TY - BOOK AU - Simpson,John H. AU - Sharples,Jonathan TI - Introduction to the physical and biological oceanography of shelf seas SN - 9780521877626 (hardback) AV - GC28 .S54 2012 U1 - 639 SII PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Oceanography KW - Coasts KW - Continental shelf KW - SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction to the shelf seas; 2. Physical forcing of the shelf seas: what drives the motion of ocean?; 3. Response to forcing: the governing equations and some basic solutions; 4. Waves, turbulent motions and mixing; 5. Life in the shelf seas; 6. Seasonal stratification and the spring bloom; 7. Interior mixing and phytoplankton survival in stratified environments; 8. Tidal mixing fronts: their location, dynamics and biological significance; 9. Regions of freshwater influence (ROFIs); 10. The shelf edge system; 11. Future challenges in shelf seas; References; Index ER -