Subject Index
longitudinal axis 70, 88
M
macrophytobenthos 61
macrotidal 37,124,129
management 15,36,59,61,62
mangroves 37,52,106
margins 52,83
marshes 106, 126, 135
matter, suspended 67-71,74,78
meanders 122
megaripples 119
-, fans 204
mesohaline 44,55,146
meteorological forcing 105,113, 169
microphytobenthos 59, 61
mineralization 32
mineralogy 140
mixing 20,28-32,35,42,44,47,51,55,67,69,70,93,
98,105,115,122,146,149,15°,153,155,171,180,214
-,zone 69,98
models 70,105,165, 166
mud 115, 116, 129
-, flats 116,129
-, fluid m. 150
N
nitrate 70,75-78
nitrite 70,76-78
nitrogen 31,32,48-51,57,58-60,62,77
nutrients 31,32,5°,52,57,59,67-7°,79,80,161
o
oil derivates 113
oligohaline 32, 44, 55, 110, 146
oligotrophic 56
organic
-, carbon 48,49,51,139
-, matter 56,57,60,78
oxygen 24,3°,54-56,59,67,69-71,79
-, content 30
-, depletion 79
p
partially stratified 44,92,93
particulate organic carbon (POC) 48,49,51
particulate phytoplankton carbon (PPC) 51
Peclet number 42
pelagic 36,55-59
pesticides 113
phosphate 31,49,57,70,73-78
phosphorus 31,48,75
phytoplankton 48,51-53,55-61,69,74,77-79
Pleistocene 2,4,6,17,4°-42,108,111,125,195,196
Pliocene 17,195
plumes 119
POC (see particulate organic carbon)
pollution 15
polyhaline 44, 51, 146
postglacial
-,rebound 4
-, transgression 2, 17
219
PPC (see particulate phytoplankton carbon)
precipitation 6,20,21,28,47,67,71,101,103,116,136
primary
-, production 31,32,36,50-59
-, productivity 24
processes
-, sedimentary 109
-, structural 4
prodelta 105
production, primary 31,32, 36, 50-59
Q
Quaternary 17,18,35-37,40
R
rainfall 16,20,28-32,45,48,69-73,80,85,135,136
recent 83,109,133,139,140,156, 161, 163, 195
red tides 79
remobilization 75,76
remote sensing 32,105,161, 180, 183, 190
residence time 21,35,69,70
residual
-, circulation 115,214
-, flow 83,97, 211
resuspension 55, 68,72,78, 80, 149, 150, 152, 155
rias 2,103,122,129
ridges 40, 135, 197
ripples 204
river
S
-, discharges 2,43,83,86,87,91,98,103, 111,
115,119, 121, 127, 133, 136, 144, 146, 149, 150, 153,
154,156,164,172,173,175,181,189,191,210,214
-, mouth 27, 117, 121, 181, 213
-, plumes 171, 173, 180, 183, 190
-, runoff 21,43, 45, 98, 106, 145, 155, 197
-, valleys 2,124
salinity 15,18, 20, 25, 27-32, 35, 42-46, 49, 51, 52,
67,69-79,84,86-98,106, 107,110-114,119-124,
133,144-15°,153,155,161,17°-183,187,189,19°,
209, 210-212, 214
salt
-, intrusion 3,4,90,121,133,140,147,148,155,
156,170, 179
-, marsh 113,116,126,127, 197, 198
-, wedge 86,91,95,177
sand 40,105,110,114,121,135,197,200,203-205,214
-, ridges 135, 197
-, waves 114, 203
satellite 32,89,119,153,155,161,162,183,184,187-191
sea level 2,17,18,25,40,43,60,93,105,112,113,
169,197,198,208
-, mean 25, 112
sediment
-, deposition 155,205
-, dispersion 140,156
-, distribution 141, 150, 153, 156, 203
-, supply 156
-, suspended 69,97,145,146,149-152,156
-, concentration 119,147,150, 152, 155, 163
-, transport 4,12,119,126,128,133,156,195,202
longitudinal axis 70, 88
M
macrophytobenthos 61
macrotidal 37,124,129
management 15,36,59,61,62
mangroves 37,52,106
margins 52,83
marshes 106, 126, 135
matter, suspended 67-71,74,78
meanders 122
megaripples 119
-, fans 204
mesohaline 44,55,146
meteorological forcing 105,113, 169
microphytobenthos 59, 61
mineralization 32
mineralogy 140
mixing 20,28-32,35,42,44,47,51,55,67,69,70,93,
98,105,115,122,146,149,15°,153,155,171,180,214
-,zone 69,98
models 70,105,165, 166
mud 115, 116, 129
-, flats 116,129
-, fluid m. 150
N
nitrate 70,75-78
nitrite 70,76-78
nitrogen 31,32,48-51,57,58-60,62,77
nutrients 31,32,5°,52,57,59,67-7°,79,80,161
o
oil derivates 113
oligohaline 32, 44, 55, 110, 146
oligotrophic 56
organic
-, carbon 48,49,51,139
-, matter 56,57,60,78
oxygen 24,3°,54-56,59,67,69-71,79
-, content 30
-, depletion 79
p
partially stratified 44,92,93
particulate organic carbon (POC) 48,49,51
particulate phytoplankton carbon (PPC) 51
Peclet number 42
pelagic 36,55-59
pesticides 113
phosphate 31,49,57,70,73-78
phosphorus 31,48,75
phytoplankton 48,51-53,55-61,69,74,77-79
Pleistocene 2,4,6,17,4°-42,108,111,125,195,196
Pliocene 17,195
plumes 119
POC (see particulate organic carbon)
pollution 15
polyhaline 44, 51, 146
postglacial
-,rebound 4
-, transgression 2, 17
219
PPC (see particulate phytoplankton carbon)
precipitation 6,20,21,28,47,67,71,101,103,116,136
primary
-, production 31,32,36,50-59
-, productivity 24
processes
-, sedimentary 109
-, structural 4
prodelta 105
production, primary 31,32, 36, 50-59
Q
Quaternary 17,18,35-37,40
R
rainfall 16,20,28-32,45,48,69-73,80,85,135,136
recent 83,109,133,139,140,156, 161, 163, 195
red tides 79
remobilization 75,76
remote sensing 32,105,161, 180, 183, 190
residence time 21,35,69,70
residual
-, circulation 115,214
-, flow 83,97, 211
resuspension 55, 68,72,78, 80, 149, 150, 152, 155
rias 2,103,122,129
ridges 40, 135, 197
ripples 204
river
S
-, discharges 2,43,83,86,87,91,98,103, 111,
115,119, 121, 127, 133, 136, 144, 146, 149, 150, 153,
154,156,164,172,173,175,181,189,191,210,214
-, mouth 27, 117, 121, 181, 213
-, plumes 171, 173, 180, 183, 190
-, runoff 21,43, 45, 98, 106, 145, 155, 197
-, valleys 2,124
salinity 15,18, 20, 25, 27-32, 35, 42-46, 49, 51, 52,
67,69-79,84,86-98,106, 107,110-114,119-124,
133,144-15°,153,155,161,17°-183,187,189,19°,
209, 210-212, 214
salt
-, intrusion 3,4,90,121,133,140,147,148,155,
156,170, 179
-, marsh 113,116,126,127, 197, 198
-, wedge 86,91,95,177
sand 40,105,110,114,121,135,197,200,203-205,214
-, ridges 135, 197
-, waves 114, 203
satellite 32,89,119,153,155,161,162,183,184,187-191
sea level 2,17,18,25,40,43,60,93,105,112,113,
169,197,198,208
-, mean 25, 112
sediment
-, deposition 155,205
-, dispersion 140,156
-, distribution 141, 150, 153, 156, 203
-, supply 156
-, suspended 69,97,145,146,149-152,156
-, concentration 119,147,150, 152, 155, 163
-, transport 4,12,119,126,128,133,156,195,202