Sea Ice: An Introduction to its Physics, Chemistry, Biology and GeologyISBN: 978-0-632-05808-2
Hardcover
416 pages
June 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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Foreword by G. E. (Tony) Fogg.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1 The Importance of Sea Ice: An Overview.
Chapter 2 From the Microscopic, to the Macroscopic, to the Regional Scale: Growth, Microstructure and Properties of Sea Ice.
Chapter 3 Dynamics versus Thermodynamics: The Sea Ice Thickness Distribution.
Chapter 4 Large Scale Characteristics and Variability of the Global Sea Ice Cover.
Chapter 5 Primary Production in Sea Ice.
Chapter 6 The Microbiology of Sea Ice.
Chapter 7 The Macrobiology of Sea Ice.
Chapter 8 Sea Ice: A Critical Habitat for Polar Marine Mammals and Birds.
Chapter 9 Biogeochemistry of Sea Ice.
Chapter 10 Particulate Flux From Sea Ice in Polar Waters.
Chapter 11 Palaeo Sea Ice Distribution – Reconstruction and Palaeoclimatic Significance.
Glossary.
Index