عنوان

Oceans /

0816059322

9780816059324

b735844

Oceans /

[Book]

Trevor Day ; illustrations by Richard Garratt.

Rev. ed.

New York :

Facts On File, Inc.,

©2008.

xvii, 318 pages :

color illustrations, color maps ;

29 cm.

Ecosystem

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index.

6: Ecology Of The Oceans: -- Life on the shore -- Predation and competition in the intertidal zone -- Life in the water column -- Life on the seafloor -- Larval settlement -- Microscopic infauna -- Life in mid-water -- Life in the deep sea -- Vertical migrations -- Marine migrations -- Mangrove forest communities -- Threatened mangroves -- Coral reef communities -- Sea-grass meadows and kelp forests -- Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps -- Whale carcasses as stepping-stones? -- Modern developments in marine ecology -- 7: History And The Oceans: -- Ships: from dugouts to steamships -- Early European vessels -- Ports -- Shipping routes and modern cargo ships -- Merchant fleets -- Ancient maritime conflicts -- Maritime conflict in the western age of sail -- Maritime conflict in the modern era -- Strategic use of the sea -- Bay of Pigs and the Cuban missile crisis -- Supercavitation -- Sea in literature -- Underwater archaeology -- Vasa-shallow-water wreck -- Titanic fever -- 8: Exploration Of The Oceans: -- Art and science of navigation -- Charting the oceans -- Ancient voyages of discovery -- Dark and Middle Ages -- Explorers of the Renaissance -- Exploration after the Renaissance -- History of oceanography -- Oceanographic prince -- Diving -- Underwater craft -- Alvin's replacement -- Satellites -- Future of marine exploration -- 9: Economics Resources Of The Oceans: -- Value of water -- Water for survival -- Diversity of marine resources -- Hunting and fishing in the sea -- Commercial fisheries -- By-catch -- Drift nets -- Farming the sea -- Catching fish to feed fish and shellfish -- Mining for minerals -- Oil and gas -- Renewable energy sources -- Pharmaceutical resources -- Future exploitation of the oceans -- 10: Health Of The Oceans: -- How healthy are the oceans? -- Biodiversity -- Marine pollution -- Pollution-case studies -- Overfishing -- Overhunting -- Fragile ecosystems in retreat -- Fighting invasion -- 11: Management Of The Oceans: -- Who owns the sea and its resources? -- Managing marine pollution -- Intergovernmental organizations -- Sewage dumped off New York -- Managing fisheries -- Nongovernmental organizations -- Marine conservation -- Marine reserves -- Science and coral bleaching -- Conclusion -- Oceans-their future? -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Web Sites -- Index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Geography Of The Oceans: -- Land and sea -- Oceans and seas -- Seas and gulfs -- Pacific Ocean -- Atlantic Ocean -- Indian Ocean -- Arctic Ocean -- Southern Ocean -- Antarctic Treaty -- Comparing marginal seas of the North Atlantic -- Caribbean Sea -- Mediterranean Sea -- North Sea -- Baltic Sea -- Red Sea -- Persian Gulf -- Shores -- Taming the coastline -- Estuaries -- Coastal wetlands -- True value of estuaries and coastal wetlands -- Islands and seamounts -- 2: Geology Of The Oceans: -- Structure of Earth -- Earth's water -- How oceans are created -- Plate tectonics -- Ocean floor -- Seafloor sediments -- K-T extinction -- Shoreline processes -- Changing sea levels -- Modern developments in Marine geology -- 3: Chemistry And Physics Of The Oceans: -- Water's physical and chemical properties -- Light and sound in the sea -- Sea temperatures -- Pressure, density, and depth -- Chemistry of seawater -- Salty sea -- Salinity and deepwater currents -- Cycling of chemicals in the sea -- Reactivity in the oceans -- Chemistry of the seafloor -- Modern developments in marine chemistry -- 4: Atmosphere And The Oceans: -- Global winds and the atmosphere -- Surface currents -- Sargasso Sea -- Coastal currents -- Lobster-pot tags -- Subsurface currents -- Vertical movements of water -- Tides and surges -- Waves at sea -- Aftermath of the December 26 tsunami -- Weather patterns -- Coastal breezes -- Chaos theory -- Argo profiling float -- Severe weather -- Global warming -- 5: Biology Of The Oceans: -- Evolution of life -- Three domains -- Ecological concepts -- Microbial loop -- Plankton -- Red Tides -- Marine plants -- Marine invertebrates -- Life among lobster bristles -- Marine fishes -- Coelacanths: hidden survivors -- Marine reptiles and seabirds -- Marine mammals -- Modern developments in marine biology -- New species of cetaceans.

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Provides biological, climatic, economic, geographical, geological, and historical perspectives on ocean environments, and explains how the ecosystems came to be, how they have changed throughout history, and how they have been affected by human activity.

Oceanography.

Oceanography.

Day, Trevor,1955-

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