Preface / Christopher N.K. Mooers -- Coastal trapped waves / J.M. Huthnance, L.A. Mysak and D.-P. Wang -- Internal tides, internal waves and near-inertial motions / P.G. Baines -- Shelf break circulation processes / John A. Johnson and Nicole Rockliff -- Coastal and estuarine fronts / J.H. Simpson and I.D. James -- The coastal boundary layer and inner shelf / N.R. Pettigrew and S.P. Murray -- Estuarine-shelf interactions / W.J. Wiseman, Jr. -- Processes that affect stratification in shelf waves / Larry P. Atkinson and Jackson O. Blanton.