K. H. Mann, John R. N. Lazier

Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems (eBook, PDF)

Biological-Physical Interactions in the Oceans

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of this widely respected text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the effects of biological-physical interactions in the oceans from the microscopic to the global scale. * considers the influence of physical forcing on biological processes in a wide range of marine habitats including coastal estuaries, shelf-break fronts, major ocean gyres, coral reefs, coastal upwelling areas, and the equatorial upwelling system * investigates recent significant developments in this rapidly advancing field * includes new research suggesting that long-term variability in the global atmospheric circulation affects the circulation of ocean basins, which in turn brings about major changes in fish stocks. This discovery opens up the exciting possibility of being able to predict major changes in global fish stocks * written in an accessible, lucid style, this textbook is essential reading for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students studying marine ecology and biological oceanography

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444309140
• Artikelnr.: 38306825

Autorenporträt

Dr Ken Mann has taught at universities in England and in Canada and has carried out research on various aquatic ecosystems including the River Thames and the kelp beds and estuaries of eastern Canada. He is currently a Research Scientist Emeritus at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. Dr John Lazier has been a physical oceanographer at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography since the early 1960s. His principal interest has been the circulation of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, especially the response of the Labrador Sea to decadal changes in the weather. He continues this work as a Research Scientist Emeritus.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents.
Preface to Third Edition.
Preface to Second Edition.
Preface to First Edition.
1 Marine Ecology Comes of Age.
Part A: Processes on a Scale of less than 1 Kilometer.
2 Biology and Boundary Layers.
3 Vertical Structure of the Open Ocean: Biology of the Mixed Layer.
4 Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Freshwater Run-off and Tidal
Mixing.
Part B: Processes on a Scale of 1-1000 Kilometers.
5 Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Coastal Upwelling Regions.
6 Fronts in Coastal Waters.
7 Tides, Tidal Mixing, and Internal Waves.
Part C: Processes on a Scale of Thousands of Kilometers.
8 Ocean Basin Circulation: The Biology of Major Currents, Gyres, Rings, and
Eddies.
9 Variability in Ocean Circulation: its Biological Consequences.
10 The Oceans and Global Climate Change: Physical and Biological Aspects.
Part D: Discussion and Conclusions.
11 Questions for the Future.
Appendix.
References.
Index

Rezensionen

'The authors have done an admirable job. I will happily recommendthis text to my students and colleagues.'
K J Flynn, University of Swansea

'I have used 'Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems' extensively for myundergraduate oceanography teaching to students from widelydifferent scientific backgrounds. The students found theexplanation of the physical processes in this book to be at justthe right level, being advanced, up-to-date and clear, but withouta lot of complex mathematics. The formulae contained in the bookare simple summaries of the physical processes and are easy touse.'
Paul Russell, University of Plymouth

"The book is comprehensive, properly organized, thoroughlyresearched, thoughtfully synthesized and very well written. . . Thebook should be mandatory reading not just for senior undergraduateand graduate students . . . but also for those empowered to set upand implement policy for ocean governance."
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