Biological oceanography
* Major topics covered include phytoplankton bloom, microbial food web, marine biogeography, global climate change and an overview of fisheries oceanography. * Difficult concepts are explained in a straightforward manner, making this book accessible to undergraduates, graduates and researchers alike.
384 p.
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1. The spring phytoplankton bloom
2. The phycology of phytoplankton
3. Habitat determinants of primary production in the sea
4. Numerical models
the standard form of theory in pelagic ecology
5. The microbial loop
bacteria, bacteriovores, and viruses in the marine pelagial
6. The zoology of zooplankton
7. Production ecology of marine zooplankton
8. Population biology of zooplankton
9. Biogeography of pelagic habitats
10. Biome and province analysis of the oceans
11. Adaptive complexes of mid-water organisms
12. The fauna of deep-sea sediments
13. Benthic community ecology
14. Submarine hydrothermal vents
15. Fisheries oceanography
16. Ocean ecology and global climate change