The Role of Freshwater Outflow in Coastal Marine Ecosystems

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Opening Address

   1. Opening Address

      • Audun Sandberg

      Pages 1-2

3. Invited Contributions

   1. Freshwater Outflow in Relation to Space and Time Dimensions of Complex Ecological Interactions in Coastal Waters

      • Stig Skreslet

      Pages 3-12

   2. Mixing and Exchange Processes in Estuaries, Fjords and Shelf Waters

      • Harald Svendsen

      Pages 13-45

   3. The Role of Brackish Plumes in Open Shelf Waters

      • Richard W. Garvine

      Pages 47-65

   4. Laboratory Modeling of Dynamic Processes in Fjords and Shelf Waters

      • T. A. McClimans

      Pages 67-84

   5. Impact of Freshwater Discharge on Production and Transfer of Materials in the Marine Environment

      • V. S. Smetacek

      Pages 85-106

   6. A Framework for Discussion of Marine Zooplankton Production in Relation to Freshwater Run-Off

      • J. B. L. Matthews

      Pages 107-115

   7. The Dependence of Fish Larval Survival on Food and Predator Densities

      • William C. Leggett

      Pages 117-137

   8. Assessment of Effects of Freshwater Runoff Variability on Fisheries Production in Coastal Waters

      • M. Sinclair, G. L. Bugden, C. L. Tang, J.-C. Therriault, P. A. Yeats

      Pages 139-160

   9. Computer Model Analysis of Pelagic Ecosystems in Estuarine Waters

      • T. R. Parsons, T. A. Kessler

      Pages 161-181

4. Inshore Waters

   1. The Capacity of Lake Melville Fjord to Store Runoff

      • S. A. Akenhead, J. Bobbitt

      Pages 183-194

   2. Inorganic Nutrient Regeneration in Loch Etive Bottom Water

      • Anton Edwards, Brian E. Grantham

      Pages 195-204

   3. Physical Exchange and the Dynamics of Phytoplankton in Scottish Sea-Lochs

      • Paul Tett

      Pages 205-218

   4. Freshwater Outflow Effects in a Coastal, Macrotidal Ecosystem as Revealed by Hydrological, Chemical and Biological Variabilities (Bay of Brest, Western Europe)

      • B. Quéguiner, P. Tréguer

      Pages 219-230

5. Marginal Seas

   1. River Input of Nutrients into the German Bight

      • U. H. Brockmann, K. Eberlein

      Pages 231-240

   2. Effects of Fresh Water Inflow on the Distribution, Composition and Production of Plankton in the Dutch Coastal Waters of the North Sea

      • H. G. Fransz

      Pages 241-249

   3. Freshwater Runoff Control of the Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Phytoplankton in the Lower St.Lawrence Estuary (Canada)

      • J.-C. Therriault, M. Levasseur

      Pages 251-260

   4. Biological and Physical Characteristics of a Frontal Region Associated with the Arrival of Spring Freshwater Discharge in the Southwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence

      • B. Côté, M. El-Sabh, R. de la Durantaye

      Pages 261-269

6. Shelf Waters

   1. Relationships of St. Lawrence River Outflow with Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity in the Northwest Atlantic

      • J. A. Koslow, R. H. Loucks, K. R. Thompson, R. W. Trites

      Pages 271-282

Over the last decade or two marine scientists have become more aware of the role of freshwater outflow in coastal waters. Some have raised the question whether or not regulation of river flow may change the biological productivity in coastal marine ecosystems. The idea of organising a workshop to deal with this problem, arose from parallel concern in Norway and Canada, but it was soon recognised that the scientific interests were also shared by research groups in other countries. After the initial contacts had been made, it was agreed to establish a committee which should assist the workshop director in organising the workshop. The Organising committee consisted of K.F. Drinkwater, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada; S. Skreslet (workshop director), Nordland College, Norway; V.S. Smetacek, Institut fur Meereskunde an der Universitat Kiel, Germany; and H. Svendsen, University of Bergen, Norway. An Advisory committee was established to provide terms of reference for the Organising committee, with regard to the programme and selection of participants. This committee con­ sisted of J.B.L. Matthews (chairman), Scottish Marine Bio­ logical Association, U.K.; T.R. Parsons, University of British Columbia, Canada; R. S~tre, Institute of Marine Research, Nor­ way; M.M. Sinclair, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada; and W.S. Wooster, University of Washington, Canada.

• Coast
• Meere
• Ocean
• Oceanography
• ecosystem
• marine

• Nordland College, Mørkved Bodø, Norway

  Stig Skreslet

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