Encyclopedia of ocean sciences / editor in chief, John H. Steele ; editors, Steve A. Thorpe and Karl K. Turekian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steele, John H., 1926-2013, editor.

Thorpe, S. A. (Oceanographer), editor.

Turekian, Karl K., editor.

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Series:

Gale virtual reference library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oceanography--Encyclopedias.

Oceanography.

Marine ecology--Encyclopedias.

Marine ecology.

Submarine geology--Encyclopedias.

Submarine geology.

Marine sciences--Encyclopedias.

Marine sciences.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 volumes (l, 3,399 pages)) : illustrations (some color).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Amsterdam] : Elsevier, [2001]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Abrupt Climate Change / S. Rahmstorf

Absorbance Spectroscopy For Chemical Sensors / R. Narayanaswamy

Abyssal Currents / W. Zenk

Accretionary Prisms / J.C. Moore

Acoustic Noise / I. Dyer

Acoustic Scattering by Marine Organisms / K.G. Foote

Acoustics In Marine Sediments / T. Akal

Acoustics Arctic / P.N. Mikhalevsky

Acoustics, Deep Ocean / W.A. Kuperman

Acoustics, Shallow Water / F.B. Jensen

Aeolian Inputs / R. Chester

Agulhas Current / J.R.E. Lutjeharms

Aircraft Remote Sensing / L.W. Harding Jr

Air-Sea Gas Exchange / B. Jähne

AIR-SEA TRANSFER: Dimethyl Sulfide, COS, CS2, NH4, Non-methane Hydrocarbons, Organo-halogens / J.W. Dacey

AIR-SEA TRANSFER: N2o, No, Ch4, Co / C.S. Law

Alcidae / T. Gaston

Antarctic Circumpolar Current / J. Klinck

Antarctic Fishes / I. Everson

Anthropogenic Trace Elements In The Ocean / E.A. Boyle

Anti-fouling Materials / S.M. Evans

Arctic Basin Circulation / B. Rudels

Atlantic Ocean Equatorial Currents / S.G. Philander

Atmospheric Input Of Pollutants / R.A. Duce

Authigenic Deposits / G.M. McMurtry

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (auvs) / J. Bellingham.

Bacterioplankton / H.W. Ducklow

Baleen Whales / J.L. Bannister

Baltic Sea Circulation / W. Krauss

Beaches, Physical Processes Affecting / A.D. Short

Benguela Current / L.V. Shannon

Benthic Boundary Layer Effects / D.J. Wildish

Benthic Foraminifera / A.J. Gooday

Benthic Organisms Overview / P.F. Kingston

Bio-optical Models / A. Morel

Bioacoustics / P.L. Tyack

Biogeochemical Data Assimilation / E.E. Hofmann

Bioluminescence / P.J. Herring

Bottom Landers / R.A. Jahnke

Bottom Water Formation / A.L. Gordon

Brazil And Falklands (malvinas) Currents / A.R. Piola

Breaking Waves And Near-surface Turbulencece / S.A. Thorpe

Bubbles / D.K. Woolf.

Calcium Carbonates / L.C. Peterson

California and Alaska Currents / B.M. Hickey

Canary And Portugal Currents / E.D. Barton

Carbon Cycle / C.A. Carlson

Carbon Dioxide(co2) Cycle / T. Takahashi

Carbon Sequestration Via Direct Injection / H. Herzog

Cenozoic Climate

Oxygen Isotope Evidence / J.D. Wright

Cenozoic Oceans

Carbon Cycle Models / L. François

Cephalopods / P. Boyle

CFCs in the Ocean / R.A. Fine

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons / J.W. Farrington

Clay Mineralogy / H. Chamley

Coastal Circulation Models / F.E. Werner

Coastal Topography, Human Impact on / D.M. Bush

Coastal Trapped Waves / J.M. Huthnance

Coastal Zone Management / Seoung-Yong Hong

Conservative Elements / D.W. Dyrssen

Continuous Plankton Recorders / A. John

Copepods / R. Harris

Coral Reef And Other Tropical Fisheries / V. Christensen

Coral Reef Fishes / M.A. Hixon

Coral Reefs / J.W. McManus

Corals And Human Disturbance / N.J. Pilcher

Cosmogenic Isotopes / D. Lal

Coupled Sea Ice-ocean Models / A. Beckmann

Crustacean Fisheries / J.W. Penn

Ctd / K. Lawson

Current Systems In The Atlantic Ocean / L. Stramma

Current Systems In The Indian Ocean / M. Fieux

Current Systems In The Southern Ocean / A.L. Gordon

Currents Systems In The Mediterranean Sea / P. Malanotte-Rizzoli.

Data Assimilation In Models / A.R. Robinson

Deep Convection / J.R.N. Lazier

Deep Submergence, Science Of / D.J. Fornari

Deep-sea Drilling Methodology / K. Moran

Deep-sea Drilling Results / J.G. Baldauf

Deep-sea Fauna / P.V.R. Snelgrove

Deep-sea Fishes / J.D.M. Gordon

Deep-sea Ridges, Microbiology / A.-L. Reysenbach

Deep-sea Sediment Drifts / D.A.V. Stow

Demersal Fishes / O.A. Bergstad

Demersal Species Fisheries / K. Brander

Dispersion and Diffusion in the Deep Ocean / R.W. Schmitt

Dispersion From Hydrothermal Vents / K.R. Helfrich

Dispersion in Shallow Seas / J.T. Holt

Diversity Of Marine Species / P.V.R. Snelgrove

Double-diffusive Convection / R.W. Schmitt

Drifters And Floats / P.L. Richardson

Dynamics Of Exploited Marine Fish Populations / M.J. Fogarty

East Australian Current / G. Cresswell

Ecosystem Effects Of Fishing / S.J. Hall

Eels / J.D. McCleave

Ekman Transport and Pumping / T.K. Chereskin

El Niño Southern Oscillation (enso) / K.E. Trenberth

El Niño Southern Oscillation (Enso) Models / S.G. Philander

Electrical Properties Of Sea Water / R.D. Prien

ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION: Overview / Y. Nozaki

Estuarine Circulation / K. Dyer

Eutrophication / V.N. de Jonge

Evaporation And Humidity / K. Katsaros

Exotic Species, Introduction Of / D. Minchin

Expendable Sensors / J. Scott.

Fiord Circulation / A. Stigebrandt

Fiordic Ecosystems / K.S. Tande

Fish Ecophysiology / J. Davenport

Fish Feeding And Foraging / P.J.B. Hart

Fish Hearing, Lateral Lines / A.N. Popper

Fish Larvae / E.D. Houde

Fish Locomotion / J.J. Videler

Fish Migration, Horizontal / G.P. Arnold

Fish Migration, Vertical / J.D. Neilson

Fish Predation And Mortality / K.M. Bailey

Fish Reproduction / J.H.S. Blaxter

Fish Schooling / T.J. Pitcher

Fish Vision / R.H. Douglas

FISHERIES: Multispecies Dynamics / J.S. Collie

Fisheries And Climate / A.R. Solow

Fisheries Overview / M.J. Fogarty

Fishery Management / T.P. Smith

Fishery Management, Human Dimension / D.C. Wilson

Fishery Manipulation Through Stock Enhancement Or Restoration / M.D.J. Sayer

Fishing Methods And Fishing Fleets / R. Fonteyne

Floc Layers / R.S. Lampitt

Florida Current, Gulf Stream And Labrador Current / P.L. Richardson

Flows in Straits and Channels / D.M. Farmer

Fluid Dynamics, Introduction and Laboratory Experiments / S.A. Thorpe

Fluorometry For Biological Sensing / J. Aiken

Fluorometry for Chemical Sensing / S. Draxler

Forward Problem in Numerical Models / M.A. Spall

Fossil Turbulence / C.H. Gibson

Freshwater Transport And Climate / S. Wijffels.

Gas Exchange in Estuaries / M.I. Scranton

Gelatinous Zooplankton / L.P. Madin

General Circulation Models / G.R. Ierley

Geomagnetic Polarity Timescale / C.G. Langereis

Geomorphology / C. Woodroffe

Geophysical Heat Flow / C.A. Stein

Glacial Crustal Rebound, Sea Levels and Shorelines / K. Lambeck

Global Marine Pollution / A.D. Mclntyre

Grabs For Shelf Benthic Sampling / P.F. Kingston

Gravity / M. McNutt

Heat and Momentum Fluxes at the Sea Surface / P.K. Taylor

Heat Transport And Climate / A.M. Macdonald

History of Ocean Sciences / H.M. Rozwadowski

Holocene Climate Variability / M. Maslin

Hydrothermal Vent Biota / R.A. Lutz

Hydrothermal Vent Deposits / R.M. Haymon

Hydrothermal Vent Ecology / C.L. Van Dover

Hydrothermal Vent Fauna, Physiology Of / A.J. Arp

Hydrothermal Vent Fluids, Chemistry Of / K.L. Von Damm

Ice-induced Gouging Of The Seafloor / W.F. Weeks

Ice-shelf Stability / C.S.M. Doake

Icebergs / D. Diemand

Ice-ocean Interaction / J.H. Morison

Igneous Provinces / M.F. Coffins

Indian Ocean Equatorial Currents / M. Fieux

Indonesian Throughflow And Leeuwin Current / S. Godfrey

Inherent Optical Properties and Irradiance / T.D. Dickey

Internal Tidal Mixing / W. Munk

Internal Tides / R.D. Ray

Internal Waves / C. Garrett

International Organizations / M.R. Reeve

Intertidal Fishes / R.N. Gibson

Intra-americas Sea / G.A. Maul

Intrusions / D.L. Hebert

Inverse Models / C. Wunsch

IR Radiometers / C.J. Donlon

Iron Fertilization / K.H. Coale

Island Wakes / E.D. Barton.

Krill / E.J. Murphy

Kuroshio And Oyashio Currents / B. Qiu

Lagoons / R.S.K. Barnes

Lagrangian Biological Models / D.B. Olson

Land-sea Global Transfers / F.T. Mackenzie

Langmuir Circulation And Instability / S. Leibovich

Large Marine Ecosystems / K. Sherman

Laridae, Sternidae And Rynchopidae / J. Burger

Law Of The Sea / P. Hoagland

Long-term Tracer Changes / F. von Blanckenburg.

Macrobenthos / J.D. Gage

Magnetics / F.J. Vine

Manganese Nodules / D.S. Cronan

Mangroves / M.D. Spalding

Manned Submersibles, Deep Water / H. Hotta

Manned Submersibles, Shallow Water / T. Askew

Mariculture Diseases and Health / A.E. Ellis

Mariculture of Aquarium Fishes / N. Forteath

Mariculture Of Mediterranean Species / G. Barnabé

Mariculture Overview / L.M. Laird

Mariculture, Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts of / K.D. Black

Marine Fishery Resources, Global State Of / S.M. Garcia

Marine Mammal Diving Physiology / G.L. Kooyman

Marine Mammal Evolution and Taxonomy / J.E. Heyning

Marine Mammal Migrations and Movement Patterns / P.J. Corkeron

Marine Mammal Overview / P.L. Tyack

Marine Mammal Social Organization and Communication / P.L. Tyack

Marine Mammal Trophic Levels and Interactions / A.W. Trites

Marine Mammals, History Of Exploitation / R.R. Reeves

Marine Mats / A.E.S. Kemp

Marine Mesocosms / J.H. Steele

Marine Policy Overview / P. Hoagland

Marine Protected Areas / P. Hoagland

Marine Silica Cycle / D.J. DeMaster

Marine Snow / R.S. Lampitt

Maritime Archaeology / R.D. Ballard

Meddies and Sub-surface Eddies / H.T. Rossby

Mediterranean Sea Circulation / A.R. Robinson

Meiobenthos / B.C. Coull

Mesopelagic Fishes / A.G.V. Salvanes

Mesoscale Eddies / P.B. Rhines

Metal Pollution / G.E. Millward

Metalloids And Oxyanions / G.A. Cutter

Methane Hydrates / R. Matsumoto

Methane Hydrates and Climatic Effects / B.U. Haq

Microbial Loops / M. Landry

Microphytobenthos / G.J.C. Underwood

Mid-ocean Ridge Geochemistry And Petrology / M.R. Perfit

Mid-ocean Ridge Seismic Structure / S.M. Carbotte

Mid-ocean Ridge Tectonics, Volcanism And Geomorphology / K.C. Macdonald

Millenial Scale Climate Variability / J.T. Andrews

Mineral Extraction, Authigenic Minerals / J.C. Wiltshire

Molluskan Fisheries / V.S. Kennedy

Monsoons, History Of / N. Niitsuma

Moorings / R.P. Trask.

Nepheloid Layers / I.N. McCave

Network Analysis of Food Webs / J.H. Steele

Nitrogen Cycle / D.M. Karl

Nitrogen Isotopes in the Ocean / D.M. Sigman

Noble Gases And The Cryosphere / M. Hood

Non-rotating Gravity Currents / P.G. Baines

North Atlantic Oscillation (nao) / J.W. Hurrell

North Sea Circulation / M.J. Howarth

Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing And Related Discharges / H.N. Edmonds

Nepheloid Layers / I.N. McCave

Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing And Related Discharges / H.N. Edmonds.

Pacific Ocean Equatorial Currents / R. Lukas

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY: Overview / E. Thomas

Paleoceanographay, Climate Models in / W.W. Hay

Particle Aggregation Dynamics / A. Alldredge

Past Climate From Corals / A.G. Grottoli

Patch Dynamics / K.L. Denman

Pelagic Biogeography / A. Longhurst

Pelagic Fishes / D.H. Cushing

Pelecaniformes / D. Siegel-Causey

Penetrating Shortwave Radiation / C.A. Paulson

Phalaropes / M. Rubega

Phosphorus Cycle / K.C. Ruttenberg

Photochemical Processes / N.V. Blough

Phytobenthos / M. Wilkinson

Phytoplankton Blooms / D.M. Anderson

Plankton / M.M. Mullin

Plankton And Climate / P.C. Reid

Plankton Viruses / J. Fuhrman

Platinum Group Elements and Their Isotopes in the Ocean / G.E. Ravizza

Polar Ecosystems / A. Clarke

POLLUTION: Effects on Marine Communities / R.M. Warwick

Pollution Control / J.S. Gray

Polution, Solids / C.M.G. Vivian

Polynyas / S. Martin

Population Dynamics Models / Francois Carlotti

Population Genetics Of Marine Organisms / D. Hedgecock

Pore Water Chemistry / D. Hammond

Primary Production Distribution / S. Sathyendranath

Primary Production Methods / J.J. Cullen

Primary Production Processes / J.A. Raven

Procellariiformes / K.C. Hamer

Profiling Current Meters / A.J. Plueddemann

Propagating Rifts and Microplates / Richard Hey

Protozoa, Planktonic Foraminifera / R. Schiebel

Protozoa, Radiolarians / O.R. Anderson.

Radiative Transfer in the Ocean / C.D. Mobley

Radioactive Wastes / L. Føyn

Radiocarbon / R.M. Key

Rare Earth Elements and their Isotopes in the Ocean / Y. Nozaki

Red Sea Circulation / D. Quadfasel

Redfield Ratio / T. Tyrrell

Refractory Metals / K.J. Orians

Regional and Shelf Sea Models / J.J. Walsh

Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) / K. Shepherd

Rigs And Offshore Structures / C.A. Wilson III

River Inputs / J.D. Milliman

Rocky Shores / G.M. Branch

Rossby Waves / P.D. Killworth

Rotating Gravity Currents / J.A. Whitehead

SALMON FISHERIES: Atlantic / P. Hutchinson

SALMON FISHERIES: Pacific / R.G. Kope

Salmonid Farming / L.M. Laird

Salmonids / D. Mills

Salt Marsh Vegetation / C.T. Roman

Salt Marshes And Mud Flats / J.M. Teal

Sandy Beaches, Biology Of / A.C. Brown

Satellite Altimetry / R.E. Cheney

Satellite Measurements of Salinity / G. Lagerloef

Satellite Oceanography, History and Introductory Concepts / S. Wilson

Satellite Passive Microwave Measurements of Sea Ice / C.L. Parkinson

Satellite Remote Sensing Microwave Scatterometers / W.J. Plant

Satellite Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperatures / P.J. Minnett

Satellite Remote Sensing Sar / A.K. Liu

SEA ICE: Overview / W.F. Weeks

SEA ICE: Variations in Extent and Thickness / P. Wadhams.

Temporal Variability Of Particle Flux / W. Deuser

Thermal Discharges And Pollution / T.E.L. Langford

Thermohaline Circulation / J.R. Toggweiler

Three-dimensional (3d) Turbulence / W.D. Smyth

Tidal Energy / A.M. Gorlov

Tides / D.T. Pugh

Tomography / P.F. Worcester

Topographic Eddies / J.H. Middleton

Towed Vehicles / I. Helmond

Tracer Release Experiments / A.J. Watson

Tracers And Large Scale Models / M.H. England

Tracers Of Ocean Productivity / W.J. Jenkins

Transition Metals and Heavy Metal Speciation / J. Donat

Transmissometry and Nephelometry / C. Moore

Trapped Particulate Flux / S. Honjo

Tritium-helium Dating / W.J. Jenkins

Tsunamis / Colin McNeil

Turbulence In The Benthic Boundary Layer / R. Lueck

Turbulence Sensors / N.S. Oakey.

Under-ice Boundary Layer / M.G. McPhee

Upper Ocean Heat And Freshwater Budgets / H. Wijesekera

Upper Ocean Mean Horizontal Structure / M. Tomczak

Upper Ocean Mixing Processes / J.N. Moum

Upper Ocean Responses to Strong Forcing Events / L.K. Shay

Upper Ocean Time And Space Variability / D.L. Rudnick

Upper Ocean Vertical Structure / J. Sprintall

Upwelling Ecosystems / R.T. Barber

Uranium-thorium Decay Series In The Oceans Overview / M.M.R. van der Loeff

Uranium-thorium Series Isotopes In Ocean Profiles / S. Krishnaswami

Viral And Bacterial Contamination Of Beaches / J. Bartram

Volcanic Helium / J.E. Lupton

Vortical Modes / E.L. Kunze

Water Types And Water Masses / W.J. Emery

Wave Energy / M.E. McCormick

Wave Generation by Wind / S.A. Thorpe

Waves on Beaches / R.A. Holman

Weddell Sea Circulation / E. Fahrbach

Wet Chemical Analyzers / A.R.J. David

Whitecaps And Foam / E.C. Monahan

Wind And Buoyancy-forced Upper Ocean / M.F. Cronin

Wind Driven Circulation / P.S. Bogden

Zooplankton Sampling With Nets And Trawls / P.H. Wiebe.

Appendix 1. SI Units and Some Equivalences

Appendix 2. Useful Values

Appendix 3. Periodic Table of the Elements

Appendix 4. The Geologic Time Scale

Appendix 5. Properties of Sea Water

Appendix 6. Sea Surface and Beaufort Wind Scale

Appendix 7. Estimated Mean Oceanic Concentrations of the Elements

Appendix 8. Abbreviations

Appendix 9. Taxonomic Outline Of Marine Organisms

Appendix 10. Bathymetric Charts of the Oceans.

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