Oceanography of a Large-Scale Estuarine System: The St. Lawrence

Front Matter....Pages I-X
The St. Lawrence Estuary: Introduction....Pages 1-9
Mathematical Modelling of Tides in the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 10-50
Meteorologically and Buoyancy Induced Subtidal Salinity and Velocity Variations in the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 51-70
Fronts and Mesoscale Features in the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 71-93
Topographic Waves and Topographically Induced Motions in the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 94-108
Recent Sediments and Sediment Transport Processes in the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 109-129
Nearshore Sediment Dynamics in the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 130-154
Reactivity and transport of nutrients and metals in the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 155-169
Organic Geochemical Studies in the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 170-201
Sediment-Water Interaction and Early Diagenesis in the Laurentian Trough....Pages 202-238
Chemical Contaminants in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Saguenay Fjord....Pages 239-268
Oceanography and Ecology of Phytoplankton in the St.Lawrence Estuary....Pages 269-295
Zooplankton of the St. Lawrence Estuary: The Imprint of Physical Processes on its Composition and Distribution....Pages 296-320
Ichthyoplankton Communities in the St. Lawrence Estuary: Composition and Dynamics....Pages 321-343
The Macrobenthic Fauna of the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 344-357
Marine Fisheries Resources and Oceanography of the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 358-377
The Saguenay Fiord: A MajorTributary to the St. Lawrence Estuary....Pages 378-420
The St. Lawrence Estuary: Concluding Remarks....Pages 421-429
Back Matter....Pages 430-437