Biological Oceanography: An Introduction: Second Edition - Softcover

Lalli, Carol

 
9780750633840: Biological Oceanography: An Introduction: Second Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0750633840 ISBN 13: 9780750633840
Verlag: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Críticas

"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

Reseña del editor

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.

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Verlag
Butterworth-Heinemann
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0750633840
ISBN 13 
9780750633840
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
336
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