Research Catalog

Title

Estuarine shores : evolution, environments, and human alterations / edited by Karl F. Nordstrom and Charles T. Roman.

Publication

Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nordstrom, Karl F.
• Roman, Charles T. (Charles True)

Description

xxiv, 486 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Estuaries
• Coast changes
• estuaries
• Ästuar
• Küste
• Estuaria
• Kusten
• Evolutie
• Milieu
• Menselijke invloed
• Estuaires
• Écologie humaine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• ENVIRONMENTS, PROCESSES AND INTERACTIONS OF ESTUARINE SHORES / Charles T. Roman and Karl F. Nordstrom: Environments, evolution and processes -- Estuarine shore linkages -- Conservation and management of estuarine shores -- Prospect -- EVOLUTION OF THE SHORELINE OF THE DEE ESTUARY, UNITED KINGDOM / Kenneth Pye: Environmental setting and process regime of the Dee estuary -- Nature of the estuarine shoreline -- Shoreline changes in the historical period -- EVOLUTION OF ESTUARINE SHORELINE SYSTEMS IN SIERRA LEONE / Edward J. Anthony: General setting of estuarine systems -- Estuarine morphology and sedimentary environments -- Estuarine shoreline progradation: the role of long term hydrological, geomorphologic and ecological interactions -- The present geomorphic status of estuarine systems in Sierra Leone and their response to future sea level rise a preliminary assessment -- SHORELINE CHANGES IN THE BODDEN COAST OF NORTHEASTERN GERMANY / Reinhard Lampe: The genesis of the smoothed bodden coast -- Changes in hydrography following isolation of the boddens from the Baltic -- Examples of processes and forms of coastal evolution -- LATE QUATERNARY INFILL OF MACROTIDAL ESTUARIES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA / Colin Woodroffe: Regional setting -- Quaternary sea level change in the Australian region -- Stratigraphy and development of estuarine and coastal plains -- Changing environments during the Holocene highstand -- Sea level and other boundary conditions -- GEOMORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND SHALLOW ESTUARIES AND SHORELINES / Terry R. Healy, Russell Cole and Willem de Lange: Previous estuarine research -- Physiography of New Zealand estuaries -- Ecology of New Zealand estuarine shores -- Interrelations of hydrodynamics, sediments and ecology of New Zealand shallow sub-tidal and estuarine shores -- Examples of human induced impacts on the shoreline sedimentation and ecology of estuarine lagoons -- Threats to shallow estuarine shoreline ecology -- Future tasks for New Zealand shallow estuarine research --
• HYDRAULIC PROCESSES AFFECTING THE MORPHOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERSCHELDE ESTUARY / Jan H. van den Berg, Claire J.L. Jeuken and Ad J.F. van der Spek -- Palaeogeographical background -- Hydraulic evolution of the tidal basin -- Long term sediment import and tidal asymmetry -- Recent morphological behaviour of the channels and shoals in the Westerschelde -- Further deepening of channel bars in the near future -- THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF MUDFLATS / John S. Pethick: Estuaries and mudflats -- Waves on mudflats -- Temporal changes -- Mudflats and saltmarshes -- Further Research -- WAVE AND CURRENT PROCESSES AND BEACH CHANGES ON A MICROTIDAL LAGOONAL BEACH AT FIRE ISLAND, NEW YORK, USA / Karl F. Nordstrom et al. -- Field sites and methods -- Results -- Discussion -- SHORELINE DYNAMICS ON THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD SHORES OF A LARGE TEMPERATE ESTUARY / J. Court Stevenson and Michael S. Kearney: Shoreline change and sea level rise -- Impact of sea level rise on marshes -- Rates of shore erosion -- Chesapeake sediment balance an estuary at the crossroads -- THE ROLE OF SEAGRASSES IN NEARSHORE SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES: A REVIEW / Mark S. Fonseca: The presence of seagrass cover and its geomorphological consequences -- Factors affecting seagrass coverage consequences for sedimentary processes -- Hydrodynamics of seagrass beds and associated processes -- New directions contributions from landscape ecology -- INTERCEPTION OF FRESHWATER AND NITROGEN TRANSPORT FROM UPLAND TO COASTAL WATERS: THE ROLE OF SALTMARSHES / Brian L. Howes et al.: Site descriptions -- Whole marsh nitrogen balance -- Pathways of freshwater entry -- Nitrogen dynamics of marsh subsystems and marsh nitrogen balance -- DIRECT NEKTON USE OF INTERTIDAL SALTMARSH HABITAT AND LINKAGE WITH ADJACENT HABITATS: A REVIEW FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES / Carole C. McIvor and Lawrence P. Rozas: Definitions, regional marsh characterization and large scale patterns -- Smaller scale correlates of patterns of composition and numerical abundance -- Landscape level processes --
• HABITAT INFLUENCES / Kenneth W. Able et al.: Methods -- Results and discussion -- ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS OF A TROPICAL INTERTIDAL MUDFLAT COMMUNITY / Jose A. Vargas: Seasonal trends in population and community dynamics -- Ecological roles at different latitudes -- Experimental manipulation of the community -- Tidal flats and linkages to nearby ecosystems -- CHANGES IN THE MORPHOLOGY AND VEGETATION ALONG THE HUMAN ALTERED SHORELINE OF THE LOWER ELBE / Annick Carniel and Ulrich Mierwald: The Elbe estuary -- Historical development of the shoreline -- The vegetation of the Lower Elbe -- Restoration of the Alte Suderelbe -- STABILIZATION ON THE SHORELINE OF RARITAN BAY, NEW JERSEY / Nancy L. Jackson: Raritan Bay -- Methods -- Results -- Implications -- MANAGEMENT AND USE OF DYNAMIC ESTUARINE SHORELINES / J.P. Doody: Implications for management the coastal squeeze -- Management options -- Discussion -- A POLICY ORIENTATION TOWARD ESTUARINE SHORES / Richard H. Burroughs: The policy process -- Problem definition -- Problem definition in the Thames Estuary -- Program evaluation -- Program evaluation in Narragansett Bay -- NATURAL AND LEGAL SHORELINE BUFFERS / Jonathan D. Phillips: Types and purposes of buffers -- Natural buffers -- Natural buffers in coastal North Carolina -- Legal buffers -- A comparison of natural and legal buffers -- EMERGING RESEARCH NEEDS RELATED TO INTERACTIONS ON ESTUARINE SHORES / Karl F. Nordstrom and Charles T. Roman: Hydrodynamic, morphologic and biotic linkages -- Human impacts and human altered environments -- Environmental regulations, preservation and restoration -- Specification of research questions.

ISBN

• 0471965960
• 9780471965961

LCCN

96012984

OCLC

• ocm34471609
• 34471609
• SCSB-8848112

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library