Oceanographic and biological aspects of the Red Sea. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Najeeb M. A. Rasul, Ian C. F. Stewart, editors.
• Editors: Rasul, Najeeb M. A; Stewart, Ian C. F (Ian Charles Ferguson)
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction to Oceanographic and Biological Aspects of the Red Sea; Location, Bathymetry and Statistics; Chapters in this Volume; Oceanography; Biology; References; 2 The Tides of the Red Sea; Abstract; Introduction; Data Collection; Coastal in Situ Data; Altimetry Data; Currents; Theoretical Background; Standing Waves; A Two-Wave Model; Numerical Modelling; Modelling Details; Model Validation; Tidal Elevations and Currents; Locating the Amphidrome; Energy Budget; Tidal Energy; Fluxes Across Boundaries; Frictional Dissipation; Internal and External Forcing ConclusionsAcknowledgements; References; 3 Physical and Chemical Properties of Seawater in the Gulf of Aqaba and Red Sea; Abstract; Introduction; Meteorology; Red Sea; Gulf of Aqaba; Physical Oceanography; Sea Water Salinity; Sea Water Temperature; Wave Heights and Directions; Currents; Sea Level and Tides; Gulf of Aqaba Hydrodynamic Regimes and Water Exchange via Strait of Tiran; Chemical Oceanography; General/Red Sea; Primary Productivity; Nutrients; Dissolved Oxygen; The Gulf of Aqaba; pH; Nutrients; Ammonium; Nitrate and Nitrite; Phosphate; Silicate; Dissolved Oxygen Nutrients and Chlorophyll-a Dynamics in the Gulf of Aqaba Compared to the Red SeaConclusions; References; 4 Sources of Organic Tracers in Atmospheric Dust, Surface Seawater Particulate Matter and Sediment of the Red Sea; Abstract; Introduction; Methodology; Sample Collection; Extraction; Quality Control; Instrumental Analysis; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Organic Carbon in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea Coastal Waters: Behaviour and Human Impact; Abstract; Introduction; General Distribution of C, N and P and Interacting Processes Behaviour of C, N and P in the Coastal Waters: Relationship with SalinityN/P Ratio and the Limiting Nutrient; Pollution Load from Land-Based Sources; Potential Production of Organic Matter; Budget of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the Red Sea: Contribution of the Coastal Waters of Jeddah; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Automatic Detection of Coral Reef Induced Turbulent Boundary Flow in the Red Sea from Flock-1 Satellite Data; Abstract; Introduction; Red Sea Topography and Sea Floor Geomorphology; Turbulent Boundary Flow in the Red Sea; Current Pattern in the Red Sea Gyres in the Red SeaCoral Reef Remote Sensing Theory; Remote Sensing Methods; Hypotheses and Objective; Coral Reef Study Area; Farasan Islands; Al Wajh Bank; Great Bitter Lake; Data Acquisition; Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm (MOEA); Data Organization; Pareto Optimal Solution; Results and Discussion; Conclusions; References; 7 Red Sea Coastal Lagoons: Their Dynamics and Future Challenges; Abstract; Introduction; General Features of Coastal Lagoons; Sub-division and Physical Processes in Coastal Lagoons; Physical Transport Processes in Coastal Lagoons; Climate of the Red Sea
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 550 pages)
• Subjects: 551.46/1533; Oceanography -- Red Sea; Oceanography; Red Sea; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319994178; 3319994174
• Related ISBNs: 9783319994161
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 31, 2019).
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