Biological Oceanography: An IntroductionThe comprehensive coverage of this book encompasses the properties of seawater which affect life in the ocean, classification of marine environments and organisms, phytoplankton and zooplankton, marine food webs, larger marine animals (marine mammals, seabirds and fish), life on the seafloor, and the way in which humans affect marine ecosystems. The second edition has been thoroughly updated, including much data available for the first time in a book at this level. There is also a new chapter on human impacts - from harvesting vast amounts of fish, pollution, and deliberately or accidentally transferring marine organisms to new environments. This book complements the Open University Oceanography Series, also published by Butterworth-Heinemann, and is a set text for the Open University third level course, S330. A leading undergraduate textNew chapter on human impacts - a highly topical subjectExpanded colour plate section |
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abundant adult algae amount Antarctic areas bacteria baleen barnacles benthic animals benthos biological biomass burrow carbon carnivorous clams Cnidaria CO₂ coastal communities consumed copepods coral reefs crabs crustaceans deep-sea density depth detritus diatoms dinoflagellates diversity dominant ecological ecosystem eggs energy environment equation estuaries euphausiids euphotic zone feed feeders Figure fish fisheries food chain freshwater g C m² growth rates habitats harvest herbivores hydrothermal vents increase intertidal invertebrates kelp large numbers larvae light intensity live mammals mangrove marine species meiofauna meroplanktonic migration molluscs mussels nekton nitrate nitrogen ocean oceanography organic material oxygen Pacific particles pelagic photosynthesis Phylum phytoplankton planktonic plants polychaetes population predators prey primary production protozoans Question regions relatively respiration salinity sand sea urchins seafloor seagrasses seawater secondary production Section sediments shells snails squid substrate surface temperature terrestrial tidal tonnes trophic levels types upwelling vents vertical water column whales worms zooplankton zooxanthellae