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Biological oceanography : an introduction /
This popular undergraduate textbook offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of biological oceanography. As well as a clear and accessible text, learning is enhanced with numerous illustrations including a colour section, thorough chapter summaries, and questions with answers and comment...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Butterworth Heinemann,
©1997.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Open University set book.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Biological Oceanography: An Introduction; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ABOUT THIS VOLUME; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 SPECIAL PROPERTIES AFFECTING LIFE IN THE SEA; 1.2 CLASSIFICATIONS OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTS AND MARINE ORGANISMS; 1.3 BASIC ECOLOGICAL TERMS AND CONCEPTS; 1.4 THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; 1.5 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2. THE ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENT; 2.1 SOLAR RADIATION; 2.2 TEMPERATURE; 2.3 SALINITY; 2.4 DENSITY; 2.5 PRESSURE; 2.6 SURFACE CURRENTS; 2.7 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3. PHYTOPUNKTON AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
- 3.1 SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT3.2 PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION; 3.3 RADIATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 3.4 THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH RATE; 3.5 PHYSICAL CONTROLS OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION; 3.6 GLOBAL PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; 3.7 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4. ZOOPLANKTON; 4.1 COLLECTION METHODS; 4.2 HOLOPLANKTON: SYSTEMATICS AND BIOLOGY; 4.3 MEROPLANKTON; 4.4 VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; 4.5 DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; 4.6 SEASONAL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; 4.7 ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF THE HOLOPLANKTON; 4.8 LONG-TERM CHANGES IN ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; 4.9 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5. ENERGY FLOW AND MINERAL CYCLING5.1 FOOD CHAINS AND ENERGY TRANSFER; 5.2 FOOD WEBS; 5.3 MEASURING SECONDARY PRODUCTION; 5.4 A COMPARISON OF MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL; 5.5 MINERAL CYCLES; 5.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6. NEKTON AND FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY; 6.1 NEKTONIC CRUSTACEA; 6.2 NEKTONIC CEPHALOPODS; 6.3 MARINE REPTILES; 6.4 MARINE MAMMALS; 6.5 SEABIRDS; 6.6 MARINE FISH; 6.7 FISHERIES AND FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY; 6.8 MARICULTURE; 6.9 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7. BENTHOS; 7.1 BENTHIC PLANTS; 7.2 BENTHIC ANIMALS
- 7.3 DETERMINANTS OF BENTHIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE7.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8. BENTHIC CORAMUNITIES; 8.1 INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENTS; 8.2 ROCKY INTERTIDAL SHORES; 8.3 KELP FORESTS; 8.4 SAND BEACHES; 8.5 ESTUARIES; 8.6 CORAL REEFS; 8.7 MANGROVE SWAMPS; 8.8 DEEP-SEA ECOLOGY; 8.9 HYDROTHERMAL VENTS AND COLD SEEPS; 8.10 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER. 9 HUMAN IMPACTS ON MARINE BIOTA; 9.1 FISHERIES IMPACTS; 9.2 MARINE POUUTANTS; 9.3 INTRODUCTIONS AND TRANSFERS OF MARINE ORGANISMS; 9.4 IMPACTS ON SPECIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; 9.5 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 9; APPENDIX 1: GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
- APPENDIX 2: CONVERSIONSSUGGESTED FURTHER READING; ANSWERS AND COMMENTS TO QUESTIONS; GLOSSARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX