Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems, Third Edition

Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems, Third Edition By K.H. Mann, J.R.N. Lazier(auth.)
2005 | 510 Pages | ISBN: 1405111186 | PDF | 4 MB
The new edition of this widely respected text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the effects of biological-physical interactions in the oceans from the microscopic to the global scale. considers the influence of physical forcing on biological processes in a wide range of marine habitats including coastal estuaries, shelf-break fronts, major ocean gyres, coral reefs, coastal upwelling areas, and the equatorial upwelling system investigates recent significant developments in this rapidly advancing field includes new research suggesting that long-term variability in the global atmospheric circulation affects the circulation of ocean basins, which in turn brings about major changes in fish stocks. This discovery opens up the exciting possibility of being able to predict major changes in global fish stocks written in an accessible, lucid style, this textbook is essential reading for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students studying marine ecology and biological oceanography Content: Chapter 1 Marine Ecology Comes of Age (pages 1-6): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 2 Biology and Boundary Layers (pages 7-67): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 3 Vertical Structure of the Open Ocean: Biology of the Mixed Layer (pages 68-117): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 4 Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Freshwater Run?Off and Tidal Mixing (pages 118-161): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 5 Vertical Structure in Coastal Waters: Coastal Upwelling Regions (pages 163-215): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 6 Fronts in Coastal Waters (pages 216-253): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 7 Tides, Tidal Mixing, and Internal Waves (pages 254-284): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 8 Ocean Basin Circulation: The Biology of Major Currents, Gyres, Rings, and Eddies (pages 285-336): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 9 Variability in Ocean Circulation: Its Biological Consequences (pages 337-389): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 10 The Oceans and Global Climate Change: Physical and Biological Aspects (pages 390-422): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. LazierChapter 11 Questions for the Future (pages 423-440): K.H. Mann and J.R.N. Lazier