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Understanding the sea /
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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New York,
OUP,
2013.
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| Online Access: | https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015509463-b.html https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015509463-d.html https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2015509463-t.html |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- History of marine biology and oceanography
- The tools of the trade
- Anatomy of the sea (regions of the sea)
- Life in the sea - plankton
- Life in the sea - nekton
- Life in the sea - benthos
- Playing hide-and-seek (camouflage)
- Midnight's children (bioluminescence)
- Body clock (biorhythms)
- Why do fishes drink? (osmotic regulation)
- The not-so-silent sea (noises in the sea)
- Little grains of sand (beaches)
- Playing about with beaches (beach processes)
- The soft sea bed (sea-bottom sediments
- The anatomy of coral reefs (coral reef topography and formation)
- Where the twain do meet (estuaries)
- Wealth from the sea (marine resources)
- Methods of fishing
- Energy from the sea (electricity generation)
- Windmills of the gods (winds)
- Rhythm of the sea (tides)
- The sea in motion (waves)
- Waves inside the sea (undersea waves)
- The killer wave (tsunami)
- Rivers in the sea (surface currents)
- Deep circulation in the oceans
- Silent waterfalls in the sea (upwelling)
- The salty sea (chemistry of sea water)
- The healing sea (marine pharmacy)
- The sea-level paradox
- The name game (biological nomenclature)
- What's in a name? (taxonomy and nomenclature)
- The ladder of life (biological classification)
- King Neptune's festival of lights (unusual phenomena)
- The silent sentinels (lighthouses)
- About b(u)oys and gull(s) (navigation buoys)
- Why do people drown? (drowning accidents and their prevention)
- Mapping the sea (nautical charts)
- The wandering continents (plate tectonics and continental drift)
- Ship "watches" (time on board ship)
- Communication at sea
- "A" is for anchor, "B" is for boat (maritime miscellany).