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

Product details

• Authors: Carol Lalli, Timothy R Parsons, Parsons Timothy R., Timothy Parsons, Carol M. Lalli, Timothy R. Parsons
• Publisher: Butterworth Scientific Elsevier
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 10.04.1997
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology
• EAN: 9780750633840
• ISBN: 978-0-7506-3384-0
• Dimensions (packing): 20.9 x 25.4 x 2 cm
• Series: Open University; The Open University
• Subjects: Psychologie, Zooplankton, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Science, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde), Meere und Ozeane, TEMPERATURE, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, Coral reef, Marine Biology, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas), Phytoplankton, food chain, salinity, nekton, Pollutant