Keywords:
Estuaries--South Africa.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (158 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781616688257
Series Statement:
Environmental Science, Engineering and Technology
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4689708
DDC:
551.46180967999999
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- TEMPORARILY OPEN/CLOSED ESTUARIES IN SOUTH AFRICA -- TEMPORARILY OPEN/CLOSED ESTUARIES IN SOUTH AFRICA -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2: 2. HYDRODYNAMICS -- 2.1 CATCHMENT PROCESSES -- 2.1.1 Climactic Factors -- 2.1.2.Catchment Characteristics and Their Effects on Flows -- 2.1.3.Sediment Yields -- 2.1.4.Anthropogenic Changes -- 2.2. COASTAL PROCESSES -- 2.2.1. Wave Climate -- 2.2.2. Tides -- 2.2.3. Near-Shore Currents -- 2.2.4. Beaches and the Littoral Zone -- 2.3. ESTUARINE PROCESSES -- 2.3.1. Physical Characteristics that Affect Hydrodynamic Functioning -- 2.3.2. Water, Salinity and Nutrient Budgets -- 2.3.3. Mouth Dynamics -- 2.3.4. Tidal Exchange Flows -- 2.3.5. Wind-Driven Waves, Flows and Mixing -- 2.3.6. Sedimentation Patterns -- Chapter 3: 3. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT -- 3.1. TEMPERATURE -- 3.2. SALINITY -- 3.3. IRRADIANCE -- 3.4. DISSOLVED OXYGEN -- 3.5. INORGANIC NUTRIENTS -- Chapter 4: 4. PRIMARY PRODUCERS -- 4.1. PHYTOPLANKTON -- 4.2.MICROPHYTOBENTHOS -- 4.3.MACROPHYTES -- Chapter 5: 5. CONSUMERS & -- TOP PREDATORS -- 5.1.MICROBIAL LOOP -- 5.2. ZOOPLANKTON -- 5.3.MEIOFAUNA -- 5.4.MACROBENTHOS -- 5.5. FISH -- 5.6. BIRDS -- Chapter 6: 6. THE FUTURE OF TOCES AND ROLE OF MANAGEMENT -- 6.1. CATCHMENT AND FLOW MANAGEMENT -- 6.2. ARTIFICIAL BREACHING -- 6.3. FLOOD PLAIN ENCROACHMENT -- 6.4. SAND MINING OPERATIONS -- 6.5. EXPLOITATION OF BIORESOURCES ANDRECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES -- 6.6. CULTURAL EUTROPHICATION -- 6.7. IMPACTS OF SEA-LEVEL RISEAND CLIMATE CHANGE -- 6.8. LEGISLATIVE TOOLS FOR THEPROTECTION OF TOCES -- EPILOGUE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
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