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Understanding the North Sea System

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Editors:
  1. H. Charnock
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  2. K. R. Dyer

    1. Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

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  3. J. M. Huthnance

    1. Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Bidston Observatory, Birkenhead, UK

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  4. P. S. Liss

    1. School of Environmental Sciences, The University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

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  5. J. H. Simpson

    1. School of Ocean Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Marine Science Laboratories, Gwynedd, UK

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  6. P. B. Tett

    1. School of Ocean Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Marine Science Laboratories, Gwynedd, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction to the North Sea Project

    • J. H. Simpson
    Pages 1-4

  3. Seasonal cycles and their spatial variability

    • M. J. Howarth, K. R. Dyer, I. R. Joint, D. J. Hydes, D. A. Purdie, H. Edmunds et al.
    Pages 5-25

  4. The influence of horizontal circulation on the supply and distribution of tracers

    • D. Prandle, C. F. Jago, S. E. Jones, D. A. Purdie, A. Tappin
    Pages 27-43

  5. Suspended particulate matter in the North Sea: field observations and model simulations

    • J. Sundermann
    Pages 45-52

  6. Dynamics of tidal mixing fronts in the North Sea

    • A. E. Hill, I. D. James, P. F. Linden, J. P. Matthews, D. Prandle, J. H. Simpson et al.
    Pages 53-68

  7. Circulation, hydrographic structure and mixing at tidal fronts: the view from Georges Bank

    • John W. Loder, Kenneth F. Drinkwater, Neil S. Oakey, Edward P. W. Horne
    Pages 69-82

  8. Hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics of North Sea sand waves and sand banks

    • D. A. Huntley, J. M. Huthnance, M. B. Collins, C.-L. Liu, R. J. Nicholls, C. Hewitson
    Pages 83-96

  9. Resuspension processes and seston dynamics, southern North Sea

    • C. F. Jago, A. J. Bale, M. O. Green, M. J. Howarth, S. E. Jones, I. N. McCave et al.
    Pages 97-113

  10. Biological consequences of tidal stirring gradients in the North Sea

    • P. B. Tett, I. R. Joint, D. A. Purdie, M. Baars, S. Oosterhuis, G. Daneri et al.
    Pages 115-130

  11. Modelling water column processes in the North Sea

    • G. Radach, M. Regener, F. Carlotti, W. Kühn, A. Moll
    Pages 131-139

  12. Seasonal fluxes across the sediment—water interface, and processes within sediments

    • D. B. Nedwell, R. J. Parkes, A. C. Upton, D. J. Assinder
    Pages 141-151

  13. Trace gases and air—sea exchanges

    • P. S. Liss, A. J. Watson, M. I. Liddicoat, G. Malin, P. D. Nightingale, S. M. Turner et al.
    Pages 153-163

  14. The atmospheric distributions of trace metals, trace organics and nitrogen species over the North Sea

    • R. Chester, G. F. Bradshaw, C. J. Ottley, R. M. Harrison, J. L. Merrett, M. R. Preston et al.
    Pages 165-178

  15. Processes influencing the fate of trace metals in the North Sea

    • J. D. Burton, M. Althaus, G. E. Millward, A. W. Morris, P. J. Statham, A. D. Tappin et al.
    Pages 179-190

  16. Towards water quality models

    • J. M. Huthnance, J. I. Allen, A. M. Davies, D. J. Hydes, I. D. James, J. E. Jones et al.
    Pages 191-206

  17. The North Sea Project: an overview and the way forward

    • J. H. Simpson
    Pages 207-218

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 219-222
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About this book

The continental shelf seas have an importance which is out of proportion to the rela­ tively small fraction of the area of the global ocean which they occupy. These shallow seas play an important role as the high energy boundary zones of the deep ocean where much of the ocean's tidal and wave energies are dissipated. They are highly productive biologically and are responsible for most of the world's fishery production. In many cases, they are also sources of economically important resources, notably hydrocarbons and they are frequently important as thorough­ fares for merchant shipping. Because they are the regions of the ocean closest to our centres of population and industrial activity, they have been the first to feel the impact of the increasing pressures imposed by large scale waste disposal into the ocean. The North Sea is an archetypal representative of such seas: we need to be able to understand its processes and predict them if we are to achieve a degree of rational management in the future, as the environmental threats increase. The understanding required extends through a wide range of processes that operate in the shelf seas from the fundamental physics to the chemistry and biology of the water column and the seabed sediments. These processes, and the interactions between them, cut across the traditional discipline boundaries within marine science and require a substantial inter­ disciplinary effort for their effective study.

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...well balanced... and the concise format of chapters makes easy reading with references provided for a more thorough investigation. - Geological Magazine

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

    K. R. Dyer

  • Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Bidston Observatory, Birkenhead, UK

    J. M. Huthnance

  • School of Environmental Sciences, The University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

    P. S. Liss

  • School of Ocean Sciences, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Marine Science Laboratories, Gwynedd, UK

    J. H. Simpson, P. B. Tett

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding the North Sea System

  • Editors: H. Charnock, K. R. Dyer, J. M. Huthnance, P. S. Liss, J. H. Simpson, P. B. Tett

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1236-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-55480-3Published: 30 November 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4540-7Published: 02 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1236-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 222

  • Topics: Oceanography

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