Biological Oceanography: An Introduction

Klappentext The comprehensive coverage of this book encompasses the properties of seawater which affect life in the ocean, classification of marine environments and organisms, phytoplankton and zooplankton, marine food webs, larger marine animals (marine mammals, seabirds and fish), life on the seafloor, and the way in which humans affect marine ecosystems. The second edition has been thoroughly updated, including much data available for the first time in a book at this level. There is also a new chapter on human impacts - from harvesting vast amounts of fish, pollution, and deliberately or accidentally transferring marine organisms to new environments. This book complements the Open University Oceanography Series, also published by Butterworth-Heinemann, and is a set text for the Open University third level course, S330. A leading undergraduate text New chapter on human impacts - a highly topical subject Expanded colour plate section Inhaltsverzeichnis The abiotic environmentPhytoplankton and primary productionZooplankton; Energy flow and mineral cyclingNekton and fisheries oceanographyBenthosBenthic communitiesHuman impacts on marine biotaAppendices; Further reading; Answers and comments to questions

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The abiotic environmentPhytoplankton and primary productionZooplankton; Energy flow and mineral cyclingNekton and fisheries oceanographyBenthosBenthic communitiesHuman impacts on marine biotaAppendices; Further reading; Answers and comments to questions

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"A very good introduction to biological oceanography for both biologically trained and non-biologically trained students." --Professor Michael Orren, Head of Oceanography, University College Galway

Product details

• Authors: Carol Lalli, Carol M. Lalli, Timothy Parsons, Timothy R Parsons, Timothy R. Parsons, Parsons Timothy R.
• Publisher: Butterworth Scientific Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.1997
• EAN: 9780750633840
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-3384-0
• Dimensions: 209 mm x 254 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Open University; The Open University
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Psychologie, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Science, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde), Meere und Ozeane, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Marine Biology, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas)