Oceanography and Marine Biology. an Introduction to Marine Science

Description

Oceanography and Marine Biology preserves the basic elements of the physical, chemical, and geological aspects of the marine sciences, and merges those fundamentals into a broader framework of marine biology and ecology.

Existing textbooks on oceanography or marine biology address the companion field only cursorily: very few pages in oceanography texts are devoted to marine biology, and vice versa. This new book overcomes that imbalance, bringing these disparate marine science text formats closer together, giving them more equal weight, and introducing more effectively the physical sciences by showing students with everyday examples how such concepts form the foundation upon which to build a better understanding of the marine environment in a changing world.

Lecturer supplements will also be available.

Contents

PART I: EARLY FOUNDATIONS OF THE OCEAN SCIENCES
The Early Ocean Voyagers
The Principles of Navigation
Dealing with Spherical Geometry of the Earth
Coming Out of the Dark Ages: The Renaissance Europeans
Post-Renaissance Ocean Exploration
The Birth of Oceanography
Oceanography and Marine Biology: Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century

PART II: ORIGINS AND CONNECTIONS: SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSE, EARTH, AND LIFE
What Is Science?
Origins: Where Did the Earth and Its Oceans Come From?
Earth's Internal Structure
An Introduction to Geophysics
The Origin of Life

PART III: THE OCEAN FLOOR: ITS FORMATION AND EVOLUTION
Continental Drift
Marine Sediments

PART IV: WATER: ITS CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Basic Chemistry: Chemical Bonds
Physical–Chemical Properties of Water
Salinity
Density
Properties of Salt Water
Vertical Structure in the Ocean

PART V: ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND OCEAN CURRENTS
Light in the Sea
Atmospheric Circulation
Ocean Circulation

PART VI: WAVES AND TIDES
The Basics of Ocean Waves
Tides

PART VII: INTRODUCTION TO LIFE IN THE SEA
The Basics of Marine Biology: Photosynthesis and Respiration
Nutrients and Limiting Factors
Biological Production in the Oceans
Food Chains and Food Webs
Factors Controlling the Distribution of Marine Organisms
Taxonomy of Marine Organisms

PART VIII: THE PRIMARY PRODUCERS
The Phytoplankton
The Macroalgae (the Seaweeds)
Sea-grasses

PART IX: THE ZOOPLANKTON
The Meroplankton
The Holoplankton

PART X: MARINE INVERTEBRATES
The Benthos
Nektonic Invertebrates
The Cephalopod Molluscs

PART XI: THE FISHES
The Jawless Fishes
The Cartilagenous Fishes
The Bony Fishes
General Biology of Marine Fishes
The Field of Ichtyology

PART XII: MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
The Intertidal Zone
Estuaries
Salt Marshes
Mangrove Forests
Coral Reefs
The Deep-Sea Environment

PART XIII: MARINE REPTILES, BIRDS, AND MAMMALS
Marine Reptiles
Sea Birds
Marine Mammals
Whaling

PART XIV: MARINE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
Fisheries Trophodynamics
A History of Commercial Fisheries
Principles of Fishery Science
Current Status and Management of Fisheries
Aquaculture

PART XV: HUMAN IMPACTS
Marine Pollution
Global Climate Change