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Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems: Biological-Physical Interactions in the Oceans, 3rd Edition

ISBN: 978-1-4051-1118-8
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510 pages
December 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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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

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