Subject Index
faunal assemblages 271
fertilization 151
filamentosous bacteria 236
filterfeeding 194
fine sediments120
fish 320
fish assemblages 65
fish fauna 126
fisheries 40, 42, 56, 67, 68, 113,127, 142,
199,200,278,328
fishery policy 161
fishery products 27
food chain 176, 158,238
food web 274,276
foredeep basins 12
forested freshwater wetland 310
freshwater discharge 111
freshwater flow rates 168
freshwater input 135
freshwater runoff 110, 149
freshwater tributaries 207
fringing reefs 92
front 187, 188, 189, 199
Galapagos Islands 284,288,291
geomorphology 205
Gladden Spit 19,26
Glen Canyon dam 333
Gorgona Island 288
gradients 36
gravel bottom 194
gravitational circulation 112
grazer 178, 235
grazing pressure 99
groundwater 328
groundwater infiltration 308
growth history of fringing reef 296
guano birds 238
Guatemala 27,287
Guayas River 245
Gulf of California 331
Gulf of Guayaquil 245, 282
Gulf of Papagayo 287
Gulf of Venezuela 47,48
Guyana Current 63
herbivore populations 295
herbivory 274
heterotrophic system 326
Holocene 62, 109
Hoover dam 333
Huatulco coast 284
human impact 141,258
human population 327
Humbolt Current 247
humic substances 120, 124
humpback whale 89
hurricane 19, 308
hydrocorals 87, 284
hydrodynamic 121,168
hydrological balance
73
357
hydrological restoration 44
hypersaline system 312
hyper-synchronous-type estuary 208
hypoxia 249
ichthyofauna 54, 170,213
ichthyoplankton 191, 193
illegal exploitation 194
indicators 241
industrial fisheries 160
industrial wastes 214
Integrated Coastal Area Management
351
inter-annual variability 17 4
intertidal reef flat 91
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone 265
introduced species 189,190
invading species 241
invertebrates 340
Isla La Plata 288
jewfish 23
kelp forest 318
La Nina 242, 344, 345
lagoon system 122
landscape ecology 30
largest known coral reef 288
latitudinal regions 315
litter fall 255
litter production 274,310
little ice age 287
littoral communities 51
Machalilla (southern-most E Pacific
coral reef) 288
macrobenthic 125, 153
macroflora 101
macroinfauna
Magdalena fan
220,222,223,224
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faunal assemblages 271
fertilization 151
filamentosous bacteria 236
filterfeeding 194
fine sediments120
fish 320
fish assemblages 65
fish fauna 126
fisheries 40, 42, 56, 67, 68, 113,127, 142,
199,200,278,328
fishery policy 161
fishery products 27
food chain 176, 158,238
food web 274,276
foredeep basins 12
forested freshwater wetland 310
freshwater discharge 111
freshwater flow rates 168
freshwater input 135
freshwater runoff 110, 149
freshwater tributaries 207
fringing reefs 92
front 187, 188, 189, 199
Galapagos Islands 284,288,291
geomorphology 205
Gladden Spit 19,26
Glen Canyon dam 333
Gorgona Island 288
gradients 36
gravel bottom 194
gravitational circulation 112
grazer 178, 235
grazing pressure 99
groundwater 328
groundwater infiltration 308
growth history of fringing reef 296
guano birds 238
Guatemala 27,287
Guayas River 245
Gulf of California 331
Gulf of Guayaquil 245, 282
Gulf of Papagayo 287
Gulf of Venezuela 47,48
Guyana Current 63
herbivore populations 295
herbivory 274
heterotrophic system 326
Holocene 62, 109
Hoover dam 333
Huatulco coast 284
human impact 141,258
human population 327
Humbolt Current 247
humic substances 120, 124
humpback whale 89
hurricane 19, 308
hydrocorals 87, 284
hydrodynamic 121,168
hydrological balance
73
357
hydrological restoration 44
hypersaline system 312
hyper-synchronous-type estuary 208
hypoxia 249
ichthyofauna 54, 170,213
ichthyoplankton 191, 193
illegal exploitation 194
indicators 241
industrial fisheries 160
industrial wastes 214
Integrated Coastal Area Management
351
inter-annual variability 17 4
intertidal reef flat 91
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone 265
introduced species 189,190
invading species 241
invertebrates 340
Isla La Plata 288
jewfish 23
kelp forest 318
La Nina 242, 344, 345
lagoon system 122
landscape ecology 30
largest known coral reef 288
latitudinal regions 315
litter fall 255
litter production 274,310
little ice age 287
littoral communities 51
Machalilla (southern-most E Pacific
coral reef) 288
macrobenthic 125, 153
macroflora 101
macroinfauna
Magdalena fan
220,222,223,224
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