Miller / Wheeler Biological Oceanography

2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-22317-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 504 Seiten, E-Book

This new edition of Biological Oceanography has been greatlyupdated and expanded since its initial publication in 2004. Itpresents current understanding of ocean ecology emphasizing thecharacter of marine organisms from viruses to fish and worms,together with their significance to their habitats and to eachother.
The book initially emphasizes pelagic organisms and processes,but benthos, hydrothermal vents, climate-change effects, andfisheries all receive attention. The chapter on oceanic biomes hasbeen greatly expanded and a new chapter reviewing approaches topelagic food webs has been added. Throughout, the book has beenrevised to account for recent advances in this rapidly changingfield. The increased importance of molecular genetic data acrossthe field is evident in most of the chapters.
As with the previous edition, the book is primarily written forsenior undergraduate and graduate students of ocean ecology andprofessional marine ecologists.
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Charles B.

Wheeler, Patricia A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the second edition vii
Acknowledgements viii
1 Ocean ecology: some fundamental aspects 1
2 The phycology of phytoplankton 19
3 Habitat determinants of primary production in the sea 49
4 Numerical models: the standard form of theory in pelagic ecology 73
5 A sea of microbes: archaea, bacteria, protists, and viruses in the marine pelagial 96
6 The zoology of zooplankton 115
7 Production ecology of marine zooplankton 130
8 Population biology of zooplankton 158
9 Pelagic food webs 181
10 Biogeography of pelagic habitats 202
11 Biome and province analysis of the oceans 230
12 Adaptive complexes of meso- and bathypelagic organisms 276
13 The fauna of deep-sea sediments 292
14 Some benthic community ecology 321
Biological oceanography
15 Submarine hydrothermal vents 351
16 Ocean ecology and global climate change 367
17 Fisheries oceanography 396
References 427
Index
Colour plates appear between pages 230 and 231

Über Autor(innen)

Charlie Miller, now Emeritus Professor of Oceanography atOregon State University, taught biological oceanography andzooplankton biology for many years. His research contributions haveconcentrated on seasonal processes in the ecology of marinezooplankton, particularly copepods, in the Oregon coastal zone andestuaries, the Gulf of Alaska, Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine.
Patricia Wheeler, now Emeritus Distinguished Professor ofOceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, taughtbiological oceanography and phytoplankton physiology there for manyyears. Her research contributions address phytoplankton nutrientdynamics and include work on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen.She conducted field work in the Equatorial Pacific, the northernCalifornia Current system and the Arctic Ocean.