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You searched IISERK - Subject: Oceanography Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain)
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551.46/1338
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Oceanography and marine environment of the Basque Country [electronic resource] / edited by Á. Borja and M. Collins.
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Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.
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xxiv, 616 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Elsevier oceanography series ; 70
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Against a background of extensive multi-disciplinary oceanographic investigations over a number of years, together with the long-term establishment of a Society and Institute, extensive information is available from studies undertaken in the estuarine and coastal waters of the Basque Country.<P> The present authors gained access to unpublished literature and reports which, together with a synthesis of internationally-refereed papers, provide a series of scientific overviews of particular subject areas. Teams of researchers (from Basque Institutes and Universities) combine to present the present 'state of knowledge', within a global context, of processes ranging from sub-seabed to air-sea interaction - incorporating data on the associated biology (including fisheries) and pollutant sources and levels. The latter are compared with regional, national and European legislation. The volume is divided into various sections: Introduction; Geography and Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography and Water Quality; Sediment Characteristics, Quality and Chemistry; Biomonitoring; Communities and Ecology; and Overall Assessment.<P> The topics covered include: an historical review of marine research; the impact of human activities, during past centuries; geology, geomorphology and sediments; climate and meteorology; marine dynamics; hydrography; water mass characteristics; contaminants in the waters; microbiological quality; sedimentological characteristics; contaminants in sediments; biomonitoring of heavy metals and organic components, at tissue organism level and using cellular and molecular biomarkers; bacterioplankton and phytoplankton communities; zooplankton communities; benthic communities; seabirds; biodiversity and conservation; recovery of benthic communities; the polluted systems; and assessment of human impacts. On the basis of these syntheses, future challenges for marine research in the Basque Country are identified, in terms of a 'Research Agenda'. <P> This comprehensive text, relating to estuarine, coastal and oceanographic processes at wide-ranging spatial and temporal scales in the southern Bay of Biscay, will be of interest to researchers, engineers and legislators - on a regional basis and within a world-wide perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Section I. Introduction. -- Section II. Geography and Oceanography. -- Section III. Chemical Oceanography and Water Quality. Section IV. Sediment Characteristics, Quality and Chemistry. -- Section V. Biomonitoring. -- Section VI. Communities and Ecology. -- Section VII. Overall Assessment.
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Section 1. Introduction. Marine research in the Basque Country: an historical perspective / A. Rallo and Á. Borja -- Human activities along the Basque coast during the last two centuries: geological perspective of recent anthropogenic impact on the coast and its environmental consequences / A. Cearreta, M.J. Irabien and A. Pascual -- Section 2. Geography and oceanography. Geology and palaeoceanography / A. Pascual ... [et al.] -- Climate and meteorology, variability and its influence on the ocean / J.I. Usabiaga ... [et al.] -- Sediment supply, transport and deposition: contemporary and Late Quaternary evolution / Ad. Uriarte ... [et al.] -- Marine dynamics / M. González ... [et al.] -- Hydrography of the southeastern Bay of Biscay / V. Valencia ... [et al.] -- Section 3. Chemical oceanography and water quality. Main characteristics of the water masses / V. Valencia and J. Franco -- Contaminants in estuarine and coastal waters / Ma. J. Belzunce ... [et al.] -- Microbiological quality / J. Bald ... [et al.] -- Section 4. Sediment characteristics, quality and chemistry. Characteristics of estuarine and marine sediments / Ad. Uriarte, Ma. J. Belzunce and O. Solaun --Contaminants in sediments / Ma. J. Belzunce ... [et al.] -- Section 5. Biomonitoring. Biomonitoring of heavy metals and organic compounds, at the tissue-organism level / Á. Borja ... [et al.] -- Biomonitoring of environmental pollution along the Basque coast, using molecular, cellular and tissue-level biomarkers: an integrative approach / I. Marigómez ... [et al.] -- Section 6. Communities and ecology. Bacterioplankton and phytoplankton communities / E. Orive ... [et al.] -- Zooplankton communities / F. Villate ... [et al.] -- Ichthyoplankton assemblages / L. Motos ... [et al.] -- Benthic communities, biogeography and resource management / Á. Borja ... [et al.] -- Coastal fisheries and demersal estuarine fauna / L. Arregi ... [et al.] -- Seabird populations / J. Franco ... [et al.] -- Biodiversity and conservation of wildlife and natural habitats / R. Castro ... [et al.] -- Recovery of benthic communities, in polluted systems / J.M. Gorostiaga ... [et al.] -- Section 7. Overall assessment. Overall assessment, human impacts and quality status / J. Franco, Á. Borja and V. Valencia -- Conclusions: notes on a research agenda for the region / M. Collins and Á. Borja.
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Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2007.
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ISBN
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9780444515810
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044451581X
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Oceanography Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain)
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Marine ecology Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain)
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Sedimentology Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain)
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Electronic books.
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Borja, Angel.
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Collins, M. B.
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ScienceDirect (Online service)
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Year, Month, Day:01405141
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An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information ScienceDirect
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