Using outputs from a high-resolution OGCM, seasonal and interannual variations of the Angola Dome (AD) are revisited. Although the AD was previously considered to be one large cold tongue extending from the West African coast, it is shown that two cold domes exist. These two domes have remarkably different mechanisms for their seasonal variation. The weak dome, whose center is located at 6°S, 1...

Interacting river discharge, tidal oscillation, and tropical rainfall across the 22,000 km Orinoco delta plain support diverse fresh and brackish water ecosystems. To develop environmental baseline information for this largely unpopulated region, we evaluate major coastal plain, shallow marine, and river systems of northeastern South America, which serves to identify principal sources and contr...

Preface: This document was prepared for the Silviculture Working Group (SWG) of the Coast Region Implementation Team (CRIT), to provide preliminary considerations for biodiversity and wildlife habitat values during their development of a discussion paper on opportunity harvesting in the Coast Forest Region. for potential inclusion as an appendix to the draft opportunity wood discussion paper.

Two specimens of Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) were collected off Punnakayal coast, from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India in November 2012. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. This is the first record of the species from the Indian waters that is a range extension of its known range within the Indian Ocean.

This report describes the pattern of tourism/recreational travel in the area of the Texas Gulf Coast. An examination is made of the tourism resources that are available along the Texas Gulf Coast. The patterns of highway development in the region are examined. The effectiveness of the highway network in meeting the demands of the tourism industry is evaluated.

Paul S. Maxwell*, Kylie A. Pitt, Dana D. Burfeind, Andrew D. Olds, Russell C. Babcock and Rod M. Connolly Australian Rivers Institute – Coast and Estuaries and School of Environment Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld 4222, Australia; School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia; and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Marine ...

Cohorts comprising fishermen's families on the east coast of Sweden have been found to have a high consumption of contaminated fish as well as high body burdens of persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs). Their west coast correspondents are socio-economically similar, but with considerably lower POP exposure since the fish caught on the west coast is far less contaminated. The rationale for...

The future resilience of coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) is now of critical concern due to the detection of a 33% decline in California coastal fog over the 20th century. However, ecosystem-scale measurements of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance are challenging in coast redwood forests, making it difficult to anticipate the impacts of future changes in fog. To address this methodolo...

Using an integrated physical and biological approach, we examined across-shelf advection and exchange and the associated transport of bivalve larvae in the presence of a strong coastal current separated from the coast by a stratified inshore environment. We tested the hypothesis that the interface of the coastal current and inshore waters can act as an ecological barrier to across-shelf transpo...

Martina Jelocnik Centre for Animal Health Innovation (CAHI), Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the Sunshine Coast Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore Qld 4558, Australia߬ Tel: +41 7 5456 3585, Email: martina.jelocnik@research. usc.edu.au Adam Polkinghorne Centre for Animal Health Innovation (CAHI), Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering University of the S...