“…Presumably these process-specific models will eventually be incorporated into shelf-wide models as well as other processes such as those summarized in Table 4. Butman et al, 1979 Currents Sternberg andMcManus, 1972;Seasonal events Sternberg et al, 1977Present Waves Sherwood et al, 1994Sternberg, 1999 Tides Gordon, 1975;Nittrouer, 1995 Currents Ogston et al, 2000 Wind band (dy-wks) Jiménez et al, 1999;Guerra, 2004;Ogston et al, 2004 Mesoscale band (wk- Kineke et al, 1996;Ogston et al, 2000Internal waves Gardner, 1989Cacchione et al, 2000;Puig et al, 2001;McPhee-Shaw et al, 2004 Mass movements fluid mud Cacchione et al, 1995;Kineke and Sternberg, 1995;Mulder and Syvitski, 1995;Kineke et al, 1996;Traykovski et al, 2000;Wright et al, 2002 inner shelf fluidization Fredericks and Wright, in press Source/sink connections Baker and Hickey, 1986;Milliman and Syvitski, 1992;Wheatcroft et al, 1997; (e.g. river discharge; submarine canyons) Wheatcroft and Borgeld, 2000;Mullenbach and Nittrouer, 2000;Puig et al, 2003 FUTURE IMPACTS Benthic tripod studies have contributed significantly to our knowledge of shelf sediment transport, and the data base from these studies has been important as shelf scientists expand their efforts from field observation to numerical modeling and associated predictive capabilities.…”