Coastal Ocean Studies off Natal, South Africa

Lying along the eastern seaboard of South Africa, the province of Natal has many important associations with the ocean. There is a considerable wealth of information available, presented by specialists from academia and state-funded research organizations. Thus, this volume provides the reader with a broad and thorough overview of the oceanography of this important region of the Southern African coastline. This volume will be of interest to a wide audience of oceanographers, marine geologists, and geographers.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Physiography, Structure and Geological Evolution of the Natal Continental Shelf.- 3. Sediment Distribution and Dynamics on the Natal Continental Shelf.- 4. Climate and Weather off Natal.- 5. Physical Oceanography off Natal.- 6. Inorganic Nutrients in Natal Continental Shelf Waters.- 7. Plankton Distributions in Natal Coastal Waters.- 8. Benthos of the Natal Continental Shelf.- 9. Shelf Ichthyofauna of Natal.- 10. Pollution and Effluent Disposal off Natal.- 11. The Richards bay Marine Disposal Pipelines.- Appendix. The R V Meiring Naudé.

Product details

• Assisted by: Eckart H. Schumann (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2013
• EAN: 9780387968957
• ISBN: 978-0-387-96895-7
• No. of pages: 273
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 470 g
• Illustrations: VII, 273 p. 49 illus.
• Series: Coastal and Estuarine Studies; Coastal and Estuarine Studies
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology