Concepts in Biological Oceanography
An Interdisciplinary Primer
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 1 July 1993
- ISBN 9780195067323
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages368 pages
- Size 241x162x22 mm
- Weight 630 g
- Language English
- Illustrations line illustrations 0
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Short description:
This text provides an introduction to the principles and major questions of biological oceanography for physical scientists. In three sections it (1) introduces basic ecology, with emphasis on foraging theory and analytic formulations of predator-prey encounter rates, (2) presents an overview of biological oceanography, and (3) discusses the interaction of biological and physical processes that govern the ocean.
MoreLong description:
This textbook for advances level courses in oceanography focuses on the interaction of ecological and physical processes that govern the ocean. The book begins with an introduction to ecology, using foraging theory and analytic formulation of encounter rates of predator and prey as organizing principles. Examples used are primarily marine to convey how marine systems differ from terrestrial environments. These differences, which carry through the remainder of the
book, arise primarily through the ways in which deposit feeders process seafloor muds, suspension feeders extract particles from seawater, bacteria absorb solutes, and marine plants gather nutrients and light. The next section of the book is devoted to central issues of biological oceanography: controls
of primary production, the role of bacteria, and questions of recruitment. The last part treats interdisciplinary topics as the arena in which the non-biological environmental scientist is most likely to find need for some biological background. The book is designed to introduce and develop concepts rather than to give extensive factual detail.
This book is very well-written, contains many well-explained equations, is well-documented and shows the wide interest of the author in the processes that cause the "wax and wane" in marine ecosystems. This reviewer is enthusiastic about the form and content of the book ... The scale of subjects covered and the way in which the topics are explained dictates that in general this book can be recommended to all scientists involved in the quantitative study of coastal
and offshore bodies of water.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Ecological Principles (with marine examples)
Central Issues in Biological Oceanography
Intersections of biological oceanography with other disciplines
