Index
533
Fonteneau, Alain, 112
Food and agricultural organisation (FAO),
104
Fram strait, 133
Fronts and frontal systems, 36
Functional diversity, 24
G
Galapagos islands, 79
Ganges/Brahmaputra system, 69
Gastropods, echinoderms, crustaceans, and
annelids, mortality of, 32
Gelatinous predators, functional groups, 91
Geomorphology, 67
Georges Bank, tidal front encircles, 41
Geostrophic velocity vectors, 6
GFST province, 157
Ghana and Ivory Coast, 127
Glacial mode, 116
Global area coverage data, 6
Global ocean observing system (GOOS), 4
Global oceanographic data, availability of
timely, from satellites, 5–11
Global oceans ecosystems dynamics
(GLOBEC), 4
“Globalization of marine ecosystems”, 31
GOCART model, 73, 78
Grand Bank and Nova Scotian shelf, 40
Graphs, seasonal, for production rate and
chlorophyll standing stock, 12
Grassland biome, 62
Gray whales, 142
“Great Front”, 363
“Great Whorl”, 195
Greenland-Iceland ridge, 145
Greenwich meridian, 60
Group on earth observations (GEO), 22
GUIA, Atlantic low latitudes, 86
Guianas coastal province (GUIA), 257–263
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 258
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 258–260
extent of province, 257
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 263
response of pelagic ecosystems, 260–261
synopsis, 261–263
GUIN province, 122, 127
Guinea current coastal province (GUIN),
233–241
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 233
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 234–237
extent of province, 233
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
239–241
response of pelagic ecosystems, 237–239
synopsis, 241
Gulf of Alaska, 391
Gulf of Aqaba, 293
Gulf of California, 114, 327, 405, 406
Gulf of Carpentaria, 423, 424, 425
Gulf of Guinea, 39, 122, 307
Gulf of Lions, 175
Gulf of Maine, 51
Gulf of Mexico, 68, 188
Gulf of Oman, 294, 299
Gulf of Panama, 405
Gulf of Papua, 426
Gulf of St. Lawrence, 163
Gulf of Thailand, 100, 423, 424
Gulf of Tonkin, 423, 425
Gulf stream, 345
ecology of warm water of, 164
and Kuroshio fronts, 54
north wall of, 38
Rossby’s theory of, 165
Gulf stream province (GFST), 163–166
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 163–164
extent of province, 163
response of pelagic ecosystems, 164–166
Gulf weed, floating, 172
GULFCAST, surveys in autumn 1988, 165
Gulfs of Bothnia, 114
H
Haptophytes, phytoplankton groups in sea
surface chlorophyll data, 7
Hawaii ocean time-series (HOT), 4
Hawaiian island chain, 358
Heinrich mode, 116
Herbivore ecology, 96
herbivores
larger, 48
noncrustacean, 48
small, 47
Heterotrophic bacteria and autotrophic cells,
differential distribution of, 17
High nutrient-low chlorophyll (HNLC), 71
High-trophic-level piscivores, 33
“HN” condition, 77
HNLC, 72
533
Fonteneau, Alain, 112
Food and agricultural organisation (FAO),
104
Fram strait, 133
Fronts and frontal systems, 36
Functional diversity, 24
G
Galapagos islands, 79
Ganges/Brahmaputra system, 69
Gastropods, echinoderms, crustaceans, and
annelids, mortality of, 32
Gelatinous predators, functional groups, 91
Geomorphology, 67
Georges Bank, tidal front encircles, 41
Geostrophic velocity vectors, 6
GFST province, 157
Ghana and Ivory Coast, 127
Glacial mode, 116
Global area coverage data, 6
Global ocean observing system (GOOS), 4
Global oceanographic data, availability of
timely, from satellites, 5–11
Global oceans ecosystems dynamics
(GLOBEC), 4
“Globalization of marine ecosystems”, 31
GOCART model, 73, 78
Grand Bank and Nova Scotian shelf, 40
Graphs, seasonal, for production rate and
chlorophyll standing stock, 12
Grassland biome, 62
Gray whales, 142
“Great Front”, 363
“Great Whorl”, 195
Greenland-Iceland ridge, 145
Greenwich meridian, 60
Group on earth observations (GEO), 22
GUIA, Atlantic low latitudes, 86
Guianas coastal province (GUIA), 257–263
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 258
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 258–260
extent of province, 257
regional benthic and demersal ecology, 263
response of pelagic ecosystems, 260–261
synopsis, 261–263
GUIN province, 122, 127
Guinea current coastal province (GUIN),
233–241
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 233
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 234–237
extent of province, 233
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
239–241
response of pelagic ecosystems, 237–239
synopsis, 241
Gulf of Alaska, 391
Gulf of Aqaba, 293
Gulf of California, 114, 327, 405, 406
Gulf of Carpentaria, 423, 424, 425
Gulf of Guinea, 39, 122, 307
Gulf of Lions, 175
Gulf of Maine, 51
Gulf of Mexico, 68, 188
Gulf of Oman, 294, 299
Gulf of Panama, 405
Gulf of Papua, 426
Gulf of St. Lawrence, 163
Gulf of Thailand, 100, 423, 424
Gulf of Tonkin, 423, 425
Gulf stream, 345
ecology of warm water of, 164
and Kuroshio fronts, 54
north wall of, 38
Rossby’s theory of, 165
Gulf stream province (GFST), 163–166
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 163–164
extent of province, 163
response of pelagic ecosystems, 164–166
Gulf weed, floating, 172
GULFCAST, surveys in autumn 1988, 165
Gulfs of Bothnia, 114
H
Haptophytes, phytoplankton groups in sea
surface chlorophyll data, 7
Hawaii ocean time-series (HOT), 4
Hawaiian island chain, 358
Heinrich mode, 116
Herbivore ecology, 96
herbivores
larger, 48
noncrustacean, 48
small, 47
Heterotrophic bacteria and autotrophic cells,
differential distribution of, 17
High nutrient-low chlorophyll (HNLC), 71
High-trophic-level piscivores, 33
“HN” condition, 77
HNLC, 72