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.