The Estuary As a Filter

Content: 
Inside Front Cover One, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Inside Front Cover Two, Page iv
Copyright, Page iv
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, Pages ix-xi
FOREWORD, Pages xiii-xiv, Barbara L. Welsh
PREFACE, Pages xv-xvi, Victor S. Kennedy
THE ESTUARY AS A FILTER: AN INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-11, J.R. Schubel, Victor S. Kennedy
TURBULENCE AND MIXING IN ESTUARIES, Pages 15-26, K.F. Bowden
VERTICAL VARIATIONS IN RESIDUAL CURRENT RESPONSE TO METEOROLOGICAL FORCING IN THE MID-CHESAPEAKE BAY, Pages 27-65, D.W. Pritchard, M.E.C. Vieira
TRANSPORT VARIABILITY IN A FJORD, Pages 67-78, G.A. Cannon, D.E. Bretschneider, J.R. Holbrook
THE ESTUARY AS A FILTER FOR FINE-GRAINED SUSPENDED SEDIMENT, Pages 81-105, J.R. Schubel, H.H. Carter
THE ESTUARY AS A SEDIMENT TRAP: ALTERNATE APPROACHES TO ESTIMATING ITS FILTERING EFFICIENCY, Pages 107-129, Robert B. Biggs, Barbara A. Howell
RECENT SEDIMENTATION RATES IN CHESAPEAKE BAY, Pages 131-157, Charles B. Officer, Daniel R. Lynch, George H. Setlock, George R. Helz
THE ROLE OF FLOCCULATION IN THE FILTERING OF PARTICULATE MATTER IN ESTUARIES, Pages 159-175, Kate Kranck
THE FATES OF URANIUM AND THORIUM DECAY SERIES NUCLIDES IN THE ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT., Pages 179-220, J.Kirk Cochran
RESPONSE OF NORTHERN SAN FRANCISCO BAY TO RIVERINE INPUTS OF DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON, SILICON, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS, Pages 221-240, Laurence E. Schemel, Dana D. Harmon, Stephen W. Eager, David H. Peterson
THE ESTUARINE INTERACTION OF NUTRIENTS, ORGANICS, AND METALS: A CASE STUDY IN THE DELAWARE ESTUARY, Pages 241-258, Jonathan H. Sharp, Jonathan R. Pennock, Thomas M. Church, John M. Tramontano, Luis A. Cifuentes
ESTUARINE TOTAL SYSTEM METABOLISM AND ORGANIC EXCHANGE CALCULATED FROM NUTRIENT RATIOS: AN EXAMPLE FROM NARRAGANSETT BAY, Pages 261-290, Scott W. Nixon, Michael E.Q. Pilson
ANTHROPOGENIC NITROGEN LOADING AND ASSIMILATION CAPACITY OF THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARINE SYSTEM, USA, Pages 291-311, Thomas C. Malone
THE ESTUARY EXTENDED – A RECIPIENT-SYSTEM STUDY OF ESTUARINE OUTWELLING IN GEORGIA, Pages 313-330, Charles S. Hopkinson Jr., Frederick A. Hoffman
SURFACE FOAM CHEMISTRY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE DUCKABUSH RIVER ESTUARY, PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON, Pages 331-348, Robert C. Wissmar, Charles A. Simenstad
MICROBIOLOGICAL CHANGES OCCURRING AT THE FRESHWATER-SEAWATER INTERFACE OF THE NEUSE RIVER ESTUARY, NORTH CAROLINA, Pages 349-365, Robert R. Christian, Donald W. Stanley, Deborah A. Daniel
INFLUENCES OF SUBMERSED VASCULAR PLANTS ON ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY, Pages 367-394, W. Michael Kemp, Walter R. Boynton, Robert R. Twilley, J. Court Stevenson, Larry G. Ward
THE SEAGRASS FILTER: PURIFICATION OF ESTUARINE AND COASTAL WATERS, Pages 395-413, Frederick T. Short, Catherine A. Short
BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL FILTERING IN ARID-REGION ESTUARIES: SEASONALITY, EXTREME EVENTS, AND EFFECTS OF WATERSHED MODIFICATION, Pages 415-432, Joy B. Zedler, Christopher P. Onuf
ASSESSING AND MANAGING EFFECTS OF REDUCED FRESHWATER INFLOW TO TWO TEXAS ESTUARIES, Pages 435-446, Nicholas A. Funicelli
DETERIORATION OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTAIC PLAIN: OPTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT, Pages 447-466, Donald F. Boesch, John W. Day Jr., B. Eugene Turner
AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY AND A FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION, Pages 467-487, Virginia K. Tippie
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF POLLUTION CONTROLS ON THE THAMES ESTUARY, UNITED KINGDOM, Pages 489-504, Peter Casapieri
INDEX, Pages 505-511