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Encyclopedia of ocean sciences /
The Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences is the most current, authoritative, and comprehensive resource on the science of the oceans. This ambitious work includes contributions from leading scientists around the world on the physical processes that drive the oceans and the chemical, biological, and geolog...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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[Amsterdam] :
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Abrupt Climate Change / S. Rahmstorf
- Absorbance Spectroscopy For Chemical Sensors / R. Narayanaswamy
- Abyssal Currents / W. Zenk
- Accretionary Prisms / J.C. Moore
- Acoustic Noise / I. Dyer
- Acoustic Scattering by Marine Organisms / K.G. Foote
- Acoustics In Marine Sediments / T. Akal
- Acoustics Arctic / P.N. Mikhalevsky
- Acoustics, Deep Ocean / W.A. Kuperman
- Acoustics, Shallow Water / F.B. Jensen
- Aeolian Inputs / R. Chester
- Agulhas Current / J.R.E. Lutjeharms
- Aircraft Remote Sensing / L.W. Harding Jr
- Air-Sea Gas Exchange / B. J�ahne
- AIR-SEA TRANSFER: Dimethyl Sulfide, COS, CS2, NH4, Non-methane Hydrocarbons, Organo-halogens / J.W. Dacey
- AIR-SEA TRANSFER: N2o, No, Ch4, Co / C.S. Law
- Alcidae / T. Gaston
- Antarctic Circumpolar Current / J. Klinck
- Antarctic Fishes / I. Everson
- Anthropogenic Trace Elements In The Ocean / E.A. Boyle
- Anti-fouling Materials / S.M. Evans
- Arctic Basin Circulation / B. Rudels
- Atlantic Ocean Equatorial Currents / S.G. Philander
- Atmospheric Input Of Pollutants / R.A. Duce
- Authigenic Deposits / G.M. McMurtry
- Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (auvs) / J. Bellingham.
- Bacterioplankton / H.W. Ducklow
- Baleen Whales / J.L. Bannister
- Baltic Sea Circulation / W. Krauss
- Beaches, Physical Processes Affecting / A.D. Short
- Benguela Current / L.V. Shannon
- Benthic Boundary Layer Effects / D.J. Wildish
- Benthic Foraminifera / A.J. Gooday
- Benthic Organisms Overview / P.F. Kingston
- Bio-optical Models / A. Morel
- Bioacoustics / P.L. Tyack
- Biogeochemical Data Assimilation / E.E. Hofmann
- Bioluminescence / P.J. Herring
- Bottom Landers / R.A. Jahnke
- Bottom Water Formation / A.L. Gordon
- Brazil And Falklands (malvinas) Currents / A.R. Piola
- Breaking Waves And Near-surface Turbulencece / S.A. Thorpe
- Bubbles / D.K. Woolf.
- Calcium Carbonates / L.C. Peterson
- California and Alaska Currents / B.M. Hickey
- Canary And Portugal Currents / E.D. Barton
- Carbon Cycle / C.A. Carlson
- Carbon Dioxide(co2) Cycle / T. Takahashi
- Carbon Sequestration Via Direct Injection / H. Herzog
- Cenozoic Climate
- Oxygen Isotope Evidence / J.D. Wright
- Cenozoic Oceans
- Carbon Cycle Models / L. Fran�cois
- Cephalopods / P. Boyle
- CFCs in the Ocean / R.A. Fine
- Chlorinated Hydrocarbons / J.W. Farrington
- Clay Mineralogy / H. Chamley
- Coastal Circulation Models / F.E. Werner
- Coastal Topography, Human Impact on / D.M. Bush
- Coastal Trapped Waves / J.M. Huthnance
- Coastal Zone Management / Seoung-Yong Hong
- Conservative Elements / D.W. Dyrssen
- Continuous Plankton Recorders / A. John
- Copepods / R. Harris
- Coral Reef And Other Tropical Fisheries / V. Christensen
- Coral Reef Fishes / M.A. Hixon
- Coral Reefs / J.W. McManus
- Corals And Human Disturbance / N.J. Pilcher
- Cosmogenic Isotopes / D. Lal
- Coupled Sea Ice-ocean Models / A. Beckmann
- Crustacean Fisheries / J.W. Penn
- Ctd / K. Lawson
- Current Systems In The Atlantic Ocean / L. Stramma
- Current Systems In The Indian Ocean / M. Fieux
- Current Systems In The Southern Ocean / A.L. Gordon
- Currents Systems In The Mediterranean Sea / P. Malanotte-Rizzoli.
- Data Assimilation In Models / A.R. Robinson
- Deep Convection / J.R.N. Lazier
- Deep Submergence, Science Of / D.J. Fornari
- Deep-sea Drilling Methodology / K. Moran
- Deep-sea Drilling Results / J.G. Baldauf
- Deep-sea Fauna / P.V.R. Snelgrove
- Deep-sea Fishes / J.D.M. Gordon
- Deep-sea Ridges, Microbiology / A.-L. Reysenbach
- Deep-sea Sediment Drifts / D.A.V. Stow
- Demersal Fishes / O.A. Bergstad
- Demersal Species Fisheries / K. Brander
- Dispersion and Diffusion in the Deep Ocean / R.W. Schmitt
- Dispersion From Hydrothermal Vents / K.R. Helfrich
- Dispersion in Shallow Seas / J.T. Holt
- Diversity Of Marine Species / P.V.R. Snelgrove
- Double-diffusive Convection / R.W. Schmitt
- Drifters And Floats / P.L. Richardson
- Dynamics Of Exploited Marine Fish Populations / M.J. Fogarty
- East Australian Current / G. Cresswell
- Ecosystem Effects Of Fishing / S.J. Hall
- Eels / J.D. McCleave
- Ekman Transport and Pumping / T.K. Chereskin
- El Ni�no Southern Oscillation (enso) / K.E. Trenberth
- El Ni�no Southern Oscillation (Enso) Models / S.G. Philander
- Electrical Properties Of Sea Water / R.D. Prien
- ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION: Overview / Y. Nozaki
- Estuarine Circulation / K. Dyer
- Eutrophication / V.N. de Jonge
- Evaporation And Humidity / K. Katsaros
- Exotic Species, Introduction Of / D. Minchin
- Expendable Sensors / J. Scott.
- Fiord Circulation / A. Stigebrandt
- Fiordic Ecosystems / K.S. Tande
- Fish Ecophysiology / J. Davenport
- Fish Feeding And Foraging / P.J.B. Hart
- Fish Hearing, Lateral Lines / A.N. Popper
- Fish Larvae / E.D. Houde
- Fish Locomotion / J.J. Videler
- Fish Migration, Horizontal / G.P. Arnold
- Fish Migration, Vertical / J.D. Neilson
- Fish Predation And Mortality / K.M. Bailey
- Fish Reproduction / J.H.S. Blaxter
- Fish Schooling / T.J. Pitcher
- Fish Vision / R.H. Douglas
- FISHERIES: Multispecies Dynamics / J.S. Collie
- Fisheries And Climate / A.R. Solow
- Fisheries Overview / M.J. Fogarty
- Fishery Management / T.P. Smith
- Fishery Management, Human Dimension / D.C. Wilson
- Fishery Manipulation Through Stock Enhancement Or Restoration / M.D.J. Sayer
- Fishing Methods And Fishing Fleets / R. Fonteyne
- Floc Layers / R.S. Lampitt
- Florida Current, Gulf Stream And Labrador Current / P.L. Richardson
- Flows in Straits and Channels / D.M. Farmer
- Fluid Dynamics, Introduction and Laboratory Experiments / S.A. Thorpe
- Fluorometry For Biological Sensing / J. Aiken
- Fluorometry for Chemical Sensing / S. Draxler
- Forward Problem in Numerical Models / M.A. Spall
- Fossil Turbulence / C.H. Gibson
- Freshwater Transport And Climate / S. Wijffels.
- Gas Exchange in Estuaries / M.I. Scranton
- Gelatinous Zooplankton / L.P. Madin
- General Circulation Models / G.R. Ierley
- Geomagnetic Polarity Timescale / C.G. Langereis
- Geomorphology / C. Woodroffe
- Geophysical Heat Flow / C.A. Stein
- Glacial Crustal Rebound, Sea Levels and Shorelines / K. Lambeck
- Global Marine Pollution / A.D. Mclntyre
- Grabs For Shelf Benthic Sampling / P.F. Kingston
- Gravity / M. McNutt
- Heat and Momentum Fluxes at the Sea Surface / P.K. Taylor
- Heat Transport And Climate / A.M. Macdonald
- History of Ocean Sciences / H.M. Rozwadowski
- Holocene Climate Variability / M. Maslin
- Hydrothermal Vent Biota / R.A. Lutz
- Hydrothermal Vent Deposits / R.M. Haymon
- Hydrothermal Vent Ecology / C.L. Van Dover
- Hydrothermal Vent Fauna, Physiology Of / A.J. Arp
- Hydrothermal Vent Fluids, Chemistry Of / K.L. Von Damm
- Ice-induced Gouging Of The Seafloor / W.F. Weeks
- Ice-shelf Stability / C.S.M. Doake
- Icebergs / D. Diemand
- Ice-ocean Interaction / J.H. Morison
- Igneous Provinces / M.F. Coffins
- Indian Ocean Equatorial Currents / M. Fieux
- Indonesian Throughflow And Leeuwin Current / S. Godfrey
- Inherent Optical Properties and Irradiance / T.D. Dickey
- Internal Tidal Mixing / W. Munk
- Internal Tides / R.D. Ray
- Internal Waves / C. Garrett
- International Organizations / M.R. Reeve
- Intertidal Fishes / R.N. Gibson
- Intra-americas Sea / G.A. Maul
- Intrusions / D.L. Hebert
- Inverse Models / C. Wunsch
- IR Radiometers / C.J. Donlon
- Iron Fertilization / K.H. Coale
- Island Wakes / E.D. Barton.
- Krill / E.J. Murphy
- Kuroshio And Oyashio Currents / B. Qiu
- Lagoons / R.S.K. Barnes
- Lagrangian Biological Models / D.B. Olson
- Land-sea Global Transfers / F.T. Mackenzie
- Langmuir Circulation And Instability / S. Leibovich
- Large Marine Ecosystems / K. Sherman
- Laridae, Sternidae And Rynchopidae / J. Burger
- Law Of The Sea / P. Hoagland
- Long-term Tracer Changes / F. von Blanckenburg.
- Macrobenthos / J.D. Gage
- Magnetics / F.J. Vine
- Manganese Nodules / D.S. Cronan
- Mangroves / M.D. Spalding
- Manned Submersibles, Deep Water / H. Hotta
- Manned Submersibles, Shallow Water / T. Askew
- Mariculture Diseases and Health / A.E. Ellis
- Mariculture of Aquarium Fishes / N. Forteath
- Mariculture Of Mediterranean Species / G. Barnab�e
- Mariculture Overview / L.M. Laird
- Mariculture, Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of / K.D. Black
- Marine Fishery Resources, Global State Of / S.M. Garcia
- Marine Mammal Diving Physiology / G.L. Kooyman
- Marine Mammal Evolution and Taxonomy / J.E. Heyning
- Marine Mammal Migrations and Movement Patterns / P.J. Corkeron
- Marine Mammal Overview / P.L. Tyack
- Marine Mammal Social Organization and Communication / P.L. Tyack
- Marine Mammal Trophic Levels and Interactions / A.W. Trites
- Marine Mammals, History Of Exploitation / R.R. Reeves
- Marine Mats / A.E.S. Kemp
- Marine Mesocosms / J.H. Steele
- Marine Policy Overview / P. Hoagland
- Marine Protected Areas / P. Hoagland
- Marine Silica Cycle / D.J. DeMaster
- Marine Snow / R.S. Lampitt
- Maritime Archaeology / R.D. Ballard
- Meddies and Sub-surface Eddies / H.T. Rossby
- Mediterranean Sea Circulation / A.R. Robinson
- Meiobenthos / B.C. Coull
- Mesopelagic Fishes / A.G.V. Salvanes
- Mesoscale Eddies / P.B. Rhines
- Metal Pollution / G.E. Millward
- Metalloids And Oxyanions / G.A. Cutter
- Methane Hydrates / R. Matsumoto
- Methane Hydrates and Climatic Effects / B.U. Haq
- Microbial Loops / M. Landry
- Microphytobenthos / G.J.C. Underwood
- Mid-ocean Ridge Geochemistry And Petrology / M.R. Perfit
- Mid-ocean Ridge Seismic Structure / S.M. Carbotte
- Mid-ocean Ridge Tectonics, Volcanism And Geomorphology / K.C. Macdonald
- Millenial Scale Climate Variability / J.T. Andrews
- Mineral Extraction, Authigenic Minerals / J.C. Wiltshire
- Molluskan Fisheries / V.S. Kennedy
- Monsoons, History Of / N. Niitsuma
- Moorings / R.P. Trask.
- Nepheloid Layers / I.N. McCave
- Network Analysis of Food Webs / J.H. Steele
- Nitrogen Cycle / D.M. Karl
- Nitrogen Isotopes in the Ocean / D.M. Sigman
- Noble Gases And The Cryosphere / M. Hood
- Non-rotating Gravity Currents / P.G. Baines
- North Atlantic Oscillation (nao) / J.W. Hurrell
- North Sea Circulation / M.J. Howarth
- Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing And Related Discharges / H.N. Edmonds
- Nepheloid Layers / I.N. McCave
- Network Analysis of Food Webs / J.H. Steele
- Nitrogen Cycle / D.M. Karl
- Nitrogen Isotopes in the Ocean / D.M. Sigman
- Noble Gases And The Cryosphere / M. Hood
- Non-rotating Gravity Currents / P.G. Baines
- North Atlantic Oscillation (nao) / J.W. Hurrell
- North Sea Circulation / M.J. Howarth
- Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing And Related Discharges / H.N. Edmonds.
- Pacific Ocean Equatorial Currents / R. Lukas
- PALEOCEANOGRAPHY: Overview / E. Thomas
- Paleoceanographay, Climate Models in / W.W. Hay
- Particle Aggregation Dynamics / A. Alldredge
- Past Climate From Corals / A.G. Grottoli
- Patch Dynamics / K.L. Denman
- Pelagic Biogeography / A. Longhurst
- Pelagic Fishes / D.H. Cushing
- Pelecaniformes / D. Siegel-Causey
- Penetrating Shortwave Radiation / C.A. Paulson
- Phalaropes / M. Rubega
- Phosphorus Cycle / K.C. Ruttenberg
- Photochemical Processes / N.V. Blough
- Phytobenthos / M. Wilkinson
- Phytoplankton Blooms / D.M. Anderson
- Plankton / M.M. Mullin
- Plankton And Climate / P.C. Reid
- Plankton Viruses / J. Fuhrman
- Platinum Group Elements and Their Isotopes in the Ocean / G.E. Ravizza
- Polar Ecosystems / A. Clarke
- POLLUTION: Effects on Marine Communities / R.M. Warwick
- Pollution Control / J.S. Gray
- Polution, Solids / C.M.G. Vivian
- Polynyas / S. Martin
- Population Dynamics Models / Francois Carlotti
- Population Genetics Of Marine Organisms / D. Hedgecock
- Pore Water Chemistry / D. Hammond
- Primary Production Distribution / S. Sathyendranath
- Primary Production Methods / J.J. Cullen
- Primary Production Processes / J.A. Raven
- Procellariiformes / K.C. Hamer
- Profiling Current Meters / A.J. Plueddemann
- Propagating Rifts and Microplates / Richard Hey
- Protozoa, Planktonic Foraminifera / R. Schiebel
- Protozoa, Radiolarians / O.R. Anderson.
- Radiative Transfer in the Ocean / C.D. Mobley
- Radioactive Wastes / L. F�yn
- Radiocarbon / R.M. Key
- Rare Earth Elements and their Isotopes in the Ocean / Y. Nozaki
- Red Sea Circulation / D. Quadfasel
- Redfield Ratio / T. Tyrrell
- Refractory Metals / K.J. Orians
- Regional and Shelf Sea Models / J.J. Walsh
- Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) / K. Shepherd
- Rigs And Offshore Structures / C.A. Wilson III
- River Inputs / J.D. Milliman
- Rocky Shores / G.M. Branch
- Rossby Waves / P.D. Killworth
- Rotating Gravity Currents / J.A. Whitehead
- SALMON FISHERIES: Atlantic / P. Hutchinson
- SALMON FISHERIES: Pacific / R.G. Kope
- Salmonid Farming / L.M. Laird
- Salmonids / D. Mills
- Salt Marsh Vegetation / C.T. Roman
- Salt Marshes And Mud Flats / J.M. Teal
- Sandy Beaches, Biology Of / A.C. Brown
- Satellite Altimetry / R.E. Cheney
- Satellite Measurements of Salinity / G. Lagerloef
- Satellite Oceanography, History and Introductory Concepts / S. Wilson
- Satellite Passive Microwave Measurements of Sea Ice / C.L. Parkinson
- Satellite Remote Sensing Microwave Scatterometers / W.J. Plant
- Satellite Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperatures / P.J. Minnett
- Satellite Remote Sensing Sar / A.K. Liu
- SEA ICE: Overview / W.F. Weeks
- SEA ICE: Variations in Extent and Thickness / P. Wadhams.
- Temporal Variability Of Particle Flux / W. Deuser
- Thermal Discharges And Pollution / T.E.L. Langford
- Thermohaline Circulation / J.R. Toggweiler
- Three-dimensional (3d) Turbulence / W.D. Smyth
- Tidal Energy / A.M. Gorlov
- Tides / D.T. Pugh
- Tomography / P.F. Worcester
- Topographic Eddies / J.H. Middleton
- Towed Vehicles / I. Helmond
- Tracer Release Experiments / A.J. Watson
- Tracers And Large Scale Models / M.H. England
- Tracers Of Ocean Productivity / W.J. Jenkins
- Transition Metals and Heavy Metal Speciation / J. Donat
- Transmissometry and Nephelometry / C. Moore
- Trapped Particulate Flux / S. Honjo
- Tritium-helium Dating / W.J. Jenkins
- Tsunamis / Colin McNeil
- Turbulence In The Benthic Boundary Layer / R. Lueck
- Turbulence Sensors / N.S. Oakey.
- Under-ice Boundary Layer / M.G. McPhee
- Upper Ocean Heat And Freshwater Budgets / H. Wijesekera
- Upper Ocean Mean Horizontal Structure / M. Tomczak
- Upper Ocean Mixing Processes / J.N. Moum
- Upper Ocean Responses to Strong Forcing Events / L.K. Shay
- Upper Ocean Time And Space Variability / D.L. Rudnick
- Upper Ocean Vertical Structure / J. Sprintall
- Upwelling Ecosystems / R.T. Barber
- Uranium-thorium Decay Series In The Oceans Overview / M.M.R. van der Loeff
- Uranium-thorium Series Isotopes In Ocean Profiles / S. Krishnaswami
- Viral And Bacterial Contamination Of Beaches / J. Bartram
- Volcanic Helium / J.E. Lupton
- Vortical Modes / E.L. Kunze
- Water Types And Water Masses / W.J. Emery
- Wave Energy / M.E. McCormick
- Wave Generation by Wind / S.A. Thorpe
- Waves on Beaches / R.A. Holman
- Weddell Sea Circulation / E. Fahrbach
- Wet Chemical Analyzers / A.R.J. David
- Whitecaps And Foam / E.C. Monahan
- Wind And Buoyancy-forced Upper Ocean / M.F. Cronin
- Wind Driven Circulation / P.S. Bogden
- Zooplankton Sampling With Nets And Trawls / P.H. Wiebe.
- Appendix 1. SI Units and Some Equivalences
- Appendix 2. Useful Values
- Appendix 3. Periodic Table of the Elements
- Appendix 4. The Geologic Time Scale
- Appendix 5. Properties of Sea Water
- Appendix 6. Sea Surface and Beaufort Wind Scale
- Appendix 7. Estimated Mean Oceanic Concentrations of the Elements
- Appendix 8. Abbreviations
- Appendix 9. Taxonomic Outline Of Marine Organisms
- Appendix 10. Bathymetric Charts of the Oceans.