Index
539
Plymouth-Roscoff section, on western English
Channel, 43
PNEC and PEQD, equatorial provinces, 112
Polar, subtropical and equatorial frontal
systems, 36
Polar biome, 94
Polar frontal zone (PFZ), 61, 445, 446, 455
Post-challenger research, on ecological
process, 2
Pressure-gradient force, 56
PROBES and ISHTAR, fisheries-oriented
programs, 335
Prochlorococcus, phytoplankton groups in sea
surface chlorophyll data, 7
Prochlorococcus prokaryotic autotrophs, 16
Production peak
nutrient-limited spring, 64
polar irradiance-mediated, 64
Prograde tidal front, structure and circulation
within, 42
Prokaryote/eukaryote carbon ratio, 452
Protists, 47
Provinces, secondary compartments, 103–114
Pycnocline, 60
as both chlorophyll biomass, 45
and DCM, 46
horizontal front at shallow, 43
isolume within, 45
as seasonal/permanent, 45
Pycnocline topography, dynamic changes
in, 165
Pycnocline troughs, topography of, 46
Q
Qatari peninsula, 294
R
Radar altimeter, Topex-Poseidon series of, 5
Ragay gulf, in philippines, 428
Raptorial predators, functional groups, 91
Recourse, to estimate phytoplankton
productivity, 86
Red Sea, Arabian gulf province (REDS),
290–295
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 291
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 291
extent of province, 290
regional response of the pelagic
ecosystem, 293
synopsis, 295
“Red tides”, 63
Regional sea surface, slope of, 6
Relative flux, 78
Reversing monsoon, in trade wind biome, 126
Rhone valley, 174
Ridges, topography of, 46
Riley, Gordon, 169
Rim current, 177, 182
“Ring meander”, 163
Ross, marginal seas, 443
Rossby-wave upwelling, 55
Rototiller effect, 55
Rule-based modeling, 62
S
Salpingia, a genera, 47
SARC and adjacent BPLR region, 149
Sardina pilchardus, 122
Sardinella longiceps, oil sardine, 126
Sargasso sea, 164, 359
Sargassum, 99
Satellite-observed algal blooms, internal
dynamics of, 11–14
Scientific myths, William Dickinson’s
evocation of, 83
SCOR-IBP symposium, 275
Scotia sea, iron content in, 75
Sea, ecological geography of, 1–17
Sea of Azov, 174
“Sea Rover”, 157
Sea surface
irradiance, in low latitudes, 55
parameters of, 5
Sea surface elevation, of north Atlantic
ocean, 36
Sea surface temperature (SST), 5, 120
Sea-level anomalies (SLAs), 6, 39, 53
SeaSat, and GEOSAT, 6
SeaSat mission, proof-of-concept, 3
Seawater and chlorophyll, wavelength-specific
characteristics of, 7
SeaWiFS and MODIS, 387
chlorophyll values from, 9
evidence of serial chlorophyll images
from, 346
sensors, 177
SeaWiFS images, formats of, 8
Sedimentation, 69
“Sensible-heat polynyas”, 134
Sepik river, iron-rich shelf sediments in, 74
“Shear-flow” dispersion, 40
Shear-stress turbulence, 44
539
Plymouth-Roscoff section, on western English
Channel, 43
PNEC and PEQD, equatorial provinces, 112
Polar, subtropical and equatorial frontal
systems, 36
Polar biome, 94
Polar frontal zone (PFZ), 61, 445, 446, 455
Post-challenger research, on ecological
process, 2
Pressure-gradient force, 56
PROBES and ISHTAR, fisheries-oriented
programs, 335
Prochlorococcus, phytoplankton groups in sea
surface chlorophyll data, 7
Prochlorococcus prokaryotic autotrophs, 16
Production peak
nutrient-limited spring, 64
polar irradiance-mediated, 64
Prograde tidal front, structure and circulation
within, 42
Prokaryote/eukaryote carbon ratio, 452
Protists, 47
Provinces, secondary compartments, 103–114
Pycnocline, 60
as both chlorophyll biomass, 45
and DCM, 46
horizontal front at shallow, 43
isolume within, 45
as seasonal/permanent, 45
Pycnocline topography, dynamic changes
in, 165
Pycnocline troughs, topography of, 46
Q
Qatari peninsula, 294
R
Radar altimeter, Topex-Poseidon series of, 5
Ragay gulf, in philippines, 428
Raptorial predators, functional groups, 91
Recourse, to estimate phytoplankton
productivity, 86
Red Sea, Arabian gulf province (REDS),
290–295
continental shelf topography and tidal and
shelf-edge fronts, 291
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 291
extent of province, 290
regional response of the pelagic
ecosystem, 293
synopsis, 295
“Red tides”, 63
Regional sea surface, slope of, 6
Relative flux, 78
Reversing monsoon, in trade wind biome, 126
Rhone valley, 174
Ridges, topography of, 46
Riley, Gordon, 169
Rim current, 177, 182
“Ring meander”, 163
Ross, marginal seas, 443
Rossby-wave upwelling, 55
Rototiller effect, 55
Rule-based modeling, 62
S
Salpingia, a genera, 47
SARC and adjacent BPLR region, 149
Sardina pilchardus, 122
Sardinella longiceps, oil sardine, 126
Sargasso sea, 164, 359
Sargassum, 99
Satellite-observed algal blooms, internal
dynamics of, 11–14
Scientific myths, William Dickinson’s
evocation of, 83
SCOR-IBP symposium, 275
Scotia sea, iron content in, 75
Sea, ecological geography of, 1–17
Sea of Azov, 174
“Sea Rover”, 157
Sea surface
irradiance, in low latitudes, 55
parameters of, 5
Sea surface elevation, of north Atlantic
ocean, 36
Sea surface temperature (SST), 5, 120
Sea-level anomalies (SLAs), 6, 39, 53
SeaSat, and GEOSAT, 6
SeaSat mission, proof-of-concept, 3
Seawater and chlorophyll, wavelength-specific
characteristics of, 7
SeaWiFS and MODIS, 387
chlorophyll values from, 9
evidence of serial chlorophyll images
from, 346
sensors, 177
SeaWiFS images, formats of, 8
Sedimentation, 69
“Sensible-heat polynyas”, 134
Sepik river, iron-rich shelf sediments in, 74
“Shear-flow” dispersion, 40
Shear-stress turbulence, 44