| Titre : |
Fundamentals of oceanography |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Sverdrup, Keith A., Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Higher éducation |
| Année de publication : |
2006 |
| Importance : |
342 p. |
| Format : |
28 cm. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-07-111711-1 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
551 Géologie, météorologie, hydrologie générale |
| Résumé : |
Fundamentals of Oceanography is intended for professors and students who need a more basic oceanography text to better serve less intensive college oceanography courses, courses tailored for non-science majors interested in learning more about the fascinating, and often mysterious, marine world that covers 70% of Earth's surface and yet is more poorly mapped than the surface of the Moon. This fifth edition is an extensive revision in response to the suggestions and ideas of instructors as well as advances in the ocean sciences. Our goal in this edition is to provide students with up-to-date information, and to make each chapter as clear and readable as possible without sacrificing scientific accuracy. This fifth edition continues to emphasize principles, processes, and properties of the oceans.
Because oceanography embraces immense amounts of geological, physical, chemical, biological, and engineering information related to the marine environment, and because of the interdependency among these subject areas, the choice of topics to be included in a fundamentals text presents a complex challenge. We have endeavored to choose those topics that best illustrate basic processes and at the same time answer students' questions about the oceans while encouraging their interest. We invite instructors to change the sequence of material to best fit their own presentations and to elaborate on subjects as desired.
Eleven Items of Interest are included in this edition to cover issues that are not addressed directly in the text.
In chapter 2 new sections have been added discussing the origin of the oceans and evidence for extraterrestrial oceans in our solar sys-tem.
The discussion of plate tectonics and plate boundaries in chapter 3 has been extensively revised, and a number of new figures have been added.
In chapter 5 the section on carbon dioxide as a buffer has been rewritten and expanded.
The discussion of El Nino-Southern Oscillation in chapter 6 has been completely revised, and new figures have been added to further illustrate it.
Chapter 7 updates information about the National Energy Laboratory in Hawaii and The Great Sneaker Spill.
Waves and Tides (chapter 8) has been reviewed and revised with special emphasis placed on wave sorting, tidal forces, and energy from tidal currents.
Environmental issues in chapter 9 have also been updated.
All primary production values in chapter 10 are new, and new information on ice worms and the Lost City vent field has been included.
Chapter 11 has been extensively rewritten: information on bacteria and red tides has been updated, and a section on viruses has been added; also all fisheries data have been amended from the last available FAO reports.
Chapter 12 contains new information on tropical coral reefs and deep water coral reefs; benthic harvests are extracted from the latest available FAO data. Short essays on the responsibilities of a chief scientist and ship's Captain in planning and executing a successful oceanographic expedition have been included in the middle of the text (following chapter six).
Fundamentals of Oceanography continues to present students with numerous aids to facilitate their study of oceanography. Each chapter opens with learning objectives, and review questions are presented as self-checks for the student at the end of each section.
Throughout this text, information is presented in table form to help the student organize, summarize, and compare. Chapters end with a concise summary to aid in review, a list of key terms, critical thinking questions to encourage reflection about chapter topics, suggested readings to explore subjects in more detail, and Internet references related to topics of discussion.
Internet reference symbols have also been added to figure captions in the text where appropriate. Three appendices are included:
(1) methods of deriving latitude and longitude;
(2) taxonomic classifications of plankton, nekton, and benthos, and
(3) scientific notation and units.
All quantities in the text are given in both metric and traditional units. |
Fundamentals of oceanography [texte imprimé] / Sverdrup, Keith A., Auteur . - Higher éducation, 2006 . - 342 p. ; 28 cm. ISBN : 978-0-07-111711-1 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Index. décimale : |
551 Géologie, météorologie, hydrologie générale |
| Résumé : |
Fundamentals of Oceanography is intended for professors and students who need a more basic oceanography text to better serve less intensive college oceanography courses, courses tailored for non-science majors interested in learning more about the fascinating, and often mysterious, marine world that covers 70% of Earth's surface and yet is more poorly mapped than the surface of the Moon. This fifth edition is an extensive revision in response to the suggestions and ideas of instructors as well as advances in the ocean sciences. Our goal in this edition is to provide students with up-to-date information, and to make each chapter as clear and readable as possible without sacrificing scientific accuracy. This fifth edition continues to emphasize principles, processes, and properties of the oceans.
Because oceanography embraces immense amounts of geological, physical, chemical, biological, and engineering information related to the marine environment, and because of the interdependency among these subject areas, the choice of topics to be included in a fundamentals text presents a complex challenge. We have endeavored to choose those topics that best illustrate basic processes and at the same time answer students' questions about the oceans while encouraging their interest. We invite instructors to change the sequence of material to best fit their own presentations and to elaborate on subjects as desired.
Eleven Items of Interest are included in this edition to cover issues that are not addressed directly in the text.
In chapter 2 new sections have been added discussing the origin of the oceans and evidence for extraterrestrial oceans in our solar sys-tem.
The discussion of plate tectonics and plate boundaries in chapter 3 has been extensively revised, and a number of new figures have been added.
In chapter 5 the section on carbon dioxide as a buffer has been rewritten and expanded.
The discussion of El Nino-Southern Oscillation in chapter 6 has been completely revised, and new figures have been added to further illustrate it.
Chapter 7 updates information about the National Energy Laboratory in Hawaii and The Great Sneaker Spill.
Waves and Tides (chapter 8) has been reviewed and revised with special emphasis placed on wave sorting, tidal forces, and energy from tidal currents.
Environmental issues in chapter 9 have also been updated.
All primary production values in chapter 10 are new, and new information on ice worms and the Lost City vent field has been included.
Chapter 11 has been extensively rewritten: information on bacteria and red tides has been updated, and a section on viruses has been added; also all fisheries data have been amended from the last available FAO reports.
Chapter 12 contains new information on tropical coral reefs and deep water coral reefs; benthic harvests are extracted from the latest available FAO data. Short essays on the responsibilities of a chief scientist and ship's Captain in planning and executing a successful oceanographic expedition have been included in the middle of the text (following chapter six).
Fundamentals of Oceanography continues to present students with numerous aids to facilitate their study of oceanography. Each chapter opens with learning objectives, and review questions are presented as self-checks for the student at the end of each section.
Throughout this text, information is presented in table form to help the student organize, summarize, and compare. Chapters end with a concise summary to aid in review, a list of key terms, critical thinking questions to encourage reflection about chapter topics, suggested readings to explore subjects in more detail, and Internet references related to topics of discussion.
Internet reference symbols have also been added to figure captions in the text where appropriate. Three appendices are included:
(1) methods of deriving latitude and longitude;
(2) taxonomic classifications of plankton, nekton, and benthos, and
(3) scientific notation and units.
All quantities in the text are given in both metric and traditional units. |
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