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Temporal Dynamics of an Estuary: San Francisco Bay

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. James E. Cloern

    1. USGS, Menlo Park, USA

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  2. Frederic H. Nichols

    1. USGS, Menlo Park, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology (DIHY, volume 30)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Environmental setting of San Francisco Bay

    • T. J. Conomos, R. E. Smith, J. W. Gartner
    Pages 1-12

  3. Time scales of circulation and mixing processes of San Francisco Bay waters

    • R. A. Walters, R. T. Cheng, T. J. Conomos
    Pages 13-36

  4. Interannual variability in dissolved inorganic nutrients in Northern San Francisco Bay Estuary

    • David H. Peterson, Richard E. Smith, Stephen W. Hager, Dana D. Harmon, Raynol E. Herndon, Laurence E. Schemel
    Pages 37-58

  5. Gas exchange in San Francisco Bay

    • Blayne Hartman, Douglas E. Hammond
    Pages 59-68

  6. Benthic fluxes in San Francisco Bay

    • Douglas E. Hammond, Christopher Fuller, Dana Harmon, Blayne Hartman, Michael Korosec, Laurence G. Miller et al.
    Pages 69-90

  7. Temporal fluctuations in grain size, organic materials and iron concentrations in intertidal surface sediment of San Francisco Bay

    • Elizabeth A. Thomson-Becker, Samuel N. Luoma
    Pages 91-107

  8. Temporal fluctuations of silver, copper and zinc in the bivalve Macoma balthica at five stations in South San Francisco Bay

    • Samuel N. Luoma, Daniel Cain, Christopher Johansson
    Pages 109-120

  9. Time scales of change in the San Francisco Bay benthos

    • Frederic H. Nichols, Janet K. Thompson
    Pages 121-138

  10. The distribution and temporal dynamics of the estuarine macroalgal community of San Francisco Bay

    • Michael N. Josselyn, John A. West
    Pages 139-152

  11. Temporal dynamics of estuarine phytoplankton: A case study of San Francisco Bay

    • James E. Cloern, Brian E. Cole, Raymond L. J. Wong, Andrea E. Alpine
    Pages 153-176

  12. Seasonal cycles of zooplankton from San Francisco Bay

    • Julie W. Ambler, James E. Cloern, Anne Hutchinson
    Pages 177-197

  13. Seasonal and interannual variation in distribution and population abundance of the shrimp Crangon franciscorum in San Francisco Bay

    • Susan E. Hatfield
    Pages 199-210

  14. Distribution and abundance of fishes in the San Francisco Bay estuary between 1980 and 1982

    • Charles Armor, Perry L. Herrgesell
    Pages 211-227

  15. Time scales and mechanisms of estuarine variability, a synthesis from studies of San Francisco Bay

    • James E. Cloern, Frederic H. Nichols
    Pages 229-237
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About this book

Estuaries are highly dynamic systems subject to changes occurring over a spectrum of time scales ranging from very short periods (e. g. over a tidal cycle) to geologic time scales. The nature of an estuary reflects complex responses to many driving forces, each having a characteristic frequency (or frequencies) of change. For example, freshwater inflow to estuaries varies daily in response to short-term events such as storms, seasonally, and between years as a result of longer-term climatic variability. Other important components of weather, e. g. wind speed/ direction and daily insolation, also vary over time scales ranging from hours to years. Tidal amplitude changes continuously with dominant frequencies associated with the semi-diurnal cycle, the fortnightly neap-spring, and the semi-annual cycle. Temporal dynamics of these driving forces evoke responses in the form of changing (I) circulation patterns and mixing, (2) sediment composition and transport, (3) solute speciation and distribution, (4) composition and abundance of particulates, (5) biomass, species composition, and productivity of plant and animal communities, (6) rates of material exchange between the sediments, water column, and atmosphere, and (7) bioavailability of trace metals and other pollutants. The purpose of this book is to examine the temporal dynamics of these properties and processes in the San Francisco Bay estuary.

Reviews

`... it is also welcome as a solid, first-class contribution to the knowledge of estuarine processes in one of the world's most complicated estuarine systems.'
The Quarterly Review of Biology, 61 (1986)

Editors and Affiliations

  • USGS, Menlo Park, USA

    James E. Cloern, Frederic H. Nichols

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Temporal Dynamics of an Estuary: San Francisco Bay

  • Editors: James E. Cloern, Frederic H. Nichols

  • Series Title: Developments in Hydrobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5528-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6193-538-4Published: 30 November 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8940-1Published: 03 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5528-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 237

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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