360
Southwest Atlantic 147, 167
squids 103
stationary fronts 132
stratification 35, 7 4, 112, 133, 210, 248,
267
subduction of oceanic ridges 8
sublittoral community 52
subsidence of coastline 7
subtropical convergence 147, 167
supralitorallevel 191
suspended matter 168
sustainable management 278
sustainable yield 68
symbionts 292
Tablazo Bay 47,48
tectonic activity 349
teleost ISS
temperature 209
Tertiary depression 108
Tethys Sea 285
thermohaline circulation 333
tidal creeks 270
tidal currents 49
tidal energy 208
tidal flooding 65
tidal forcing 107, 134
tidal prism 112
tidal processes 347
tidal transport 125
tides 73, 74, 76, 149
timber exploitation 277
top carnivores 320
total allowable catch 161
total phosphorus 250
total suspended solid 75, 249
totoaba 336
toxic dinoflagellates 193
trawling 161
tributary channels 61
trophic dynamics 320
trophic flow 238
trophic interactions 76, 78, 157
trophic level 89, 178
trophic link 179
trophic relationships 295
trophic structure 140
tropical air masses119
tsunamis 348
turbulence 74
turtles 22
uplift of coastal areas 7, 9
uplift of coral reefs 11
upper littoral 268
Subject Index
upwelling 97, 151, 187,284,285,287,288
Uruguay 159
Utria 288
UV radiation 160
vascular plants 324
vertical motions of coastline
vertical stratification 187
vertical zonation 269
Vit6ria-Trindade Ridge 4
volcanism 298
vortices 151
Warao 66
water circulation 122
water quality 259
water temperature 50
water turnover time 247
wave transport
74
West Indian manatee 24
whale sharks 26
wind 71, 74,209,231
wind stress 188
World Heritage Site 25
zonation 223
zooplankton 53, 76, 125, 153,213,234,
253,273,319
zooplankton aggregations 198
zooplankton biomass 336
zooplankton community 54
zooplankton grazing 138