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Coastal Oceanography of Washington and Oregon (Elsevier Oceanography Series) by Michael R. Landry and Barbara M. Hickey (Eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Washington-Oregon coastal zone is a classical Eastern Boundary Current region. The area is extremely productive, the productivity dependent on near-shore infusions of nutrients into surface layers during wind-driven coastal upwelling. The Washington-Oregon coastline is much more regular than areas off California or off the East Coast, where large capes lend complexity to both the physical environment and the ecosystem response. The relatively straight coastline and broad, deep shelf greatly simplify the physical environment, so that processes responsible for much of the variance are more easily identified. The system response from mid-Oregon northward, although not strictly two-dimensional, is more so than many other coastal areas. Consequently, the system is amenable to the testing of relatively simple models integrating wind forcing with physical, chemical and biological responses in the upper water column.<br><br>This book is an integrated synthesis of physical, chemical, geological and biological research in a dynamic shelf ecosystem characterized by seasonal, wind-driven upwelling, major river influences, extensive silt deposits, productive pelagic and demersal fisher

Who reads Coastal Oceanography of Washington and Oregon (Elsevier Oceanography Series)?

Author

Michael R. Landry and Barbara M. Hickey (Eds.)

Publisher

Elsevier; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9781281790521

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Anthropology, Art