Biological oceanography : an introduction / Carol M. Lalli and Timothy R. Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lalli, Carol M.

Contributor:

Parsons, Timothy Richard, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine biology.

Marine ecology.

Oceanography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This popular undergraduate textbook offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of biological oceanography. As well as a clear and accessible text, learning is enhanced with numerous illustrations including a colour section, thorough chapter summaries, and questions with answers and comments at the back of the book.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, seabi

Contents:

Front Cover; Biological Oceanography: An Introduction; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ABOUT THIS VOLUME; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 SPECIAL PROPERTIES AFFECTING LIFE IN THE SEA; 1.2 CLASSIFICATIONS OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTS AND MARINE ORGANISMS; 1.3 BASIC ECOLOGICAL TERMS AND CONCEPTS; 1.4 THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; 1.5 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2. THE ABIOTIC ENVIRONMENT; 2.1 SOLAR RADIATION; 2.2 TEMPERATURE; 2.3 SALINITY; 2.4 DENSITY; 2.5 PRESSURE; 2.6 SURFACE CURRENTS; 2.7 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3. PHYTOPUNKTON AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION

3.1 SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT3.2 PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION; 3.3 RADIATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS; 3.4 THE EFFECT OF NUTRIENTS ON GROWTH RATE; 3.5 PHYSICAL CONTROLS OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION; 3.6 GLOBAL PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTIVITY; 3.7 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4. ZOOPLANKTON; 4.1 COLLECTION METHODS; 4.2 HOLOPLANKTON: SYSTEMATICS AND BIOLOGY; 4.3 MEROPLANKTON; 4.4 VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; 4.5 DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION; 4.6 SEASONAL VERTICAL MIGRATIONS; 4.7 ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF THE HOLOPLANKTON; 4.8 LONG-TERM CHANGES IN ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; 4.9 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5. ENERGY FLOW AND MINERAL CYCLING5.1 FOOD CHAINS AND ENERGY TRANSFER; 5.2 FOOD WEBS; 5.3 MEASURING SECONDARY PRODUCTION; 5.4 A COMPARISON OF MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL; 5.5 MINERAL CYCLES; 5.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6. NEKTON AND FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY; 6.1 NEKTONIC CRUSTACEA; 6.2 NEKTONIC CEPHALOPODS; 6.3 MARINE REPTILES; 6.4 MARINE MAMMALS; 6.5 SEABIRDS; 6.6 MARINE FISH; 6.7 FISHERIES AND FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY; 6.8 MARICULTURE; 6.9 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 7. BENTHOS; 7.1 BENTHIC PLANTS; 7.2 BENTHIC ANIMALS

7.3 DETERMINANTS OF BENTHIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE7.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 7; CHAPTER 8. BENTHIC CORAMUNITIES; 8.1 INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENTS; 8.2 ROCKY INTERTIDAL SHORES; 8.3 KELP FORESTS; 8.4 SAND BEACHES; 8.5 ESTUARIES; 8.6 CORAL REEFS; 8.7 MANGROVE SWAMPS; 8.8 DEEP-SEA ECOLOGY; 8.9 HYDROTHERMAL VENTS AND COLD SEEPS; 8.10 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER. 9 HUMAN IMPACTS ON MARINE BIOTA; 9.1 FISHERIES IMPACTS; 9.2 MARINE POUUTANTS; 9.3 INTRODUCTIONS AND TRANSFERS OF MARINE ORGANISMS; 9.4 IMPACTS ON SPECIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; 9.5 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 9; APPENDIX 1: GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE

APPENDIX 2: CONVERSIONSSUGGESTED FURTHER READING; ANSWERS AND COMMENTS TO QUESTIONS; GLOSSARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611795894

9781281795892

1281795895

9780080527994

008052799X

OCLC:

319493710