Ecological geography of the sea / Alan R. Longhurst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longhurst, Alan R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine ecology.

Oceanography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (575 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA, USA : Academic Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents an in-depth discussion of the biological and ecological geography of the oceans. It synthesizes locally restricted studies of the ocean to generate a global geography of the vast marine world.Based on patterns of algal ecology, the book divides the ocean into four primary compartments, which are then subdivided into secondary compartments.*Includes color insert of the latest in satellite imagery showing the world's oceans, their similarities and differences*Revised and updated to reflect the latest in oceanographic research*Ideal for anyone

Contents:

Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Toward an Ecological Geography of the Sea; The Progressive Exploration of Oceanic and Shelf Ecosystems; The Availability of Timely Global Oceanographic Data from Satellites; Internal Dynamics of Satellite-Observed Algal Blooms; Our New Understanding of the Role of Very Small Organisms; 2 Biogeographic Partition of the Ocean; Taxonomic Diversity: The Shifting Baseline of Biogeography; The Useful Results from 150 Years of Marine Biogeography; Biogeographic Regions of the Pelagos

Geographic Component of Benthic-Pelagic Coupling From Pristine to Modified Ecosystems; 3 Fronts and Pycnoclines: Ecological Discontinuities; Fronts and Frontal Systems; Oceanic Fronts and Eddy Streets; Shelf-Edge and Upwelling Fronts; Tidal Fronts and River Plumes of the Shelf Seas; The Ubiquitous "Horizontal Front" at the Shallow Pycnocline; 4 Physical Control of Ecological Processes; Ecological Consequences of Mesoscale Eddies and Planetary Waves; Stratification and Irradiance: The Consequences of Latitude; Regional and Latitudinal Resistance to Mixing in the Open Oceans

Rule-Based Models of Ecological Response to External Forcing Case 1-Polar Irradiance-Mediated Production Peak; Case 2-Nutrient-Limited Spring Production Peak; Case 3-Winter-Spring Production with Nutrient Limitation; Case 4-Small-Amplitude Response to Trade Wind Seasonality; Case 5-Large-Amplitude Response to Monsoon-like Reversal of Trade Winds; Case 6-Intermittent Production at Coastal Divergences; Coastal Asymmetry, Geomorphology, and Tidal Forcing; 5 Nutrient Limitation: The Example of Iron; Nutrient Distribution and the Consequences of Differing Supply Ratios

Regional Anomalies in Nutrient Limitation Models of Regional Nutrient Flux and Limitation; 6 Biomes: The Primary Partition; The Four Primary Biomes of the Upper Ocean; Polar Biome; Westerlies Biome; Trades Biome; Coastal Biome; 7 Provinces: The Secondary Compartments; Ecological Provinces in the Open Ocean; Ways of Testing Static Province Boundaries in the Open Ocean; A Statistical Test; Analytical Tests; Biogeographic Tests; Practicable and Useful Partitions in Coastal Seas; 8 Longer Term Responses: From Seasons to Centuries; Scales of External Forcing; Recurrent, ENSO-Scale Changes of State

Multidecadal Trends and Changes Conclusion: Stable Partitions in a Varying Ocean?; 9 The Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic Polar Biome; Boreal Polar Province (BPLR); Atlantic Arctic Province (ARCT); Atlantic Subarctic Province (SARC); Atlantic Westerly Winds Biome; North Atlantic Drift Province (NADR); Gulf Stream Province (GFST); North Atlantic Subtropical Gyral Province (NAST-E, NAST-W); Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea Province (MEDI); Atlantic Trade Wind Biome; North Atlantic Tropical Gyral Province (NATR); Caribbean Province (CARB); Western Tropical Atlantic Province (WTRA)

Eastern Tropical Atlantic Province (ETRA)

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-70771-2

9786610707713

0-08-046557-9

OCLC:

437175550