Phytoplankton blooms are prominent features of biological variability in shallow coastal
ecosystems such as estuaries, lagoons, bays, and tidal rivers. Long‐term observation and …

Recent advances in the understanding of the physics of estuarine fronts (small-scale regions
of significant changes in hydrographic variables) are reviewed. These fronts may be …

Numerical simulations of the Hudson River estuary using a terrain‐following, three‐
dimensional model (Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)) are compared with an …

In this exciting and innovative textbook, two leading oceanographers bring together the
fundamental physics and biology of the coastal ocean in a quantitative but accessible way …

Abstract Observations from the York River Estuary, Virginia, demonstrate that the along-
channel wind plays a dominant role in governing the estuarine exchange flow and the …

Thermohaline properties, nutrient salts, chlorophyllaand meteorological variables have
been intensively monitored since February 1987 in the Rı́a de Vigo (NW Spain), in order to …

The free-fall FLY profiler has been used to determine the variation in energy dissipation ε in
the water column over a tidal cycle at mixed and stratified sites in the Irish Sea. It was found …

The aim of this paper is to systematically compare κ‐ε and Mellor‐Yamada two‐equation
turbulence models. Both models include prognostic equations for turbulent kinetic energy …

The relationship between coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and salinity in an
estuary is explored using a simple box model in which the river discharge and concentration …

Coastal ocean waters tend to have very different patterns of phytoplankton biomass
variability from the open ocean, and the connections between physical variability and …