Title:
Investigating oceanography / Keith A. Sverdrup, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Raphael M. Kudela, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Author:
Sverdrup, Keith A., author.
Kudela, Raphael, author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
GC11.2 .S94 2017
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780078022937
9781259254901
Physical Description:
xv, 490 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.
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Contents:
Prologue: the history of oceanography -- The water planet -- Earth structure and plate tectonics -- The sea floor and its sediments -- The physical properties of water -- The chemistry of seaweed -- The atmosphere and oceans -- Oceans structure and circulation -- The waves -- The tides -- Coasts, beaches, and estuaries -- The living ocean -- The plankton, productivity, and food webs -- The nekton: swimmers of the sea -- The benthos: living on the sea floor -- Environmental issues -- The oceans and climate disruption.
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