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The American sea : a natural history of the Gulf of Mexico /
For more than a decade, Rezneat Darnell worked on this major synthesis of what is known about the Gulf of Mexico. His goal: to bring a deeper understanding of "the American Sea" to students, scientists, managers, and educated citizens of the public at large. The American Sea builds on Darn...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / by Sylvia Earle
- Introduction
- Historical background
- An introduction to marine science
- The physical environment
- Origin and history of the Gulf of Mexico basin
- Physiography and sedimentary environments
- Meteorology
- Physical oceanography
- Chemical oceanography
- Biology
- Phytoplankton
- Zooplankton
- Benthos of soft bottoms
- Biota of hard substrates: biofouling communities and coral/algal reefs
- Plant-dominated communities: salt marshes, mangrove swamps, and seagrass meadows
- Nekton
- The deep gulf
- Ecological processes
- Ecological processes I: Environmental factors and species adaptations
- Ecological processes II: Life histories and system integration
- Human relations
- Human impacts on coastal and marine systems
- Management perspectives.