Biological Oceanography: An Introduction
2nd Edition
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Description
This popular undergraduate textbook offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of biological oceanography. As well as a clear and accessible text, learning is enhanced with numerous illustrations including a colour section, thorough chapter summaries, and questions with answers and comments at the back of the book.
The comprehensive coverage of this book encompasses the properties of seawater which affect life in the ocean, classification of marine environments and organisms, phytoplankton and zooplankton, marine food webs, larger marine animals (marine mammals, seabirds and fish), life on the seafloor, and the way in which humans affect marine ecosystems.
The second edition has been thoroughly updated, including much data available for the first time in a book at this level. There is also a new chapter on human impacts - from harvesting vast amounts of fish, pollution, and deliberately or accidentally transferring marine organisms to new environments.
This book complements the Open University Oceanography Series, also published by Butterworth-Heinemann, and is a set text for the Open University third level course, S330.
Key Features
- A leading undergraduate text
- New chapter on human impacts - a highly topical subject
- Expanded colour plate section
Readership
Undergraduate students, OU S330 students
Table of Contents
The abiotic environment
Phytoplankton and primary production
Zooplankton; Energy flow and mineral cycling
Nekton and fisheries oceanography
Benthos
Benthic communities
Human impacts on marine biota
Appendices; Further reading; Answers and comments to questions
Details
- No. of pages:
- 320
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Butterworth-Heinemann 1997
- Published:
- 10th April 1997
- Imprint:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780750633840
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080527994
About the Authors
Carol Lalli
Affiliations and Expertise
University of British Columbia
Timothy Parsons
Affiliations and Expertise
University of British Columbia
Reviews
"A very good introduction to biological oceanography for both biologically trained and non-biologically trained students." --Professor Michael Orren, Head of Oceanography, University College Galway
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