The Strait of Gibraltar : A Field Laboratory to Analyze Biological Response to Physical Forcing.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (78 pages)
- Oceanography and Ocean Engineering .
- Oceanography and Ocean Engineering .
Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Flows, Tides and -- Associated Hydrology -- in the Strait of Gibraltar -- 2.1. Long-Term Dynamics -- 2.2. Subinertial Dynamics -- 2.3. Tidal Dynamics -- 2.4. Subtidal Dynamics. Large Amplitude Internal Waves -- Along-Strait Dynamics. -- Mixing and Advection -- 3.1. Models and Field Data Sampling Descriptions -- 3.1.1. Hydrodynamic Model -- 3.1.1.1. Mixing-Advection Model -- 3.1.1.2. Biogeochemical Model -- 3.1.2. Diel Cycle Sampling -- 3.1.3. DCM Sampling -- 3.2. 1D (Horizontally) Along-Strait Dynamics -- 3.2.1. Field Data -- 3.2.2. Model Simulations - Field Data Comparison -- 3.2.3. Some Conclusions About the 1D Dynamics -- 3.3. 2D-Tidally-Induced Vertical Pattern of Water Masses Circulation and Biogeochemical Signatures -- 3.3.1. Identified Chlorophyll Maxima -- 3.3.2. Tidal Dependence of Water Masses Circulation and DCM Positions -- Hypotheses, Evidences and Proofs of the Tidally-Induced Coastal-Channel Interactions -- in the Strait -- 4.1. Plankton Distribution Pattern and Physical Forcing at the Camarinal Sill -- 4.1.1. Cast 1 (Westward Hauling- Eastward Tidal Flow) -- 4.1.2. Cast 2 (Eastward Hauling- Westward Tidal Flow) -- 4.1.3. Evidences of Quick Changes and Coastal-Channel Interactions over the Camarinal Sill -- 4.2. Direct Evidences of Coastal-Channel-Tidally-Induced Interactions -- 4.2.1. Field Data and Modelling Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.