Environmental Science in the Coastal Zone : Issues for Further Research.
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National Academies Press,
1900.
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Table of Contents:
- ""ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN THE COASTAL ZONE""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN THE COASTEL ZONE: Issues for Further Research""; ""1 Overview""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""SUMMARY OF PAPERS PRESENTED""; ""PROBLEMS WITH TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO COASTAL MANAGEMENT""; ""INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT""; ""SUGGESTED ISSUES FOR THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND ITS CONSTITUENCIES TO PURSUE""; ""Modeling Needs for Coastal Management""; ""Improvements in Coastal Monitoring and Data Archiving""
- ""Efficacy of Environmental Trading and Credits for Mitigating Coastal Habitat Degradation""""Institutional Arrangements""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 A Synopsis of Coastal Meteorology: A Review of the State of the Science""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LEVEL""; ""THERMALLY DRIVEN EFFECTS""; ""THE INFLUENCE OF OROGRAPHY""; ""INTERACTIONS WITH LARGER-SCALE SYSTEMS""; ""INFLUENCES ON THE COAST OCEAN""; ""AIR QUALITY""; ""CAPABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES""; ""Observations""; ""Models""; ""Human Resources""; ""3 Modeling Transport Processes in the Coastal Ocean""; ""INTRODUCTION""
- ""COASTAL-CIRCULATION MODELING""""A CASE STUDY: MASSACHUSETTS BAY""; ""Tidal Currents""; ""Subtidal Currents""; ""Mean Flow""; ""Low-Frequency Fluctuations""; ""Outfall Plume Dynamics""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Coastal Geomorphology""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Rivers and Estuaries: a Hudson Perspective""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BASIC INFORMATION""; ""TRENDS AND THE CURRENT SITUATION""; ""Particle-Associated Contaminant Levels""; ""Nutrients""; ""RESEARCH AND REGULATION-DRIVEN MONITORING""
- ""OTHER SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREAS""""Gas Exchange""; ""Fine-Particle Behavior in the Coastal Environment""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Types of Coastal Zones: Similarities and Differences""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FACTORS DETERMINING COASTAL ZONE TYPES""; ""PALEOCLIMATE AND SEA-LEVEL CHANGE""; ""COASTAL PROCESSES""; ""Nearshore Circulation""; ""Littoral Cells and the Budget of Sediment""; ""COASTAL ZONE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES""; ""Collision Coasts""; ""Trailing-Edge and Marginal Sea Coasts""; ""Arctic Coasts""; ""Coral Reef Coasts""; ""REFERENCES""
- ""7 Landscapes and the Coastal Zone""""INTRODUCTION""; ""ESTUARINE VARIABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""CASE HISTORY: SOUTH FLORIDA HYDROLOGIC CHANGES""; ""CASE HISTORY: MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERSHED NUTRIENT ADDITIONS""; ""CASE HISTORY: LOUISIANA COASTAL WETLAND DREDGE AND FILL""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Coastal Wetlands: Multiple Management Problems in Southern California""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""The Wastewater Issue""; ""Raw Sewage from Tijuana""; ""Management and Policy Needs""; ""THE MITIGATION ISSUE""; ""Mitigation Projects in Progress""