edited by David N. Thomas and Gerhard S. Dieckmann
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Ames, Iowa :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Blackwell Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 621 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. (mostly col.) ;
Accompanying Material
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Foreword / Stephen F. Ackley -- Ch. 1. Importance of Sea Ice: An Overview / Gerhard S. Dieckmann and Harmut H. Hellmer -- Ch. 2. Growth, Structure and Properties of Sea Ice / Chris Petrich and Hajo Eicken -- Ch. 3. Sea Ice and Oceanography / Mark A. Brandon, Finlo R. Cottier and Frank Nilsen -- Ch. 4. Dynamics Versus Thermodynamics: The Sea Ice Thickness Distribution / Christian Haas -- Ch. 5. Snow and Sea Ice / Matthew Sturm and Robert A. Massom -- Ch. 6. Variability and Trends of the Global Sea Ice Cover / Josefino C. Comiso -- Ch. 7. Sea ice bacteria and viruses / Jody W. Deming -- Ch. 8. Primary Producers and Sea Ice / Kevin R. Arrigo, Thomas Mock and Michael P. Lizotte -- Ch. 9. Heterotrophic Protists associated with Sea ice / David A. Caron and Rebecca J. Gast -- Ch. 10. Sea Ice Meio- and Macrofauna / Bodil A. Bluhm, Rolf R. Gradinger and Sigrid B. Schnack-Schiel -- Ch. 11. Sea Ice: A Critical Habitat for Polar Marine Mammals and Birds / Cynthia T. Tynan, David G. Ainley and Ian Stirling -- Ch. 12. Biogeochemistry of Sea Ice / David N. Thomas, Stathys Papadinnitriou and Christine Michel -- Ch. 13. Palaeo Sea Ice Distribution and Reconstruction Derived from the Geological Record / Leanne K. Armand and Amy Leventer -- Ch. 14. Sea Ice in Non-Polar Regions / Mats A. Granskog, Hermanni Kaartokallio and Harri Kuosa -- Ch. 15. Sea ice and Astrobiology / John S. Wettlaufer