The Gulf of Alaska; Physical Environment and Biological Resources

Résumé du livre

Physical setting and scientific history; Meteorology; Physical oceanography; Chemical distributions and signals in the Gulf of Alaska, its coastal margins and estuaries; Geomorphology, sediment, and sedimentary process; Seismicity, tectonics, and geohazards of the Gulf of Alaska regions; Interactions between silled fjords and coastal regions; Microbiology; Phytoplankton and primary production; Zooplankton; Biogeography and ecology of the intertidal and ecology of the intertidal and shallow subtidal communities; The subtidal Benthos; The nearshore fish; Marine fisheries, resources and environment; Pacific salmon; Marine birds; Marine mammals; Ecological relations; Environmental issues; Management needs of scientific data.