530
Index
Canary current coastal province (CNRY),
224–233
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 224–225
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 225–228
extent of province, 224
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
231–233
response of pelagic ecosystems, 228–231
Canary current, fisheries responses in, 122
Cape Aguja, 410
Cape Agulhas, 314
Cape Cascade and Cape Foulwind, 437
Cape Farewell, 133, 145
Cape Finisterre, 113
Cape Frio, 242
Cape Granitola, 179
Cape Guardafui, 298
Cape Hatteras, 40, 163
Cape Horn, 409
Cape Leeuwin, 321
Cape Mendocino, point conception to, 399
Cape of Good Hope, 210, 242, 314, 449
Cape Palmas, 128
Cape San Lucas and Cape Corrientes, 406
Cape Town, 314
Cape Verde islands, 185
Capsize, 39
Caribbean province (CARB), 188–193
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 189
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 189–190
extent of province, 188
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 192
response of pelagic ecosystems, 191–192
synopsis, 193
“Catastrophic ecosystem shifts”, 123
“Cell-lifting mechanism”, 55
Celtic sea, 114
Central American coastal province (CAMR),
404–408
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 405
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 405–406
extent of province, 404
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 408
regional response of the pelagic ecosystem,
406–407
synopsis, 408
“Central water mass”, 361
Chaetoceros curvisetus, fast-growing diatom
species, 301
Chaetognaths and siphonophores, 21
Challenger voyage, 2, 20
Cheju island, 418
CHIL province, 367
Chile coastal current, 410
China sea coastal province (CHIN), 417–422
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 417–418
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 418–419
extent of province, 417
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
421–422
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
420–421
synopsis, 422
Chlamydomonas nivalis, 135
Chlorophyll, second accumulation of, 94
Chlorophyll biomass, 17
and dust deposition, relationship
between, 72
seasonal cycles of, 10
Chlorophyll cycle, 172
Chukchi sea, 140, 142
Circulation, around periphery of subarctic
gyre, 390
“Clades”, 23
Climate change, cause for revolution in
oceanography, 3
“Climax vegetation”, 62
CNES-France POLDER instruments, 8
CNRY, Atlantic low latitudes, 86
Coastal asymmetry, 67
Coastal boundary zone, concept of, 100
Coastal habitat, 89
Coastal sea stratification
by excess of precipitation over
evaporation, 41
by freshwater run-off, 41
by solar heating, 41
Coastal seas, practicable and useful partitions
in, 113–114
Coastal upwelling, 1
and nutrient enrichment, 100
Coastal zone colour scanner (CZCS), 8
Coastal zone, fractal nature of, 114
“Cold-core” eddy, 53
ecology of, 165
Index
Canary current coastal province (CNRY),
224–233
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 224–225
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 225–228
extent of province, 224
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
231–233
response of pelagic ecosystems, 228–231
Canary current, fisheries responses in, 122
Cape Aguja, 410
Cape Agulhas, 314
Cape Cascade and Cape Foulwind, 437
Cape Farewell, 133, 145
Cape Finisterre, 113
Cape Frio, 242
Cape Granitola, 179
Cape Guardafui, 298
Cape Hatteras, 40, 163
Cape Horn, 409
Cape Leeuwin, 321
Cape Mendocino, point conception to, 399
Cape of Good Hope, 210, 242, 314, 449
Cape Palmas, 128
Cape San Lucas and Cape Corrientes, 406
Cape Town, 314
Cape Verde islands, 185
Capsize, 39
Caribbean province (CARB), 188–193
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 189
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 189–190
extent of province, 188
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 192
response of pelagic ecosystems, 191–192
synopsis, 193
“Catastrophic ecosystem shifts”, 123
“Cell-lifting mechanism”, 55
Celtic sea, 114
Central American coastal province (CAMR),
404–408
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 405
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 405–406
extent of province, 404
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 408
regional response of the pelagic ecosystem,
406–407
synopsis, 408
“Central water mass”, 361
Chaetoceros curvisetus, fast-growing diatom
species, 301
Chaetognaths and siphonophores, 21
Challenger voyage, 2, 20
Cheju island, 418
CHIL province, 367
Chile coastal current, 410
China sea coastal province (CHIN), 417–422
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 417–418
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 418–419
extent of province, 417
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
421–422
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
420–421
synopsis, 422
Chlamydomonas nivalis, 135
Chlorophyll, second accumulation of, 94
Chlorophyll biomass, 17
and dust deposition, relationship
between, 72
seasonal cycles of, 10
Chlorophyll cycle, 172
Chukchi sea, 140, 142
Circulation, around periphery of subarctic
gyre, 390
“Clades”, 23
Climate change, cause for revolution in
oceanography, 3
“Climax vegetation”, 62
CNES-France POLDER instruments, 8
CNRY, Atlantic low latitudes, 86
Coastal asymmetry, 67
Coastal boundary zone, concept of, 100
Coastal habitat, 89
Coastal sea stratification
by excess of precipitation over
evaporation, 41
by freshwater run-off, 41
by solar heating, 41
Coastal seas, practicable and useful partitions
in, 113–114
Coastal upwelling, 1
and nutrient enrichment, 100
Coastal zone colour scanner (CZCS), 8
Coastal zone, fractal nature of, 114
“Cold-core” eddy, 53
ecology of, 165