358
Magdalena river 34
Malpelo Island 288
Malvinas Current 147
management 242
management strategies 182
manatee
77, 79
mangrove 22,38,52,64,74,75,76,77,
78,79,119,137,251,309
mangrove communities 113, 297
mangrove crab 255
mangrove forests 123
mangrove litter 122,275
mangrove timber 67
mangrove types 271
Maria Cleofas Island 287
Marias Islands 287
marine mammal 337
marine parks 351
marine protected areas 299,300,301,
302
marine reserves 28
marine terraces 9
marine tourism 94
marine turtles 89, 311
marsh physiography 172
marshes 192
mass balance 325
Maya Mountains 22
meanders 151
Mediterranean-type climate 316
meiobenthos 139
mercury 78
meroplankton 340
Mesodesma donacium 225
meso-scale gyres 20
metal 40, 277
microbenthos 139
micronekton 319
microplankton 158
Micropogonias furnieri 196
microtidal 347
micro-tide 21
migration 38, 170, 242
milky waters or white tides 233
Millepora 87, 92, 284
mixed layer depth 248
mixing processes 125
mixohaline 35
model 259
Montague Island 335
mud flats 272
muddy bottom 191,194
Mussismilia 86
N:P ratio 136
nanoplankton 157
natural disturbances 297
Nayarit 285
negative estuary 323
nekton community 273
nesting site 42
Nicaragua 287
nitrogen 249
nursery 325
Subject Index
nursery ground 42, 195, 170
nutrients 51, 63, 158
nutrient cycling 295
nutrient distribution 135
nutrient dynamics 126
nutrient loading 350
ocean currents 220
oceanic fish 241
oceanographic conditions 341
octocorals 87
oil prospecting 67
ontogenic vertical migration 101
organic matter 125,256
Orinoco 61
Outer Arc 93
overexploitation 161,225
over-fishing 299
overflow events 44
oxygen concentration 232
oyster 40
Pacific Andean coastline
Palythoa 88
Panama Canal 302
Panama Current 247
Paranagua Bay 131
Parcel dos Abrolhos 93
particulate carbon 255
particulate organic matter 127
Patos Lagoon 149, 167
Pavona 285
pelagic fish 103
pelagic food web 100
Peru (or Humboldt) currents 229
Peru Coastal Current 282
Peru Oceanic Current 229
Peru Subsurface Countercurrent 230
Magdalena river 34
Malpelo Island 288
Malvinas Current 147
management 242
management strategies 182
manatee
77, 79
mangrove 22,38,52,64,74,75,76,77,
78,79,119,137,251,309
mangrove communities 113, 297
mangrove crab 255
mangrove forests 123
mangrove litter 122,275
mangrove timber 67
mangrove types 271
Maria Cleofas Island 287
Marias Islands 287
marine mammal 337
marine parks 351
marine protected areas 299,300,301,
302
marine reserves 28
marine terraces 9
marine tourism 94
marine turtles 89, 311
marsh physiography 172
marshes 192
mass balance 325
Maya Mountains 22
meanders 151
Mediterranean-type climate 316
meiobenthos 139
mercury 78
meroplankton 340
Mesodesma donacium 225
meso-scale gyres 20
metal 40, 277
microbenthos 139
micronekton 319
microplankton 158
Micropogonias furnieri 196
microtidal 347
micro-tide 21
migration 38, 170, 242
milky waters or white tides 233
Millepora 87, 92, 284
mixed layer depth 248
mixing processes 125
mixohaline 35
model 259
Montague Island 335
mud flats 272
muddy bottom 191,194
Mussismilia 86
N:P ratio 136
nanoplankton 157
natural disturbances 297
Nayarit 285
negative estuary 323
nekton community 273
nesting site 42
Nicaragua 287
nitrogen 249
nursery 325
Subject Index
nursery ground 42, 195, 170
nutrients 51, 63, 158
nutrient cycling 295
nutrient distribution 135
nutrient dynamics 126
nutrient loading 350
ocean currents 220
oceanic fish 241
oceanographic conditions 341
octocorals 87
oil prospecting 67
ontogenic vertical migration 101
organic matter 125,256
Orinoco 61
Outer Arc 93
overexploitation 161,225
over-fishing 299
overflow events 44
oxygen concentration 232
oyster 40
Pacific Andean coastline
Palythoa 88
Panama Canal 302
Panama Current 247
Paranagua Bay 131
Parcel dos Abrolhos 93
particulate carbon 255
particulate organic matter 127
Patos Lagoon 149, 167
Pavona 285
pelagic fish 103
pelagic food web 100
Peru (or Humboldt) currents 229
Peru Coastal Current 282
Peru Oceanic Current 229
Peru Subsurface Countercurrent 230