Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography / Edition 3

by Bernard Pipkin, Donn Gorsline, Richard Casey, Dean Dunn, Stephen Schellenberg

Overview

With exercises for the major disciplines within oceanography, Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography incorporates real data from actual experiments to help you gain a deeper understanding of relevant concepts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780716737421
Publisher:	Freeman, W. H. & Company
Publication date:	10/27/2000
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	8.52(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

EXERCISES
1. Bathymetry – The Shape of the Sea Floor
2. Marine Charts or Finding Your Way Around
3. Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics
4. Geography of the Oceans
5. Materials of the Sea Floor and How We Study Them
6. Temperatures of Seawater
7. Salinity of Seawater
8. Water Masses and How We Study Them
9. Surface Currents
10. Tides
11. Waves at Sea
12. Waves in Shallow Water and Beach Erosion
13. Hurricanes – NEW
14. Oceanography from Space – NEW
15. Distribution of Marine Life
16. Primary and Secondary Productivity
17. El Nino – NEW
18. Marine Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles
19. Plankton
20. Marine Adaptations and the Deep Sea Environment
21. Estuaries
22. Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact – NEW
23. Paleoceanography