sedimentology in the shallow waters along the Belgian Coast 346
SUBJECT INDEX 364