CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH VOLUME 14, 1994 VOLUME CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX Editors PROFESSOR MICHAEL COLLINS: Department of Oceanography, The University of Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH, U.K. PROFESSOR RICHARD W. STERNBERG: School of Oceanography, WB-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A. PERGAMON CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH Editors PROFESSOR MICHAEL COLLINS: Department of Oceanography, The University of Southampton, Southampton SO9 SNH, U.K. PROFESSOR RICHARD W. STERNBERG: School of Oceanography, WB-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A. Associate Editors D. CACCHIONE — MENLO Park, CA, U.S.A. J. McCMANUS — St Anprews, U.K. A. D. HEATHERSHAW — PorTLanb, U.K. T. HOPKINS — RALEeiGu, NC, U.S.A. Editorial Advisory Board J. AIKEN — Plymouth, U.K. H. O. MOFJELD — SeaTTLe, WA, U.S.A. R. C. ALLER — Stony Brook, NY, U.S.A. J.C. J. NIHOUL — Lice, BELGIUM F. T. BANNER — Lonpon, U.K. C. A. NITTROUER — Stony Brook, NY, R. CHESTER— Liverpoo. , U.K. U.S.A. M. 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Subscription enquiries from customers in North America should be sent to: Elsevier Science Inc., 660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-5153, U.S.A.; and for the remainder of the world to: Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, U.K. Second Class Postage Paid at Rahway, NJ. Postmaster send address corrections to Continental Shelf Research, c/o Elsevier Science Inc., 660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-5153, U.S.A. Contents of Volume 14 January Tidal dynamics and associated features of the northwestern shelf of the Alboran Sea . Isope, S. TAWARA, A. KANEKO and 23 Seasonal variability in the Tsushima Warm . KAWANO Current, Tsushima—Korea Strait P. H. LEBLonp, D. A. GRIFFIN and 37 Surface salinity variations in the Juan de Fuca R. E. THOMSON Strait: test of a predictive model D. M. HOLLAND and I. T. WEBSTER 57 The effects of stratification and alongshore currents on the propagation of coastal- trapped waves P. WASSMANN, R. MARTINEZ and 79 Respiration and biochemical composition of M. VERNET sedimenting organic matter during summer in the Barents Sea M. Oruic, M. Kuzmic¢ and Z. Pasari¢é Response of the Adriatic Sea to the bora and sirocco forcing List of Contents for Deep-Sea ResearchI, 1 Vol. 40 No. 10 February/March I. R. Youna, K. P. BLack and 117 Circulation in the Ribbon Reef Region of the M. L. HERON Great Barrier Reef G. SYMONDS and R. GARDINER-GARDEN 143 Coastal density currents forced by cooling events P. D. OsBorNE, C. E. VINCENT and 159 Measurement of suspended sand concen- B. GREENWOOD trations in the nearshore: field intercom- parison of optical and acoustic backscatter sensors C. W. BRown and J. A. YODER Distribution pattern of coccolithophorid blooms in the western North Atlantic Ocean F. E. MULLER-KARGER and Mesoscale processes affecting phytoplankton R. A. CASTRO abundance in the southern Caribbean Sea C. E. VINCENT and A. DOWNING Variability of suspended sand concentrations, transport and eddy diffusivity under non- breaking waves on the shoreface 2381) decay series nuclides in the northeastern M. M. Sarin, S. KRISHNASWAMI, R. RAMESH and B. L. K. SOMAYAJULU Arabian Sea: scavenging rates and cycling processes P. D. GLorioso and J. H. SIMPSON Numerical modelling of the M2 tide on the northern Patagonian Shelf B. T. HARGRAVE, B. VON BODUNGEN, Seasonal variability in particle sedimentation P. STOFFYN-EGLI and P. J. MuDIE under permanent ice cover in the Arctic Ocean I. DE MADaARIAGA and I. JomINT Photosynthesis and carbon metabolism by size-fractionated phytoplankton in the south- ern North Sea in early summer Note J. W. DIpPNER 313 Dynamic versus geometric flushing rates Book Review 321 April K. G. Ruppick, L. LAHOUSSE and 325 Location of the Rhine plume front by air- E. DONNAY borne remote sensing R. C. THUNELL, C. H. PILSKALN, 333 Temporal variability in sediment fluxes in the E. Tappa and L. R. SAUTTER San Pedro Basin, Southern California Bight R. VENNELL 353 Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler measure- ments of tidal phase and amplitude in Cook Strait, New Zealand J. FAGANELI, J. PEzDIC, B. OGORELEC, 365 The origin of sedimentary organic matter in M. Misié and M. NAJDEK the Adriatic J. L. Lutcx, R. KAse and M. Tomczak 385 On the formation and spreading of the Bass Strait cascade J. BLANTON, F. WERNER, C. KIM, 401 Transport and fate of low-density water in a L. ATKINSON, T. LEE and D. SAVIDGE coastal frontal zone Note R. L. Soutssy, R. ATKINS and Observations of the turbulent structure of a A. P. SALKIELD suspension of sand in a tidal current D. A. HUNTLEY, R. J. NICHOLLS, Measurements of the semi-diurnal drag C. Liu and K. R. DyER coefficient over sand waves X. DURRIEU DE MADRON Hydrography and nepheloid structures in the Grand-Rhone canyon A. E. HILL, R. DuRAZO and Observations of a cyclonic gyre in the western D. A. SMEED Irish Sea A. E. HILL Horizontal zooplankton dispersal by diel vertical migration in S, tidal currents on the northwest European continental shelf M. A. Et Sayeb, A. AMINOT and Nutrients and trace metals in the northwest- R. KEROUEL ern Mediterranean under coastal upwelling conditions R. Proctor, R. A. FLATHER and Modelling tides and surface drift in the A. J. ELLIOTT Arabian Gulf—application to the Gulf oil spill J. P. CHRISTENSEN Carbon export from continental shelves, deni- trification and atmospheric carbon dioxide Call for papers List of Forthcoming Papers for Continental Shelf Research List of Contents for Deep-Sea Research I, ili Vol. 40, No. 10 and No. 11/12 May E. MARONE and A. R. DE MESQUITA 577 On non-linear analysis of tidal observations A. C. VASTANO and C. N. BARRON JR 589 Comparison of satellite and drifter surface flow estimates in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico C. N. BARRON Jr and A. C. VASTANO 607 Satellite observations of surface circulation in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico during March and April 1989 G.-A. PAFFENHOFER, L. P. ATKINSON, Variability of particulate matter and abun- T. N. Lee, J.O. BLANTON, dant zooplankton off the southeastern United B. K. SHERMAN and T. B. STEWART States during spring of 1984 and 1985 M. J. KINGSFORD and I. M. SUTHERS Dynamic estuarine plumes and fronts: importance to small fish and plankton in coastal waters of NSW, Australia N. GARFIELD, T. A. RAGO, Evidence of a turbidity current in Monterey K. J. SCHNEBELE and C. A. COLLINS Submarine Canyon associated with the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake K. Azetsu-Scott and B. D. JOHNSON Time series of the vertical distribution of par- ticles during and after a spring phytoplankton bloom in a coastal basin Call for papers i List of Contents for Deep-Sea Research I, li Vol. 41 No. 1 List of Forthcoming Papers for ili Continental Shelf Research June/July G. GopIN and A. MARTINEZ 707 On the possibility of Kelvin-type motion in actual seas G. GopIn and A. MARTINEZ 723 Numerical experiments to investigate the effects of quadratic friction on the propa- gation of tides in a channel L. TALPSEPP, T. NOGES, T. RAID and 749 Hydrophysical and hydrobiological processes T. K6utTs in the Gulf of Finland in summer 1987: characterization and relationship R. N. SAMBROTTO and C. LANGDON 765 Water column dynamics of dissolved inor- ganic carbon (DIC), nitrogen and O, on Georges Bank during April, 1990 H. MASKE 791 Long-term trends in seston and chlorophyll a in Kiel Bight, Western Baltic D. M. BurRAGE, K. P. BLACK and 803 Long-term current prediction in the central K. F. Ngss Great Barrier Reef Z. KOWALIK, J. L. Luick and 831 On the dynamics of the Alaska Coastal T. C. ROYER Current W. LEMKE, A. KuvPERS, G. HOFFMANN, 847 The Darss Sill, hydrographic threshold in the D. MILKERT and R. ATZLER southwestern Baltic: Late Quaternary geology and recent sediment dynamics L. THOMSEN, G. GRAF, V. MARTENS and 871 An instrument for sampling water from the E. STEEN benthic boundary layer P. D. Rupe and R. C. ALLER Fluorine uptake by Amazon continental shelf sediment and its impact on the global fluorine cycle C. CHEN, R. C. BEARDSLEY, Comparison of winter and summer hydro- R. LIMEBURNER and K. Kim graphic observations in the Yellow and East China Seas and adjacent Kuroshio during 1986 Call for papers i List of Forthcoming Papers for ii Continental Shelf Research List of Contents for Deep-Sea Research I, _ iii Vol. 41 No. 2 August L. K. ROSENFELD, F. B. SCHWING, 931 Bifurcated flow from an upwelling center: a N. GARFIELD and D. E. Tracy cold water source for Monterey Bay J. AurE and E. DAHL 965 Oxygen, nutrients, carbon and _ water exchange in the Skagerrak Basin D. W. TOWNSEND, M. D. KELLER, 979 Blooms of the coccolithophore Emiliania P. M. HOLuiGaN, S. G. ACKLESON and huxleyi with respect to hydrography in the W. M. BALCH Gulf of Maine Y. Wu, L. WASHBURN and B.H. Jones 1001 Buoyant plume dispersion in a coastal environment: evolving plume structure and dynamics T. Fustwara, H. NAKATA and 1025 Tidal-jet and vortex-pair driving of the K. NAKATSUJI residual circulation in a tidal estuary Y. Sona, S. K. Das and R. W. LARDNER 1039 Computation of density driven flows using the spectral method: application to the Arabian Gulf Book Review 1053 Corrigenda 1055 Announcement 1056 List of Forthcoming Papers for i Continental Shelf Research List of Contents for Deep-Sea Research, Vol. 41 No. 3 August/September Sediment TRansport Events on Shelves and Slopes: STRESS . TROWBRIDGE and 1057 An introduction to the Sediment TRansport . M. NOWELL Events on Shelves and Slopes (STRESS) Program . SHERWOOD, B. BUTMAN, 1063 Sediment-transport events on the northern . CACCHIONE, D. E. DRAKE, California continental shelf during the 1990— . Gross, R. W. STERNBERG, 1991 STRESS experiment . WiperG and A. J. WiLuiaMs III Y.C. AGRAWAL and H. C. PoTtsMITH Laser diffraction particle sizing in STRESS P. S. HILL, C. R. SHERWOOD, In situ measurements of particle settling R. W. STERNBERG and A. R. M. NOWELL velocity on the northern California continental shelf J. F. Lyncn, J. D. IRtsn, C. R. SHERWOOD and Y. C. AGRAWAL 1139 Determining suspended sediment particle size information from acoustical and optical backscatter measurements R. A. WHEATCROFT 1167 Temporal variation in bed configuration and one-dimensional bottom roughness at the mid-shelf STRESS site P. L. WiserG, D. E. DRAKE and 1191 Sediment resuspension and bed armoring D. A. CACCHIONE during high bottom stress events on the northern California inner continental shelf: measurements and predictions J. G. Dworsk1 and D. R. JACKSON Spatial and temporal variation of acoustic backscatter in the STRESS experiment T. F. Gross, A. J. WiLtiaMs III and Bottom boundary layer spectral dissipation E. A. TERRAY estimates in the presence of wave motions J. H. TROWBRIDGE, B. BUTMAN and Characteristics of the near-bottom suspended sedi- R. LIMEBURNER ment field over the continental shelf off northern California based on optical attenuation measure- ments during STRESS and SMILE D. A. CACCHIONE, D. E. DRAKE, Bottom stress estimates and sand transport on J. T. FERREIRA and G. B. TATE northern California inner continental shelf Announcement October S. MAsIna and N. PINARDI 1293 Mesoscale data assimilation studies in the Middle Adriatic Sea M. KRYSELL and P. D. NIGHTINGALE 1311 Low molecular weight halocarbons in the Humber and Rhine estuaries determined using a new purge-and-trap gas chromato- graphic method C. L. TANG and D. J. BELLIVEAU 1331 Vertical structure of currents on the northern Grand Bank—a view from a _ bottom mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler W. L. Romey, R. C. BULLOCK and 1349 Rapid growth of a deep-sea wood-boring J. T. DEALTERIS bivalve S. M. KARISIDDAIAH and M. VEERAYYA 1361 Methane-bearing shallow gas-charged sedi- ments in the eastern Arabian Sea: a probable source for greenhouse gas M. Erain, M. N. Bopur, M. YILDIZz, 1371 Sedimentation rates in the Sea of Marmara: D. Epiicer, V. EpiGEr, S. YEMENICIOGLU a comparison of results based on organic and F. YUCEsoy car—b porinmar y productivity and 2!°Pb dating B. GyEvIK and H. MoE 1389 Steady and transient flows around banks located near a shelf edge List of Forthcoming Papers for Continental Shelf Research List of Contents for Deep-Sea Research, Vol. 41 No. 4 November/December H. M. PANTIN and I. C. WRIGHT 1411 Submarine hydrothermal activity within the offshore Taupo Volcanic Zone, Bay of Plenty continental shelf, New Zealand L. G. GOLMEN, J. MOLVAR and 1439 Sea level oscillations with super-tidal fre- J. MAGNUSSON quency in a coastal embayment of western Norway B. Brors and K. J. Eipsvik 1455 Oscillatory boundary layer flows modelled with dynamic Reynolds stress turbulence closure O. S. CHAUHAN 1477 Influence of macrotidal environment on shelf sedimentation, Gulf of Kachchh, India J. F. MIDDLETON and K. P. BLACK 1495 The low frequency circulation in and around Bass Strait: a numerical study J. M. SUULEN, W. STAAL, P. M. Houpt 1523 A HPLC-based detection method for fluor- and A. DRAAIER escent sea water tracers using on-line solid phase extraction A. L. Rivas 1539 Spatial variation of the annual cycle of tem- perature in the Patagonian shelf between 40 and 50° of south latitude D. G. MouNTAIN and J. P.M ANNING 1555 Seasonal and interannual variability in the properties of the surface waters of the Gulf of Maine M.-J. PARK and D.-P. WANG 1583 Tidal vorticity over isolated topographic features A. J. Wi_-mott and I. L. COLLINGs 1601 Steady, frictionally modified wind and current forced shelf circulation: application to Vancouver Island S. J. PoGORZELSKI, A. M. SToRTINI and 1621 Natural surface film studies in shallow coastal G. LOGLIO waters oft he Baltic and Mediterranean Seas Corrigendum 1645 List of Forthcoming Papers for i Continental Shelf Research List of Contents for Deep-Sea ResearchI, ii Vol. 41 No. 5/6 December Publisher’s Note i C. J. Pupsey, P. F. BARKER and 1647 Ice sheet retreat from the Antarctic Peninsula R. D. LARTER shelf K. S. PRASAD and R. L. HAEDRICH 1677 Satellite-derived primary production esti- mates from the Grand Banks: comparison to other ocean regimes Vill M. VEERAYYA and A. S. MURALINATH 1689 Sediment movement on the continental shelf off Bombay, India B. CUSHMAN-Rolsin, L. ASPLIN and 1701 Upwelling in broad fjords H. SVENDSEN C. B. FANDRY and R. K. STEEDMAN 1723 Modelling the dynamics of the transient, baro- tropic response of continental shelf waters to tropical cyclones List of Forthcoming Papers for 1751 Continental Shelf Research List of Contents for Deep-Sea Research I, 1752 Vol. 41 No.7 Index for Volume 14 I