The Role of Freshwater Outflow in Coastal Marine Ecosystems

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Opening Address....Pages 1-2
Freshwater Outflow in Relation to Space and Time Dimensions of Complex Ecological Interactions in Coastal Waters....Pages 3-12
Mixing and Exchange Processes in Estuaries, Fjords and Shelf Waters....Pages 13-45
The Role of Brackish Plumes in Open Shelf Waters....Pages 47-65
Laboratory Modeling of Dynamic Processes in Fjords and Shelf Waters....Pages 67-84
Impact of Freshwater Discharge on Production and Transfer of Materials in the Marine Environment....Pages 85-106
A Framework for Discussion of Marine Zooplankton Production in Relation to Freshwater Run-Off....Pages 107-115
The Dependence of Fish Larval Survival on Food and Predator Densities....Pages 117-137
Assessment of Effects of Freshwater Runoff Variability on Fisheries Production in Coastal Waters....Pages 139-160
Computer Model Analysis of Pelagic Ecosystems in Estuarine Waters....Pages 161-181
The Capacity of Lake Melville Fjord to Store Runoff....Pages 183-194
Inorganic Nutrient Regeneration in Loch Etive Bottom Water....Pages 195-204
Physical Exchange and the Dynamics of Phytoplankton in Scottish Sea-Lochs....Pages 205-218
Freshwater Outflow Effects in a Coastal, Macrotidal Ecosystem as Revealed by Hydrological, Chemical and Biological Variabilities (Bay of Brest, Western Europe)....Pages 219-230
River Input of Nutrients into the German Bight....Pages 231-240
Effects of Fresh Water Inflow on the Distribution, Composition and Production of Plankton in the Dutch Coastal Waters of the North Sea....Pages 241-249
Freshwater Runoff Control of the Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Phytoplankton in the Lower St.Lawrence Estuary (Canada)....Pages 251-260
Biological and Physical Characteristics of a Frontal Region Associated with the Arrival of Spring Freshwater Discharge in the Southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence....Pages 261-269
Relationships of St. Lawrence River Outflow with Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity in the Northwest Atlantic....Pages 271-282
Water Retention over Flemish Cap....Pages 283-293
The Scottish Coastal Current....Pages 295-308
Runoff Driven Coastal Flow Off British Columbia....Pages 309-317
The Seasonal Influence of Chesapeake Bay Phytoplankton to the Continental Shelf....Pages 319-327
River Runoff and Shrimp Abundance in a Tropical Coastal Ecosystem — the Example of the Sofala Bank (Central Mozambique)....Pages 329-344
Timing and Duration of Spring Blooming South and Southwest of Iceland....Pages 345-360
Production, Grazing and Sedimentation in the Norwegian Coastal Current....Pages 361-374
Advection of Calanus Finmarchicus Between Habitats in Norwegian Coastal Waters....Pages 375-387
The Ecological Impact of the East Greenland Current on the North Icelandic Waters....Pages 389-404
Oceanographic Functions of Freshwater Discharge and Consequences of Change....Pages 405-415
Interdisciplinary Assessment of Ecological Problems Related to Freshwater Outflow in Coastal Marine Ecosystems....Pages 417-428
On the Role of Freshwater Outflow on Coastal Marine Ecosystems—A Workshop Summary....Pages 429-438
Recommendations for Joint International Research Cooperation....Pages 439-441
Back Matter....Pages 443-455