Schlagwort(e):
Biotic communities.
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Electronic books.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (519 pages)
Ausgabe:
3rd ed.
ISBN:
9781444309140
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=428075
DDC:
577.7
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Preface to third edition -- Preface to second edition -- Preface to first edition -- 1 Marine ecology comes of age -- Part A Processes on a scale of less than 1 kilometer -- 2 Biology and boundary layers -- 3 Vertical structure of the open ocean: biology of the mixed layer -- 4 Vertical structure in coastal waters: freshwater run-off and tidal mixing -- Part B Processes on a scale of 1-1000 kilometers -- 5 Vertical structure in coastal waters: coastal upwelling regions -- 6 Fronts in coastal waters -- 7 Tides, tidal mixing, and internal waves -- Colour Plates -- Part C Processes on a scale of thousands of kilometers -- 8 Ocean basin circulation: the biology of major currents, gyres, rings, and eddies -- 9 Variability in ocean circulation: its biological consequences -- 10 The oceans and global climate change: physical and biological aspects -- Part D Discussion and conclusions -- 11 Questions for the future -- Appendix -- References -- Index.
