Ecological Continuum from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Watersheds to the East China Sea Continental Margin

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Zhang, Jing (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Estuaries of the World,
• Θέματα: Environment.; Hydrology.; Oceanography.; Coasts.; Aquatic ecology.; Environmental health.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Coastal Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Environmental Health.

The book provides a cross-disciplinary and multi-scale assessment of a world top river, the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and its adjacent marginal environment, the East China Sea. The studies in this volume bridges the watersheds of the river and the marginal sea through a combined approach of hydro-d...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: Land–Ocean Interactions between the Changjiang (Yangtze River)
• Watersheds to the East China Sea Continental Margins
• Chapter 2: Hydrodynamics of the Changjiang Estuary and Adjacent Seas
• Chapter 3: Changjiang and Estuary sediment transport dynamics
• Chapter 4: Temporal variations in water and sediment discharge from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and downstream sedimentary responses in the estuary
• Chapter 5: Plant Nutrients and Trace Elements from the Changjiang Watershed to the East China Sea
• Chapter 6: Organic matter and biomarkers of the Changjiang Estuary and East China Sea Shelf
• Chapter 7: Coastal Wetlands in the Changjiang Estuary
• Chapter 8: Marine Biology of the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and Adjacent East China Sea Shelf
• Chapter 9: Socio-economic Dimensions of the Coastal Environment of the East China Sea.