1 The African Marginal and Enclosed Seas: An Overview
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Indian Ocean, South Equatorial Current, East African Coastal
Current
McClanahan TR (1988) Seasonality in East Africa’s coastal waters. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 44:191–199
Morrow R, Birol F (1997) Variability in the south-east Indian Ocean from altimetry: forcing
mechanisms for the Leeuwin current. J Geophys Res 103(C9):18529–18544
Quadfasel DR, Frische A, Cresswell G (1996) The circulation in the source area of the south
equatorial current in the eastern Indian Ocean. J Geophys Res 101(C5):12483–12488
Swallow JC, Schott F, Fieux M (1991) Structure and transport of the East African coastal current.
J Geophy Res 96(C12):22245–22257
Woodberry KE, Luther M, O’Brien JJ (1989) The wind-driven seasonal circulation in the southern
tropical Indian Ocean. J Geophys Res 94(C12):17985–18002
Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel
De Ruijter WPM, Ridderinkhof H, Lutjeharms JRE, Schouten M, Veth C (2002) Observations of
flow in the Mozambique channel. Geophys Res Lett 29:1401–1403
Penven P, Lutjeharms JRE, Florenchie P (2006) Madagascar: a pacemaker for the Agulhas current
system? Geophys Res Lett 33:L17609
Quartly GD, Srokosz MA (2004) Eddies in the southern Mozambique channel. Deep Sea Res Part
II 51(1–3):69–83
Schouten M, de Ruijter W, van Leeuwen P, Dijkstra H (2002) An oceanic teleconnection between
the equatorial and southern Indian Ocean. Geophys Res Lett 29(16):1812, 59:1–4
Schouten M, Ruijter W de, Leeuwen P van, and R. Ridderinkhof (2003) Eddies and variability in
the Mozambique channel. Deep-Sea Res II 50:1987–2003
Indian Ocean, Agulhas Current, Agulhas Return Current
Bakun A, Claude R, Lluch-Cota S (1998) Coastal upwelling and other processes regulating ecosystem productivity and fish production in the Western Indian Ocean. In: Sherman K, Okemwa
EN, Ntiba MJ (eds) Large marine ecosystems of the Indian Ocean: assessment, sustainability
and management. Blackwell Science, Malden, pp 103–141
Beckley LE (1998) The Agulhas current ecosystem with particular reference to dispersal of fish
larvae. In: Sherman K, Okemwa EN, Ntiba MJ (eds) Large marine ecosystems of the Indian
Ocean: assessment, sustainability and management. Blackwell Science, Malden, pp 255–276
Boebel O, Rossby T, Lutjeharms JRE, Zenk W, Barron C (2003) Path and variability of the Agulhas
return current. Deep-Sea Research PART II 50:35–56
Bryden HL, Beal LM (2001) Role of the Agulhas current in Indian Ocean circulation and associated
heat and freshwater fluxes. Deep-Sea Res Part I 48(8):1821–1845
Bryden HL, Beal LM, Duncan LM (2003) Structure and transport of the Agulhas current and its
temporal variability. J Oceanogr 61:479–492
Gordon AL (1985) Indian-Atlantic transfer of thermocline water at the Agulhas retroflection.
Science 227:1030–1033
Lass HU, Schmidt M, Mohrholz V, Nausch G (2000) Hydrographic and current measurements in
the area of the Angola-Benguela front. J Phys Oceanogr 30:2589–2609
Leeuwen PJ, de Ruijter WPM, Lutjeharms JRE (2000) Natal pulses and the formation of Agulhas
rings. J Geophys Res 105:6425–6436
Lutjeharms JRE (2006a) The Agulhas current. Springer, Heidelberg
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Indian Ocean, South Equatorial Current, East African Coastal
Current
McClanahan TR (1988) Seasonality in East Africa’s coastal waters. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 44:191–199
Morrow R, Birol F (1997) Variability in the south-east Indian Ocean from altimetry: forcing
mechanisms for the Leeuwin current. J Geophys Res 103(C9):18529–18544
Quadfasel DR, Frische A, Cresswell G (1996) The circulation in the source area of the south
equatorial current in the eastern Indian Ocean. J Geophys Res 101(C5):12483–12488
Swallow JC, Schott F, Fieux M (1991) Structure and transport of the East African coastal current.
J Geophy Res 96(C12):22245–22257
Woodberry KE, Luther M, O’Brien JJ (1989) The wind-driven seasonal circulation in the southern
tropical Indian Ocean. J Geophys Res 94(C12):17985–18002
Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel
De Ruijter WPM, Ridderinkhof H, Lutjeharms JRE, Schouten M, Veth C (2002) Observations of
flow in the Mozambique channel. Geophys Res Lett 29:1401–1403
Penven P, Lutjeharms JRE, Florenchie P (2006) Madagascar: a pacemaker for the Agulhas current
system? Geophys Res Lett 33:L17609
Quartly GD, Srokosz MA (2004) Eddies in the southern Mozambique channel. Deep Sea Res Part
II 51(1–3):69–83
Schouten M, de Ruijter W, van Leeuwen P, Dijkstra H (2002) An oceanic teleconnection between
the equatorial and southern Indian Ocean. Geophys Res Lett 29(16):1812, 59:1–4
Schouten M, Ruijter W de, Leeuwen P van, and R. Ridderinkhof (2003) Eddies and variability in
the Mozambique channel. Deep-Sea Res II 50:1987–2003
Indian Ocean, Agulhas Current, Agulhas Return Current
Bakun A, Claude R, Lluch-Cota S (1998) Coastal upwelling and other processes regulating ecosystem productivity and fish production in the Western Indian Ocean. In: Sherman K, Okemwa
EN, Ntiba MJ (eds) Large marine ecosystems of the Indian Ocean: assessment, sustainability
and management. Blackwell Science, Malden, pp 103–141
Beckley LE (1998) The Agulhas current ecosystem with particular reference to dispersal of fish
larvae. In: Sherman K, Okemwa EN, Ntiba MJ (eds) Large marine ecosystems of the Indian
Ocean: assessment, sustainability and management. Blackwell Science, Malden, pp 255–276
Boebel O, Rossby T, Lutjeharms JRE, Zenk W, Barron C (2003) Path and variability of the Agulhas
return current. Deep-Sea Research PART II 50:35–56
Bryden HL, Beal LM (2001) Role of the Agulhas current in Indian Ocean circulation and associated
heat and freshwater fluxes. Deep-Sea Res Part I 48(8):1821–1845
Bryden HL, Beal LM, Duncan LM (2003) Structure and transport of the Agulhas current and its
temporal variability. J Oceanogr 61:479–492
Gordon AL (1985) Indian-Atlantic transfer of thermocline water at the Agulhas retroflection.
Science 227:1030–1033
Lass HU, Schmidt M, Mohrholz V, Nausch G (2000) Hydrographic and current measurements in
the area of the Angola-Benguela front. J Phys Oceanogr 30:2589–2609
Leeuwen PJ, de Ruijter WPM, Lutjeharms JRE (2000) Natal pulses and the formation of Agulhas
rings. J Geophys Res 105:6425–6436
Lutjeharms JRE (2006a) The Agulhas current. Springer, Heidelberg