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Published by Chapman & Hall for the Royal Society
xiv, 222 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
The continental shelf seas have an importance out of proportion to the relatively small fraction of the area of the global ocean which they occupy. These shallow seas play an important role as the high energy boundary zones of the deep ocean where much of the ocean's tidal and wave energies are dissipated. They are highly productive biologically and are responsible for most of the world's fishery production.
The North Sea is an archetypal representative of such seas: we need to be able to understand its processes and predict them if we are to achieve a degree of rational management in the future as environmental threats increase. This book brings together the principal results from the North Sea Project which were presented at a discussion meeting organized by The Royal Society as well as setting them in the context of other related studies.
1. Introduction to the North Sea Project / J.H. Simpson -- 2. Seasonal cycles and their spatial variability / M.J. Howarth, K.R. Dyer, I.R. Joint, D.J. Hydes, D.A. Purdie, H. Edmunds, J.E. Jones, R.K. Lowry, T.J. Moffatt, A.J. Pomroy and R. Proctor -- 3. The influence of horizontal circulation on the supply and distribution of tracers / D. Prandle, C.F. Jago, S.E. Jones, D.A. Purdie and A. Tappin -- 4. Suspended particulate matter in the North Sea: field observations and model simulations / J. Sundermann -- 5. Dynamics of tidal mixing fronts in the North Sea / A.E. Hill, I.D. James, P.F. Linden, J.P. Matthews, D. Prandle, J.H. Simpson, E.M. Gmitrowicz, D.A. Smeed, K.M.M. Lwiza, R. Durazo, A.D. Fox and D.G. Bowers -- 6. Circulation, hydrographic structure and mixing at tidal fronts: the view from Georges Bank / J.W. Loder, K.F. Drinkwater, N.S. Oakey and E.P.W. Horne.
7. Hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics of North Sea sand waves and sand banks / D.A. Huntley, J.M. Huthnance, M.B. Collins, C.-L. Liu, R.J. Nicholls and C. Hewitson -- 8. Resuspension processes and seston dynamics, southern North Sea / C.F. Jago, A.J. Bale, M.O. Green, M.J. Howarth, S.E. Jones, I.N. McCave, G.E. Millward, A.W. Morris, A.A. Rowden and J.J. Williams -- 9. Biological consequences of tidal stirring gradients in the North Sea / P.B. Tett, I.R. Joint, D.A. Purdie, M. Baars, S. Oosterhuis, G. Daneri, F. Hannah, D.K. Mills, D. Plummer, A.J. Pomroy, A.W. Walne and H.J. Witte -- 10. Modelling water column processes in the North Sea / G. Radach, M. Regener, F. Carlotti, W. Kuhn and A. Moll -- 11. Seasonal fluxes across the sediment-water interface, and processes within sediments / D.B. Nedwell, R.J. Parkes, A.C. Upton and D.J. Assinder.
12. Trace gases and air-sea exchanges / P.S. Liss, A.J. Watson, M.I. Liddicoat, G. Malin, P.D. Nightingale, S.M. Turner and R.C. Upstill-Goddard -- 13. The atmospheric distributions of trace metals, trace organics and nitrogen species over the North Sea / R. Chester, G.F. Bradshaw, C.J. Ottley, R.M. Harrison, J.L. Merrett, M.R. Preston, A.R. Rendell, M.M. Kane and T.D. Jickells -- 14. Processes influencing the fate of trace metals in the North Sea / J.D. Burton, M. Althaus, G.E. Millward, A.W. Morris, P.J. Statham, A.D. Tappin and A. Turner -- 15. Towards water quality models / J.M. Huthnance, J.I. Allen, A.M. Davies, D.J. Hydes, I.D. James, J.E. Jones, G.E. Millward, D. Prandle, R. Proctor, D.A. Purdie, P.J. Statham, P.B. Tett, S. Thomson and R.G. Wood -- 16. The North Sea Project: an overview and the way forward / J.H. Simpson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
London ; New York : Published by Chapman & Hall for the Royal Society, 1994