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SUBJECT INDEX Journal of Coastal Research Annual Index Vol Journal of Coastal Research 233-240 Royal Palm Beach, Florida Winter 2000 SUBJECT INDEX Journal of Coastal Research Annual Index Vol. 15 (Nos. 1-4), 1999 A Area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB), cusps, 379 660 domain, 100 A and E horizons, in soils, 617 Argon plasma-optical emission spectropho- erosion control study of 1993 (The Purple Above ground primary production, 719 tometer, 874 Report), 206 Abra alba, 159 Argopecten, 1156 erosion, 335, 635, 777 Abrasion sediments, 544 Armored bluffs, 618 evolution, 107 Accoustic transducers, 625 Arthrocnemum fruticosum, 671, 719, 726 foreshore slopes, 1041 Accretionary history of a beach, 154 Atlantic age, 603 granulometry, 775 Accuracy assessment, 920 Atlantic Iberian margin, 414 monitoring, 113 Achnanthes hauckiana, 50 Atlantic type margins in Brazil, 505 morphodynamic states, 397 Acicular aragonite cements, 799 Australian Height Datum (ARD), 608 morphology, 97 Acoustic BackScatter (ABS) systems, 625 Auto and cross-correlation analysis, 227 nourishment database for the east coast, Acoustic reflection record, 87 Available soil phosphorus, 879 1100 Acoustic- Doppley velocimeter, 76 Avicennia nourishment, 111, 1102 Acropora palmata, 799 germinans (Avicenniaceae), 497, 1145 plain, 904 Active P043-(DIP), 530 marina var. resinifera, 609 profile Active shoreline notches, 687 shape, 950 surveys and analysis, 223 Adriatic coast, 458 B Aerial regulation, 665 photogrammetry, 753 resort, 660 photographs, 902, 1151 Backbarrier marshes, 872 ridge, 32~ 635, 641 Afforestation, 911 Backshore plants, 648 rock, 639 Agaricia agaricites, 799 Backwash sandstone, 639 Age dating of sediment cores, 1059 phase, 82 sediment, 685 Aglaphamus macroura, F. 1128 ripples, 84 slope, 539 Aglaura hemistoma, 143 Baculogypsina sphaerulata, 929, 932 surveying, 389 Air photo records, 1128 Bakkhali estuary, 903 system, 839 Air photograph, 902 Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichumi, 618 toe, 951 Airborn sediments, 905 Bank migration, 601 tourism development, 653 Airborne video imagery, 1147 Bar user preference, 654, 663 Air-sea interaction studies, 770 bifurcations, 375 users, 656 Aka brevitubulatum, 801 degeneration, 372 volumes, 229 Albanian coastal zone, 345 generation, 370, 755, 892 width, 539, 663 Alexandria lighthouse, 266 switching, 375 Beaches, 927 Algal terraces, 685 welding, 370 Beach-quality sand, 869 Alluvial Bar/channel migration, 228 Beachrock, 326, 685 facies, 318 Baroclinic right-bounded boundary current, Beach-sediment composition, 550 Gley Soils, 17 61 BEASAC (Belfotop Enrosense Acoustic Sound­ plain, 349 Barra del Chuy, 122 ing Air Cushion platform), 99 Ammonification, 531 Barred beaches, 430 Beaufort Shelf, 1012 Ammophila Barreiras formation, 506 Bed arenaria, 938 Barrier island-bay systems, 241 friction, 474 breviligulata, 523 Barrier islands, 241, 648, 1014 geometry, 777 littoralis, 458 Barringtonia asiatica, 930 roughness, 624 Anaerobic conditions, 497 Bars migrating, 238 shear stress, 1 Analysis Basal reflector complex (BRC), 596 Bedform of air photos, 1018 Batatas littoralis sensu Choisy non (L.) Choi­ flood-dominated, 595 multitemporal spectral classification, 920 ky, 645 geometry, 624 Anapella cycladae, 609 Bathing length scales, 631 Anastomosing distributaries, 349 beaches, 859 patterns, 305 Anemometer data, 770 water report, 656 transport rate, 4 Annual erosion rate, 268 Bathymetric profiles, 595 Bedrock promontories, 349 Anodontia edentula, 997 Bathymetry, 825, 865 Bedwaves, 84 Anomalinatum balthicum, 413 Batis maritima L., 1147 Behaviour-oriented modelling, 708 ANOVA test, 719 Battilaria (Zeacumantus) diemenensis, 609 Benthic Anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gas- Bay of Biscay, 1087 ecology, 1127 es, 702 Baymouth barrier, 860 foraminiferal species, 413 Anti-dunes, 84 Beach and dune, 903 Berm terrace, 365 Aquitain coastline, 428 backshore plains, 1052 Bimodal texture, 114 Arakawa C-grid, 170 changes, 220, 986 Binary relationships, 462 Archaeological sites, 687 compactness, 116 Biodegradation, 1068 234 Subject Index Bioeroding species, 803 earthquakes, 58 Coastal Zone Management Sub-Group, In­ Biogenic sand, 269 subduction zone, 45 tergovernmental Panel of Climate Bio-geochemistry, nutrients, 1057 Cassidulina minuta, 559 Change (IPCC), 702 Biomass, 717 Catala Lake sediment sequence, 54 Coastal zone problems, 980 Biosphere, 909 Cellular surf zone circulation, 814 Coastline erosion, 872 Biostratigraphy, 50 Cerastoderma glaucum, 158 Cocconeis scutellum, 50 Bioturbated, 996 CERC formula, 272, 275 Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae), 497 Bismarck Archipelago, 682 Chakoria mangrove forest, 902 Coffee rock, 735 Biwave (BIW) data, 627 Chamaecrista fasciculata, 790 Coir (coconut fibre) production, 635 Black mangrove, 1149 Channel degradation, 774 Compacted segments, 119 Blooms of mollusk species, 1156 Characteristic planforms, 304 Comparative index of foredune instability Blue Flag and the Seaside Award, 659 Characteristics of dune sands, 938 (C.I.F.I.), 463 Bolivian pulchella, 559 Chezy boundary resistance coefficient, 245 Composite Bolivina species, 558 Chorophyll-a, 19 sinusoidal bed, 492 Boreholes, 315 Cibicide lobatulus, 413 satellite imagery, 1147 Borrichia frutescens, 1147 Cibicidella variabilis, 559 Computational domain, 249 Borrow CIR aerial photography, 789 Computer material, 114 Circulation in the CAPES, 1163 model (SEDTRANS), 2 pits, 932 Classification thermal and mechanical processes, 338 Bottom of ripple types, 4 Conocarpus erectus (Combretaceae), 497 contour chart, 890 strategy, 913 Conseptual model, shoreline bluff erosion, turbid cloud, 87 Clearwater Marine Aquarium, 115 616 types, 1155 Cliff Continental shelves, 593, 884 Bougainvillia muscus (Allman), 145 bluff shorelines, 1014 Convolvulus sinuatus Petanga C. Cirillo, 645 Boundary-element-method (BEM), 487 erosion, 334 Coral debris, 641 Boussinesq equations, 122, 739 recession, 360 Coral Rage (Azanian Series of Stockley), 637 Brachiodontes, 1156 Cliffed Coral terraces, 690 Brackish ground waters, 497 coasts, 685 Coral-rich limestone, 637 Bragg shoreline, 637 Cored sediments, 49 resonance Cliff-foot deposits, 362 Cores and subsurface excavations, 610 phenomenon, 486 Cliffs, 654 Coriolis ripples, 449 Climate variation, 958 force, 593 scatterers, 445 Climate-sediment radioactivity relationship, parameter, 63 scattering geometric coefficients, 449 958 Corolla tube, 647 Bragg-breakwater concept, 487 Cliona Costata,50 Bragg-resonance peaks, 487 aprica, 801 Crassotrea virginica Gmelin, 1145 Braided scour marks, 1043 caribbaea, 800 Crete, summer winds, 531 Bray-Curtis index, 157 lampa, 799 Cribroelphidium exavatum, 51 Break point bars, 430 laticovicola, 799, 800 Croatan-Roanoke-Albemarle-Pamlic-Core Breaker transition (or breaking zone), 893 schmidti, 801 Sounds Estuary System, (CAPES), 1163 Breaker type, 745 vermifera, 799 Croatian National Forest, 618 Bruun-rule, shoreline adjustment, 227 Closure depth, 249, 277 Cross-shore Buccella tennerima, 51 Cluster analysis, 161 beach profile changes, 70, 333 Bulimina marginata, 560 Coarse slope, 761 Buliminella elegantissima, 559 clastic (gravel/shingle) deposits, 1030 velocity moments, 199 Bulk density, 673 grained ripples, 833 Cryptic encrusting communities, 799 Buna Delta, 346 sediment layers, 58 Current Buoyancy effects, 1008 Coast line changes, 775 field, 1166 Burg algorithm, 383 Coastal velocity, 825 Burrullus coast, 264 barriers, 739 Cusp formation, 741 Bursera, 500 beaches, 520 Cuspate delta lobe, 349 Bursting phenomena, 452 dunes, 457, 992 Cyanobacteria, 801 dynamics, 461 Cyathura carinata, 158,159 erosion, 616 Cypress fringe, 619 c flood hazards, 976 geology, 927 C-14 dating, 1155 geomorphology, 36, 635, 685 D Calais and Dunkerque stage deposits, 603 hazards, 976 Calcareous sand, 269 interglacial and mid-Holocene coral ter- Dameitta coast, 264 California Coastal Act, 976 races, 690 Danube delta, 859 California Coastal Commission (CCC), 983 marshes, 722 Danube-Black Sea System Monitoring Pro- Callianassa kraussi, 995 morphology, 32, 704 gram, 863 Callichirus major, 560 plain of Israel, 399 De la Plata River basin, 909 Callophyllum inophyllum, 930 plain, 508, 902 Dean equilibrium profile, 951 Calluna vulgaris, 938 population growth, 974 Decision support system (DSS), 704 Canadia Beaufort Sea coastline, 332 science, 303 Decomposition of organic matter in litter Cancris auriculus, 413 setback, 892 bags, 725 Capacitance probe, 938 shelf of Israel, 399 Deforestation, 323 Capture and bypassing, 238 storms, 105 Dehydrogenase activity, 19 Caribbean mangroves, 500 suspended sediment concentration, 38 Delaware Bay, 445 Carpenteria utricularis, 799 systems, 703, 717 Delta coast, 859 Cascadia Coastal Zone Management (CZM), 648, 701 Delta of the Parana River, 909 Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 16, No.1, 2000 Subject Index 235 Dendrogram, 161 advena, 51 Flood-tidal channels, 221, 238 Denitrification, 531 scabra, 413 Florida Bay, mud banks, 1151 Density current, 87 Ekman Florida beaches, 111 Depositional sequence, 996 drift, 62 Florida Gulf Coast, 114 Depth of closure, 866 layer thickness, 766 Flow behavior, 766 Depth sounding, 1013 transport, 766 Fluorescent Depth-integrated hydrodynamic models, 168 Ekofisk oil field, 487 sand movement and dispersion, 262 Descent of sediments through the water col- El Nino, 614 tracer detection, 432 umn, 87 Elbe Estuary, 1132 Fluorescent-dyed grains, 261 Development of wetland surfaces, 675 Electromagnetic current meter, 90 Fluvial sediment transport, 775 Diadema antillarum, 791 Elevational gradients, 881 Focusing of wave energy, 827 Diamicton, 1020 Elphidium Food-controlled
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