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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.Exemplaires(1)
Cote Rayonnage Support Disponibilité 551.46 SVR 13 Consultation Exclu du prêt
Titre : Marine Biology Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Castro, Peter, Auteur Editeur : Higher éducation Année de publication : 2005 Importance : XII- 542 p. Format : 28 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-07-111100-3 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 578 Histoire naturelle des organismes vivants Résumé : The fifth edition of marine biology incorporates the most extensive art revision since the first edition was published in 1991.
Most of the illustrations have been improved to make them clearer, more accurate, more understandable and more attractive using space more sufficiently. Many photographers from previous editions have been replaced, and other digitally enhanced. The part-opening and chapter-opening photos are all new. A new interior design has been adopted to be more reader-friendly and makes better use of space.
As in the last edition the authors have expanded the coverage of the role of microbes in marine ecosystems in response to the steady stream of relevant new research findings. This includes incorporating/ the finding of organelles in some bacteria in Chapter 4, a new section and summary table in Chapter 5 on brokaryote metabolism, and updated coverage of Pico- and nanoplankton in Chapter 15.
The authors have added a new section on larval ecology to Chapter 10, which also contains additional information about anthropogenic influences on global nutrient cycles and a new figure showing the phosphorus cycle, and consolidated the description of different groups of corals and the distribution of zooxanthellae with a new table in Chapter 14.
The coverage of certain classical techniques has been reduced, for example in methods of water sampling and measuring primary productivity, in favor of more modern procedures methods.
As in previous editions we the text has been updated throughout to reflect recent events, new research, changes in perspective and to include information requested by reviewers.
The fifth edition presents new information about the Tethyan fauna, past climate variability, hot spots in the earth's mantle, Antarctic upwelling, nucleic acids, viruses, fisheries, cleaning associations, the taxonomic position of pogonophorans, Pfiesteria, osmotic regulation in fishes, indirect ecological interactions among species, shark attacks, bio-erosion on coral reefs, coral bleaching, epipelagic, temperature regulation in "warm blooded" fishes, hydrothermal vents, benthic diversity on seamounts, and many other topics.
As usual, the authors have updated facts and findings, corrected errors, and recognized some sections to improve balance and logic flow.Marine Biology [texte imprimé] / Castro, Peter, Auteur . - Higher éducation, 2005 . - XII- 542 p. ; 28 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-07-111100-3
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale : 578 Histoire naturelle des organismes vivants Résumé : The fifth edition of marine biology incorporates the most extensive art revision since the first edition was published in 1991.
Most of the illustrations have been improved to make them clearer, more accurate, more understandable and more attractive using space more sufficiently. Many photographers from previous editions have been replaced, and other digitally enhanced. The part-opening and chapter-opening photos are all new. A new interior design has been adopted to be more reader-friendly and makes better use of space.
As in the last edition the authors have expanded the coverage of the role of microbes in marine ecosystems in response to the steady stream of relevant new research findings. This includes incorporating/ the finding of organelles in some bacteria in Chapter 4, a new section and summary table in Chapter 5 on brokaryote metabolism, and updated coverage of Pico- and nanoplankton in Chapter 15.
The authors have added a new section on larval ecology to Chapter 10, which also contains additional information about anthropogenic influences on global nutrient cycles and a new figure showing the phosphorus cycle, and consolidated the description of different groups of corals and the distribution of zooxanthellae with a new table in Chapter 14.
The coverage of certain classical techniques has been reduced, for example in methods of water sampling and measuring primary productivity, in favor of more modern procedures methods.
As in previous editions we the text has been updated throughout to reflect recent events, new research, changes in perspective and to include information requested by reviewers.
The fifth edition presents new information about the Tethyan fauna, past climate variability, hot spots in the earth's mantle, Antarctic upwelling, nucleic acids, viruses, fisheries, cleaning associations, the taxonomic position of pogonophorans, Pfiesteria, osmotic regulation in fishes, indirect ecological interactions among species, shark attacks, bio-erosion on coral reefs, coral bleaching, epipelagic, temperature regulation in "warm blooded" fishes, hydrothermal vents, benthic diversity on seamounts, and many other topics.
As usual, the authors have updated facts and findings, corrected errors, and recognized some sections to improve balance and logic flow.Exemplaires(1)
Cote Rayonnage Support Disponibilité 578.77 CAS E7 13 Consultation Exclu du prêt
