Index
531
Colored dissolved organic material (CDOM),
8, 420
“Consortive” ecosystem, 155
Continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 314
Continental shelves
ecological processes on, 70
ecosystems of, modified by industrial
fishing, 33
fundamental habitat of coastal biome, 100
Continental terraces, form of, 69
Continuous plankton recorder (CPR) survey,
91, 112
Cook, James, 329
Cook strait, 437
Cooper, Leslie, 39
Cooperative studies of Kuroshio
(CSK), 344
Copepods, 65
characteristic groups of, 47
distribution, 25
herbivorous, 49
taxonomic status of, 21
Coral sea, 379
mixed layer of, 430
Coriolis parameter
by earth’s rotation, 56
latitudinal change in, 57
Cortéz, sea of, 405
Coscinodiscus spp, 128
Coscinodiscus wailesii, a well-known genus of
discoid centric diatoms, 32
Costa Rica Coastal current, 405
Costa Rica Dome, 49, 363, 365
Critical depth
calculate irradiance at, 52
concept of, 51
Cyanobacteria and prochlorophytes, 46, 91
Cyclonic eddies, 39
Cyclonic storms, 103
Cyclonic stress, 45
Cyclothone alba, 22
CZCS chlorophyll field, 51
D
Dansgaard-Oeschger events, in
paleoceanographic record, 116
Danube and Dniester, 174, 177
Danube delta, 182
Deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM), 45,
55, 333
Deep-Sea Research, 276
Demersal fish
decline in, 33
ecology of, 267
DeSoto canyon, 189
Detritivores, functional groups, 91
Diatoms
and coccolithophores, 139
dinoflagellates and, 46
endosymbionts within, 99
near base of open-ocean ecosystem, 31
phytoplankton groups in sea surface
chlorophyll data, 7
silicon-depleted, 160
vernal flowering of, 11
Dickinson, William, 71
Dictyocystis, species of, 47
Diel migrants, 150
Diel vertical migrations, 179
Digoel river, 426
“Dilution zone”, 397
Dinoflagellates and ciliates, 340
Dinoflagellates and microalgae, 451
“Distinct Thermal Structure”, 106
Domes, topography of, 46
DON, active flux of, 160
Drake passage, 443
Dust devils, 103
E
EAFR coastal province, 242
Earth-orbiting satellites, for images of sea
surface, 3
East African current, 315
East Australian coastal province (AUSE),
429–435
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 430
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 430–431
extent of province, 429
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
433–434
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
432–433
synopsis, 434–435
Eastern Africa coastal province (EAFR),
314–320
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 314–316
extent of province, 314
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
318–319
531
Colored dissolved organic material (CDOM),
8, 420
“Consortive” ecosystem, 155
Continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 314
Continental shelves
ecological processes on, 70
ecosystems of, modified by industrial
fishing, 33
fundamental habitat of coastal biome, 100
Continental terraces, form of, 69
Continuous plankton recorder (CPR) survey,
91, 112
Cook, James, 329
Cook strait, 437
Cooper, Leslie, 39
Cooperative studies of Kuroshio
(CSK), 344
Copepods, 65
characteristic groups of, 47
distribution, 25
herbivorous, 49
taxonomic status of, 21
Coral sea, 379
mixed layer of, 430
Coriolis parameter
by earth’s rotation, 56
latitudinal change in, 57
Cortéz, sea of, 405
Coscinodiscus spp, 128
Coscinodiscus wailesii, a well-known genus of
discoid centric diatoms, 32
Costa Rica Coastal current, 405
Costa Rica Dome, 49, 363, 365
Critical depth
calculate irradiance at, 52
concept of, 51
Cyanobacteria and prochlorophytes, 46, 91
Cyclonic eddies, 39
Cyclonic storms, 103
Cyclonic stress, 45
Cyclothone alba, 22
CZCS chlorophyll field, 51
D
Dansgaard-Oeschger events, in
paleoceanographic record, 116
Danube and Dniester, 174, 177
Danube delta, 182
Deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM), 45,
55, 333
Deep-Sea Research, 276
Demersal fish
decline in, 33
ecology of, 267
DeSoto canyon, 189
Detritivores, functional groups, 91
Diatoms
and coccolithophores, 139
dinoflagellates and, 46
endosymbionts within, 99
near base of open-ocean ecosystem, 31
phytoplankton groups in sea surface
chlorophyll data, 7
silicon-depleted, 160
vernal flowering of, 11
Dickinson, William, 71
Dictyocystis, species of, 47
Diel migrants, 150
Diel vertical migrations, 179
Digoel river, 426
“Dilution zone”, 397
Dinoflagellates and ciliates, 340
Dinoflagellates and microalgae, 451
“Distinct Thermal Structure”, 106
Domes, topography of, 46
DON, active flux of, 160
Drake passage, 443
Dust devils, 103
E
EAFR coastal province, 242
Earth-orbiting satellites, for images of sea
surface, 3
East African current, 315
East Australian coastal province (AUSE),
429–435
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 430
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 430–431
extent of province, 429
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
433–434
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
432–433
synopsis, 434–435
Eastern Africa coastal province (EAFR),
314–320
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 314–316
extent of province, 314
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
318–319