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21.4.1 .1 Environmental Setting
21.4.1.2 Biotic Components ..
21.4.1.3 Ecosystem Metabolism
21.5
Natural Resources and Human Impact
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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22.4
22.5
The Colorado River Estuary and Upper Gulf
of California, Baja, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . .
S. Alvarez-Borrego
Introduction
Meteorology .
Environmental Settings
Biological Communities
Human Impacts
References .............
A Summary of Natural and Human-Induced Variables
in Coastal Marine Ecosystems of Latin America
B. Kjerfve, U. Seeliger, and L. Drude De Lacerda
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Climate and Hydrology
El Nino-La Nina Cycle .
Ocean Currents . . . . .
Tides, Waves, and Relative Sea Level
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Human Impacts
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