Index
A
Abyssal depths, 1
Acoustic doppler current
profilers (ADCPs), 3
Acropora and Porites, 29
Active altimetry, use of, 6
ADIOS project, 85
Adriatic sea, 175
Advanced very high resolution radiometer
(AVHRR), 5
Aerosol flux, rarefaction of, 78
Agulhas current, 275, 315, 449
Agulhas eddy field, 54
Agulhas region, 314
Airborne dust particles, 74
Alaska coastal downwelling province (ALSK),
389–396
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 389–390
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 390–392
extent of province, 389
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 395
regional response of the pelagic ecosystem,
392–394
synopsis, 395–396
Alaskan gyre, 95, 342
Aleutian islands, 331
“Algal blooms”, 11
Algal growth
demonstration of control of, 13
regulation of, by iron, 82
AMASSEDS surveys, 262
Amazon
and Congo, 79
and Orinoco, 259
Amazon plune, 384
Ampelisca community, 142
Amphioplus community, 30, 395
Amphioplus/Lovenia isocommunity, 30
Amphipoda community, 30
Amphiura community, 30, 182
Amphiura filiformis, 102
Amphiura/Brissopsis community, 30
AMT observations, 211
Amundsen basin, 136, 443
Amur river, 420
Analogous eddy, 39
Anderson/Robinson model, 165
Annual surface nitrate, lack of coherence
between patterns of, 77
ANTA and APLR, 446
Antarctic circumpolar current (ACC), 82, 443
Antarctic krill, keystone organisms, 466
Antarctic peninsula, 443
Antarctic polar biome, 463–475
Antarctic province (ANTA), 463–468
biological response and regional ecology,
464–468
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 463
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 463–464
extent of province, 463
Anticyclonic gyres, 177
Anticyclonic stress, 45
Antilles islands, 189
ARAB and INDW, 280
ARAB province, 195
Arabian gulf, 292
characteristic of, 295
Arabian sea, 275, 279
deep oxygen minimum, 284
thermal structure of, 277
Arafura sea, 423, 428
Arafura sea/Gulf of Carpentaria region, 423
Archipelagic deep basins province (ARCH),
378–385
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 379–380
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 380–381
extent of province, 378–379
527
A
Abyssal depths, 1
Acoustic doppler current
profilers (ADCPs), 3
Acropora and Porites, 29
Active altimetry, use of, 6
ADIOS project, 85
Adriatic sea, 175
Advanced very high resolution radiometer
(AVHRR), 5
Aerosol flux, rarefaction of, 78
Agulhas current, 275, 315, 449
Agulhas eddy field, 54
Agulhas region, 314
Airborne dust particles, 74
Alaska coastal downwelling province (ALSK),
389–396
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 389–390
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 390–392
extent of province, 389
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 395
regional response of the pelagic ecosystem,
392–394
synopsis, 395–396
Alaskan gyre, 95, 342
Aleutian islands, 331
“Algal blooms”, 11
Algal growth
demonstration of control of, 13
regulation of, by iron, 82
AMASSEDS surveys, 262
Amazon
and Congo, 79
and Orinoco, 259
Amazon plune, 384
Ampelisca community, 142
Amphioplus community, 30, 395
Amphioplus/Lovenia isocommunity, 30
Amphipoda community, 30
Amphiura community, 30, 182
Amphiura filiformis, 102
Amphiura/Brissopsis community, 30
AMT observations, 211
Amundsen basin, 136, 443
Amur river, 420
Analogous eddy, 39
Anderson/Robinson model, 165
Annual surface nitrate, lack of coherence
between patterns of, 77
ANTA and APLR, 446
Antarctic circumpolar current (ACC), 82, 443
Antarctic krill, keystone organisms, 466
Antarctic peninsula, 443
Antarctic polar biome, 463–475
Antarctic province (ANTA), 463–468
biological response and regional ecology,
464–468
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 463
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 463–464
extent of province, 463
Anticyclonic gyres, 177
Anticyclonic stress, 45
Antilles islands, 189
ARAB and INDW, 280
ARAB province, 195
Arabian gulf, 292
characteristic of, 295
Arabian sea, 275, 279
deep oxygen minimum, 284
thermal structure of, 277
Arafura sea, 423, 428
Arafura sea/Gulf of Carpentaria region, 423
Archipelagic deep basins province (ARCH),
378–385
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 379–380
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 380–381
extent of province, 378–379
527