Index
541
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
427–428
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
425–427
synopsis, 428–429
SUPER hypothesis, 80
Surface layers, force stratification of, 89
Surface water masses, circulation and
stratification of, 89
Sverdrup model
anomalies of, 52
component of complex/coupled
biophysical system, 52
validity of, 52
Sverdrup’s critical depth theory, 51
SW flanks, 176
SW Pacific, Archipegalic regions, 90
Swift, James, 143
Synechococcus
phytoplankton groups in sea surface
chlorophyll data, 7
prokaryotic autotrophs, 16
“Syngens”, 23
T
Taiwan strait, 418
“Target organisms”, 4
Tasman sea province (TASM), 354–356
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 353
extent of province, 354
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
355–356
synopsis, 356
Taxonomic diversity, discussion on, 23
Taxonomic groups, 91
Tellina communities, 30
Tellina communities, 30
Tellina communities, 182
Tellinoides isocommunities, 30
Temperature and nitrate, diagrammatic
meridional section of, 37
Thermohaline circulation (THC), 116
Thorson’s system, 29
Tidal forcing, 67
Tidal streams, velocity of, 43
Tides and tidal streams, 68
Time-sensitive mapping, 5
Timor sea, 321, 423
Tintinnoposis, a genera, 47
TIROS-N, 5
TOPEX-POSEIDON and MODIS, 35
TOPEX-POSEIDON data, 157
TOPEX-POSEIDON SLA and SeaWiFS
chlorophyll, cross-spectral analysis of, 55
Tornadoes, 103
Trade wind biome, 128
provinces of, 122
Trade wind seasonality, small-amplitude
response to, 65
Trade-wind zone, 97
Trade-winds regime, 98
Transition, concept in terrestrial ecology, 35
Transition zones, 27
“Trophic cascade” theory, 24
Tropical Ekman layer, 57, 98
Tropical groupers, 33
Tropical instability waves (TIWs), 196
Tropical ocean/global atmosphere (TOGA)
program, 3
Tropical zone, 27
“Tropicalisation” process, 33
Trucial coast, 294
Turbulence, induced by wind, 44
Typical tropical profile (TTP), 45
“Typical tropical situation”, ecological
relationships in, 48
Typical tropical structure (TTS), 187
U
Upper central deep water (UCDW), 464
Upper ocean, primary biomes of, 90
“Upwelling” coasts, 69
Upwelling front, 40
Upwelling processes, of Chile, 411
US-NOAA environmental satellites,
polar-orbiting, 5
V
Vanuatu islands, 379
Venus community, 182
Venus fluctuosa community, 155, 395
Venus isocommunities, 30
Vertical diffusive nutrient flux, 359
Vertical flux, 102
Viscous realm water, 15
Von Karman vortex street, 358
Vortex contraction, 165
W
“Wallace’s line”, 19
Warm Atlantic current, 133
“Warm pool”, 60
WARM province, 377
541
regional benthic and demersal ecology,
427–428
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
425–427
synopsis, 428–429
SUPER hypothesis, 80
Surface layers, force stratification of, 89
Surface water masses, circulation and
stratification of, 89
Sverdrup model
anomalies of, 52
component of complex/coupled
biophysical system, 52
validity of, 52
Sverdrup’s critical depth theory, 51
SW flanks, 176
SW Pacific, Archipegalic regions, 90
Swift, James, 143
Synechococcus
phytoplankton groups in sea surface
chlorophyll data, 7
prokaryotic autotrophs, 16
“Syngens”, 23
T
Taiwan strait, 418
“Target organisms”, 4
Tasman sea province (TASM), 354–356
defining characteristics of regional
oceanography, 353
extent of province, 354
regional response of pelagic ecosystem,
355–356
synopsis, 356
Taxonomic diversity, discussion on, 23
Taxonomic groups, 91
Tellina communities, 30
Tellina communities, 30
Tellina communities, 182
Tellinoides isocommunities, 30
Temperature and nitrate, diagrammatic
meridional section of, 37
Thermohaline circulation (THC), 116
Thorson’s system, 29
Tidal forcing, 67
Tidal streams, velocity of, 43
Tides and tidal streams, 68
Time-sensitive mapping, 5
Timor sea, 321, 423
Tintinnoposis, a genera, 47
TIROS-N, 5
TOPEX-POSEIDON and MODIS, 35
TOPEX-POSEIDON data, 157
TOPEX-POSEIDON SLA and SeaWiFS
chlorophyll, cross-spectral analysis of, 55
Tornadoes, 103
Trade wind biome, 128
provinces of, 122
Trade wind seasonality, small-amplitude
response to, 65
Trade-wind zone, 97
Trade-winds regime, 98
Transition, concept in terrestrial ecology, 35
Transition zones, 27
“Trophic cascade” theory, 24
Tropical Ekman layer, 57, 98
Tropical groupers, 33
Tropical instability waves (TIWs), 196
Tropical ocean/global atmosphere (TOGA)
program, 3
Tropical zone, 27
“Tropicalisation” process, 33
Trucial coast, 294
Turbulence, induced by wind, 44
Typical tropical profile (TTP), 45
“Typical tropical situation”, ecological
relationships in, 48
Typical tropical structure (TTS), 187
U
Upper central deep water (UCDW), 464
Upper ocean, primary biomes of, 90
“Upwelling” coasts, 69
Upwelling front, 40
Upwelling processes, of Chile, 411
US-NOAA environmental satellites,
polar-orbiting, 5
V
Vanuatu islands, 379
Venus community, 182
Venus fluctuosa community, 155, 395
Venus isocommunities, 30
Vertical diffusive nutrient flux, 359
Vertical flux, 102
Viscous realm water, 15
Von Karman vortex street, 358
Vortex contraction, 165
W
“Wallace’s line”, 19
Warm Atlantic current, 133
“Warm pool”, 60
WARM province, 377