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1 online resource |
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Environmental science, engineering and technology |
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Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
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| Contents |
LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A LOOK AT HABITAT CHANGES ; LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A LOOK AT HABITAT CHANGES ; Contents; Preface; Mediterranean Sea Biodiversity between the Legacy From the Past and a Future of Change; Abstract; Introduction; The Origin of Mediterranean Sea Biodiversity; The Late Tethys and the Mediterranean Paleoendemics; The Pliocene Recolonization and the Origin of the Neoendemics; The Quaternary and the Shaping of the Modern Biota; The Mediterranean Sea Biota of Today; Just One Sea? Biogeographic Subdivisions within the Mediterranean; Patterns and Drivers of Change |
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New InhabitantsThe Footprint of Humans; Some Like it Hot (But Some Do Not); Confronting the Acid Bath; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Tectonic Development of the Levant Continental Margin, Eastern Mediterranean; Abstract; Background; Formation of the Margin; Precursors -- Proterozoic to Paleozoic; The Break up -- Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic; Ups and Downs -- Late Mesozoic; Path to Tranquility -- Early Cenozoic; Drum Roll of Activity -- Mid-Cenozoic; Offspring of Collision -- Late Cenozoic; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgment; References |
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The Nile Littoral Cell and Recent Shoreline Change: A ReviewThe Nile River and its Delta; Man's Influence on the Nile River; The Nile Littoral Cell; Sediment Source and Characteristics; Wave Climate; Sediment Transport; The Coasts of the Nile Littoral Cell and Current Anthropogenic Induced Change; The Nile Delta; The Mediterranean Coast of the Sinai Peninsula; The Israeli Coast; River Outlets and Drains along the Nile Littoral Cell; Coastal Structures and Shoreline Changes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Circulation in the Mediterranean Sea; Abstract; 1. Introduction |
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2. The Observed Forcing and Circulation2.1. Water Masses; 2.2. Exchange through the Straits; 2.3. Surface Heat Flux; 2.4. Surface Water Flux and River Discharge; 2.5. Wind Stress; 2.6. Circulation; 3. Long Term Changes of the Circulation; 3.1. Observed Changes; 3.2. Projection of Future Changes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; The Upper Mixed Layer; 1. Abstract; 2. Introduction; 3. The Mediterranean Mixed Layer; 3.1. Generalities; 3.2. The Temporal Scales of the Mediterranean Atmospheric Forcing; 3.3. The Spatial Scales of the Mediterranean Atmospheric Forcing |
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3.4. The Surface Salinity Field4. The Mediterranean Mixed Layer: the Observations; 4.1. The Basin Scale, Seasonal Dynamic of Mediterranean Mixed Layer; 4.2. The High Frequencies of Mixed Layer Forcing: The Fall-to-Winter 2001-2002 Transition in the NW Mediterranean; 4.3. The Effect of the 3 Dimensional Process: The Ekman Pumping in the NW Mediterranean; Conclusion; 6. Appendix : Mixed Layer Depth Operational Evaluation; Acknowledgment; References; Nutrient Distribution in the Eastern Mediterranean before and after the Transient Event; Abstract; Introduction; Area of Study and Data Sources |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Marine ecology -- Mediterranean Sea
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Marine pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Mediterranean Sea
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NATURE -- Animals -- Marine Life.
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Ecology
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Marine ecology
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Marine pollution -- Environmental aspects
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| SUBJECT |
Mediterranean Sea -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
Mediterranean Sea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stambler, Noga
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| LC no. |
2020688379 |
| ISBN |
9781622570935 |
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1622570936 |
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