532
Index
Eastern Africa coastal province (EAFR)
(Continued)
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
316–318
synopsis, 319
Eastern India coastal province (INDE),
309–313
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 309
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 310
extent of province, 309
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
312–313
regional response of the pelagic ecosystem,
310–312
synopsis, 313
Eastern tropical Atlantic province (ETRA),
201–209
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 201–204
extent of province, 201
response of pelagic ecosystems, 204–209
EASTROPAC
and EQUALANT, 2
zooplankton profiles, 28
Echinoderms and crustacea, exoskeletons
of, 70
Ecodiversity concept, 23
Ecological processes, physical control of,
51–70
Ecosystem, kinds of, 1
Ecotones
boundary layer as, 46
concept in terrestrial ecology, 35
concept of, 108
concept of fronts as, 43
with conjunctions, 35
with mesoscale eddies and filaments, 36
in shallower seas, 36
Eddies, vertical motion by, 54
Eddy field
eastern, 288
with episodic biological enhancement, 39
“Eddy-pumping”, 54
EIFEX 2004, 460
Ekman motion, downward, 100
“Ekman pumping”, 45
“Ekman suction”, 45
Ekman transport, 83
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
scale, 118
Empirical orthogonal function (EOF), 111
Energy, transferred within fluids, 116
English channel, 68
ENSO and PDO, 123
ENSO cycle, 375
effects of, 414
ENSO events, in tropical ocean, 123
ENSO index, multivariate, 414
Environmental pollution, cause for revolution
in oceanography, 3
Epinephalus and mycteropercu, tropical
groupers, 33
Epipelagic zone, 44
Epontic algae, growth of, 136
Epply/Peterson polynomial, 9
EQUALANT and CIPREA surveys, 204
Equatorial fronts, 37
Equatorial undercurrent (EUC), 196, 368
Erythrobacter, a-probacteria, 15
as photoautotrophs, 15
Eucalanus, species of, 48
Eucalanus bungii, 28
Eukaryotes, small, 46
Euphausia superba, 95
Euphausiids, 65
distribution of, 112
Euphotic zone phosphate, differences in, 79
European continental shelf, 42
Exotic species, introduction of, 32
Expatriation, 25
Expendable bathythermographs (XBTs), 3
External forcing, scales of, 116–118
F
Faeroe channel, 125
Faeroe-Iceland ridge, 149
Faeroe-Shetland channel, 125
Falklands plateau, 131
Fe
de Baar’s observations of, 82
example of, 71–87
sources and aerosol transport of, 73
Fe profile
over deep water, 74
in SWR, 456
Fe 2 O 3 , in banded iron formations, 73
Filchner-Rønne ice shelf, 470
Findlater jet, 284
Fish stocks, depletion of, cause for revolution
in oceanography, 3
FishBase, taxonomic compilations, 20
Fjord coastline, fractal nature of, 391
Index
Eastern Africa coastal province (EAFR)
(Continued)
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
316–318
synopsis, 319
Eastern India coastal province (INDE),
309–313
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 309
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 310
extent of province, 309
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
312–313
regional response of the pelagic ecosystem,
310–312
synopsis, 313
Eastern tropical Atlantic province (ETRA),
201–209
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 201–204
extent of province, 201
response of pelagic ecosystems, 204–209
EASTROPAC
and EQUALANT, 2
zooplankton profiles, 28
Echinoderms and crustacea, exoskeletons
of, 70
Ecodiversity concept, 23
Ecological processes, physical control of,
51–70
Ecosystem, kinds of, 1
Ecotones
boundary layer as, 46
concept in terrestrial ecology, 35
concept of, 108
concept of fronts as, 43
with conjunctions, 35
with mesoscale eddies and filaments, 36
in shallower seas, 36
Eddies, vertical motion by, 54
Eddy field
eastern, 288
with episodic biological enhancement, 39
“Eddy-pumping”, 54
EIFEX 2004, 460
Ekman motion, downward, 100
“Ekman pumping”, 45
“Ekman suction”, 45
Ekman transport, 83
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
scale, 118
Empirical orthogonal function (EOF), 111
Energy, transferred within fluids, 116
English channel, 68
ENSO and PDO, 123
ENSO cycle, 375
effects of, 414
ENSO events, in tropical ocean, 123
ENSO index, multivariate, 414
Environmental pollution, cause for revolution
in oceanography, 3
Epinephalus and mycteropercu, tropical
groupers, 33
Epipelagic zone, 44
Epontic algae, growth of, 136
Epply/Peterson polynomial, 9
EQUALANT and CIPREA surveys, 204
Equatorial fronts, 37
Equatorial undercurrent (EUC), 196, 368
Erythrobacter, a-probacteria, 15
as photoautotrophs, 15
Eucalanus, species of, 48
Eucalanus bungii, 28
Eukaryotes, small, 46
Euphausia superba, 95
Euphausiids, 65
distribution of, 112
Euphotic zone phosphate, differences in, 79
European continental shelf, 42
Exotic species, introduction of, 32
Expatriation, 25
Expendable bathythermographs (XBTs), 3
External forcing, scales of, 116–118
F
Faeroe channel, 125
Faeroe-Iceland ridge, 149
Faeroe-Shetland channel, 125
Falklands plateau, 131
Fe
de Baar’s observations of, 82
example of, 71–87
sources and aerosol transport of, 73
Fe profile
over deep water, 74
in SWR, 456
Fe 2 O 3 , in banded iron formations, 73
Filchner-Rønne ice shelf, 470
Findlater jet, 284
Fish stocks, depletion of, cause for revolution
in oceanography, 3
FishBase, taxonomic compilations, 20
Fjord coastline, fractal nature of, 391