Index
529
“Benguela Niño”, 121
Benguelan and offshore Falkland regions, 112
Benthic and pelagic organisms, patterns of
distribution of, 25
Benthic communities, 141
global classification of, 29
Benthic ecology, characteristic of, 70
Benthic fauna, ecology of, 307
Benthic foraminifera, identical sets of
specimens of, 22
Benthic-pelagic coupling, 102
geographic component of, 28–31
Benthos, global distribution of, 29
Benthos-feeding walrus, 142
“Bering Sea Green Belt”, 332
Bering sea, large epicontinental seas, 327
Bermuda Atlantic time series (BATS), 4, 168,
169
Bermuda station, for biological research, 169
Biodiversity concept, 23, 24
Biogeochemical provinces (BGCPs), 105
Biogeographic data, use of, problems
associated with, 19
Biogeography
basis of, 20
shifting baseline of, 20–24
“Bioherms”, 258
“Biohydro-optical class”, types of, 107
Biological oceanography, introduction to, 3
Biome, 62
coastal, 90, 99–102, 105
polar, 90, 94–95
primary, 89–102, 103
trades, 90, 97–99
westerlies, 95–97
BIONESS or LHPR sampling systems, 140
Biosphere concept, 62
BIOSYNOP 21, surveys in autumn 1988, 165
BIOTRANS station, 159
Bismarck and Solomon seas, 379
Black sea, 174, 176, 179
“Blue holes”, in chlorophyll field, 159
Bonferroni-Dunn post hoc test, 111
Boreal polar province (BPLR), 132–142
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 132–133
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 133–135
extent of province, 132
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
140–142
response of pelagic ecosystems, 135–140
Boreogadus saida, 95, 141
Bosphorus and Dardanelles, 174
“bourrelets froids”, 40
Bowls, topography of, 46
BPLR and SARC, boundary between, 132
Brackish surface layer
controlling exchange of water across
nutricline, 61
fresh water to form, 89
Brahmaputra-Ganges delta, 309, 311
Bray-Curtis clustering, 112
Brazil current coastal province (BRAZ),
264–268
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 264
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 264–265
extent of province, 264
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 267
response of pelagic ecosystems, 265–267
synopsis, 267
Brine, extracted from freezing seawater, 89
Bristol channel, 68
Brunt-Väisälä frequency, 60, 108, 212
C
C. pacificus, difference of, from California
coast and puget sound, 21
Calanoides carinatus, 101, 128
Calanus, ecology of, 21
Calanus, phylogenetic species concept to, 22
Calanus aghulensis, 318
Calanus finmarchicus, 128
CALC province, 410
California cooperative fisheries investigations
(CalCOFI), 397
California current, 129
dynamic circulation pattern of, 403
California current province (CALC), 396–404
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 397
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 397–399
extent of province, 396–397
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 403
regional response of the pelagic ecosystem,
399–403
synopsis, 403–404
“Callao painter”, 415
529
“Benguela Niño”, 121
Benguelan and offshore Falkland regions, 112
Benthic and pelagic organisms, patterns of
distribution of, 25
Benthic communities, 141
global classification of, 29
Benthic ecology, characteristic of, 70
Benthic fauna, ecology of, 307
Benthic foraminifera, identical sets of
specimens of, 22
Benthic-pelagic coupling, 102
geographic component of, 28–31
Benthos, global distribution of, 29
Benthos-feeding walrus, 142
“Bering Sea Green Belt”, 332
Bering sea, large epicontinental seas, 327
Bermuda Atlantic time series (BATS), 4, 168,
169
Bermuda station, for biological research, 169
Biodiversity concept, 23, 24
Biogeochemical provinces (BGCPs), 105
Biogeographic data, use of, problems
associated with, 19
Biogeography
basis of, 20
shifting baseline of, 20–24
“Bioherms”, 258
“Biohydro-optical class”, types of, 107
Biological oceanography, introduction to, 3
Biome, 62
coastal, 90, 99–102, 105
polar, 90, 94–95
primary, 89–102, 103
trades, 90, 97–99
westerlies, 95–97
BIONESS or LHPR sampling systems, 140
Biosphere concept, 62
BIOSYNOP 21, surveys in autumn 1988, 165
BIOTRANS station, 159
Bismarck and Solomon seas, 379
Black sea, 174, 176, 179
“Blue holes”, in chlorophyll field, 159
Bonferroni-Dunn post hoc test, 111
Boreal polar province (BPLR), 132–142
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 132–133
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 133–135
extent of province, 132
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
140–142
response of pelagic ecosystems, 135–140
Boreogadus saida, 95, 141
Bosphorus and Dardanelles, 174
“bourrelets froids”, 40
Bowls, topography of, 46
BPLR and SARC, boundary between, 132
Brackish surface layer
controlling exchange of water across
nutricline, 61
fresh water to form, 89
Brahmaputra-Ganges delta, 309, 311
Bray-Curtis clustering, 112
Brazil current coastal province (BRAZ),
264–268
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 264
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 264–265
extent of province, 264
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 267
response of pelagic ecosystems, 265–267
synopsis, 267
Brine, extracted from freezing seawater, 89
Bristol channel, 68
Brunt-Väisälä frequency, 60, 108, 212
C
C. pacificus, difference of, from California
coast and puget sound, 21
Calanoides carinatus, 101, 128
Calanus, ecology of, 21
Calanus, phylogenetic species concept to, 22
Calanus aghulensis, 318
Calanus finmarchicus, 128
CALC province, 410
California cooperative fisheries investigations
(CalCOFI), 397
California current, 129
dynamic circulation pattern of, 403
California current province (CALC), 396–404
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 397
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 397–399
extent of province, 396–397
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 403
regional response of the pelagic ecosystem,
399–403
synopsis, 403–404
“Callao painter”, 415