356
clam fisheries 225
cliff erosion 269
Clipperton Atoll (largest E Pacific coral
reef) 288
Coastal Arc 90
coastal current 229
coastal geomorphology 315
coastal lagoon 22, 33,307,322
coastal upwelling 10,230,345
coastal zone management 161
Cocos Island 291
Cocos Plate 307
cofferdam 67
Coiba Island 288
cold fronts 132
coliform 78
Colombia 265, 288
Colorado River 205,331
commercial shipping docks 114
commercial species 160
cone-shaped hypolimnion 49,51
consumer organisms 176
contamination 214
continental drainage flow 341
continental shelf 6, 345
coral 25,281
coral bleaching 284, 298
coral fauna 86
coral pinnacles "chapeiroes" 90
coralline algae 88
corallivores 292
Coriolis force 231
Costa Rica Coastal Current 282
cownose ray 22
crown-of-thorns sea star 284
crustacean guards 293
current 345
cyclonic circulation 334
cyclonic circulation gyre 346
cyclonic eddies 21, 152
Dagua River 266, 267
damselfish 292
Dean's parameter 224
decomposition 176, 267
degradation 40
demersal 156
demersal fishes 103
demersial fisheries 237
desert landscape 328
detritivores 272
Subject Index
detritivorous 194
detritus 172, 256
diatoms 238
dinoflagellate blooms 291
dissolved oxygen 122, 249, 267
diurnal variations 120
diversion of freshwater 350
domestic and industrial waste 114
dredging 56
drift -algae 172
drowned valley 265
dry sub-humid 307
eastern Brazil coastal region 85
eastern tropical Pacific 281
ebb deltas 206
ecological functions 122
Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) 159
economic impact 260
ecosystem management 259
ecotone 196
ecotourism 28
Ecuador 245,282,288
Ekman transport 231
El Nifio 94, 151, 180,238,247,267,284,
288,340,344
El Salvador 287
elasmobranchs ISS, 192
encrusting community 172
endemic 54, 65
endemism 317
energy flow 140
Engraulididae 37
ENSO 298,321,344,
environmental impact 199
environmental quality 258
epilimnion 49
epiphyte colonization 175
Equatorial Under Current 282
estuarine circulation 107
estuarine habitats 169
estuarine plume 149
estuarine stocks 181
estuarine zonation 133
estuary 185
euhaline 35
euryhaline forms 52
eutrophication 36, 181,258,260,309
exotic species 303
clam fisheries 225
cliff erosion 269
Clipperton Atoll (largest E Pacific coral
reef) 288
Coastal Arc 90
coastal current 229
coastal geomorphology 315
coastal lagoon 22, 33,307,322
coastal upwelling 10,230,345
coastal zone management 161
Cocos Island 291
Cocos Plate 307
cofferdam 67
Coiba Island 288
cold fronts 132
coliform 78
Colombia 265, 288
Colorado River 205,331
commercial shipping docks 114
commercial species 160
cone-shaped hypolimnion 49,51
consumer organisms 176
contamination 214
continental drainage flow 341
continental shelf 6, 345
coral 25,281
coral bleaching 284, 298
coral fauna 86
coral pinnacles "chapeiroes" 90
coralline algae 88
corallivores 292
Coriolis force 231
Costa Rica Coastal Current 282
cownose ray 22
crown-of-thorns sea star 284
crustacean guards 293
current 345
cyclonic circulation 334
cyclonic circulation gyre 346
cyclonic eddies 21, 152
Dagua River 266, 267
damselfish 292
Dean's parameter 224
decomposition 176, 267
degradation 40
demersal 156
demersal fishes 103
demersial fisheries 237
desert landscape 328
detritivores 272
Subject Index
detritivorous 194
detritus 172, 256
diatoms 238
dinoflagellate blooms 291
dissolved oxygen 122, 249, 267
diurnal variations 120
diversion of freshwater 350
domestic and industrial waste 114
dredging 56
drift -algae 172
drowned valley 265
dry sub-humid 307
eastern Brazil coastal region 85
eastern tropical Pacific 281
ebb deltas 206
ecological functions 122
Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) 159
economic impact 260
ecosystem management 259
ecotone 196
ecotourism 28
Ecuador 245,282,288
Ekman transport 231
El Nifio 94, 151, 180,238,247,267,284,
288,340,344
El Salvador 287
elasmobranchs ISS, 192
encrusting community 172
endemic 54, 65
endemism 317
energy flow 140
Engraulididae 37
ENSO 298,321,344,
environmental impact 199
environmental quality 258
epilimnion 49
epiphyte colonization 175
Equatorial Under Current 282
estuarine circulation 107
estuarine habitats 169
estuarine plume 149
estuarine stocks 181
estuarine zonation 133
estuary 185
euhaline 35
euryhaline forms 52
eutrophication 36, 181,258,260,309
exotic species 303