Dynamics of marine ecosystems : biological-physical interactions in the oceans /
Mann, K. H. 1923-
Dynamics of marine ecosystems : biological-physical interactions in the oceans / K.H. Mann & J.R.N. Lazier. - Third edition. - xii, 496 pages, 7 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-488) and index.
Marine Ecology Comes of Age -- Processes on a Scale of less than 1 Kilometer -- Biology and Boundary Layers -- Vertical Structure of the Open Ocean: Biology of the Mixed Layer -- Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Freshwater Run-off and Tidal Mixing -- Processes on a Scale of 1-1000 Kilometers -- Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Coastal Upwelling Regions -- Fronts in Coastal Waters -- Tides, Tidal Mixing, and Internal Waves -- Processes on a Scale of Thousands of Kilometers -- Ocean Basin Circulation: The Biology of Major Currents, Gyres, Rings, and Eddies -- Variability in Ocean Circulation: its Biological Consequences -- The Oceans and Global Climate Change: Physical and Biological Aspects -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Questions for the Future. 1. Part A. 2. 3. 4. Part B. 5. 6. 7. Part C. 8. 9. 10. Part D. 11.
1405111186 9781405111188
2005004139
Marine ecology
Biotic communities
QH541.5.S3 / M25 2006
577.7
Dynamics of marine ecosystems : biological-physical interactions in the oceans / K.H. Mann & J.R.N. Lazier. - Third edition. - xii, 496 pages, 7 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-488) and index.
Marine Ecology Comes of Age -- Processes on a Scale of less than 1 Kilometer -- Biology and Boundary Layers -- Vertical Structure of the Open Ocean: Biology of the Mixed Layer -- Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Freshwater Run-off and Tidal Mixing -- Processes on a Scale of 1-1000 Kilometers -- Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Coastal Upwelling Regions -- Fronts in Coastal Waters -- Tides, Tidal Mixing, and Internal Waves -- Processes on a Scale of Thousands of Kilometers -- Ocean Basin Circulation: The Biology of Major Currents, Gyres, Rings, and Eddies -- Variability in Ocean Circulation: its Biological Consequences -- The Oceans and Global Climate Change: Physical and Biological Aspects -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Questions for the Future. 1. Part A. 2. 3. 4. Part B. 5. 6. 7. Part C. 8. 9. 10. Part D. 11.
1405111186 9781405111188
2005004139
Marine ecology
Biotic communities
QH541.5.S3 / M25 2006
577.7