Biological Oceanography

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John Wiley & Sons, Apr 1, 2009 - Science - 416 pages
This modern textbook of biological oceanography is aimed atstudents taking oceanography, marine biology and marine sciencescourses. It covers recent developments such as the moleculartechniques (including sequence data) that have allowed are-examination of the ocean's microbial ecology and the role of thevarious trophic groups in biogeochemical cycling, carbon flow andclimate control.
  • Major topics covered include phytoplankton bloom, microbialfood web, marine biogeography, global climate change and anoverview of fisheries oceanography.
  • Difficult concepts are explained in a straightforward manner,making this book accessible to undergraduates, graduates andresearchers alike.
  • Features a chapter on important numerical models which havebecome indispensable in biological oceanography.
  • Further details of key terms and important topics arehighlighted in boxes
  • Models, formulas, methodologies, and techniques are describedand explained throughout.

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Contents

1 The spring phytoplankton bloom
1
2 The phycology of phytoplankton
20
3 Habitat determinants of primary production in the sea
46
4 Numerical models the standard form of theory in pelagic ecology
69
5 The microbial loop bacteria bacteriovores and viruses in the marine pelagial
92
6 The zoology of zooplankton
111
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118
7 Production ecology of marine zooplankton
129
10 Biome and province analysis of the oceans
215
11 Adaptive complexes of midwater organisms
232
12 The fauna of deepsea sediments
246
13 Benthic community ecology
270
14 Submarine hydrothermal vents
300
15 Fisheries oceanography
314
16 Ocean ecology and global climate change
341
References
367

8 Population biology of zooplankton
162
9 Biogeography of pelagic habitats
186

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About the author (2009)

Charlie Miller has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in biological oceanography for many years at Oregon State University. During those years, he has studied the zooplankton communities of the Oregon upwelling zone and Oregon estuaries, the pelagic ecology of the Gulf of Alaska, the life histories of planktonic copepods, and several varieties of population modeling.

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