Physical oceanographic processes of the Great Barrier Reef /
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| Author / Creator: | Wolanski, Eric. |
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| Imprint: | Boca Raton : CRC Press, c1994. |
| Description: | 194 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Marine science series |
| Subject: | Oceanography -- Australia -- Great Barrier Reef (Qld.) Oceanography. Queensland -- Great Barrier Reef. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1722913 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction / G. L. Pickard
- Ch. 1. Geographic Setting
- Ch. 2. Wind, Rainfall, and Sediment Inflow. 2.1. Meteorology. 2.2. Freshwater Input. 2.3. Sediment Inflow
- Ch. 3. Water Properties and Patchiness. 3.1. Types of Water. 3.2. Coral Sea Nutrients. 3.3. Shelf Waters. 3.4. River Plumes. 3.5. Topographically Controlled Patchiness. 3.6. Turbidity. 3.7. Biological Patchiness
- Ch. 4. The Tides. 4.1. Sea Levels. 4.2. Tidal Currents. 4.3. Internal Tides
- Ch. 5. Low-Frequency Motions. 5.1. Low-Frequency Sea-Level Oscillations. 5.2. Low-Frequency Current Fluctuations
- Ch. 6. Models of the Low-Frequency Circulation. 6.1. Barotropic Currents in the Central and Southern Regions. 6.2. Influence of the Reefs on Cross-Shelf Movements. 6.3. Baroclinic Effects in the Central Region. 6.4. Northern Region. 6.5. Torres Strait. 6.6. Influence of the East Australian Current
- Ch. 7. High-Frequency Waves. 7.1. Seiching. 7.2. Forcing. 7.3. Wave Breaking by Coral Reefs. 7.4. Wave Setup and Circulation. 7.5. Wave Focusing by Reef Platforms. 7.6. Biological Wave Damping
- Ch. 8. Reef-Induced Circulation. 8.1. Reynolds Number Analogy. 8.2. Island Wakes. 8.3. Upwelling Mechanisms around Coral Reefs. 8.4. Upwelling in Free-Shear Layers. 8.5. Secondary Circulation in Small Shallow Bays. 8.6. Tidal Jets. 8.7. Tidal Currents in a Reef Matrix. 8.8. Large-Scale Circulation. 8.9. Flow through the Substrate. 8.10. Baroclinic Circulation
- Ch. 9. Mixing and Dispersion Around Coral Reefs. 9.1. Barotropic Processes Generating Patchiness. 9.2. Baroclinic Effects Generating Patchiness. 9.3. Open Water Aggregating Mechanisms. 9.4. Models of Patchiness
- Ch. 10. Managing the Great Barrier Reef. 10.1. The Impact of Man. 10.2. Physical Oceanography as a Tool for Management.
