Biological Oceanography: An Introduction / Edition 2

by Carol Lalli, Timothy R. Parsons

Overview

This popular undergraduate textbook offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of biological oceanography. As well as a clear and accessible text, learning is enhanced with numerous illustrations including a colour section, thorough chapter summaries, and questions with answers and comments at the back of the book.

The 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750633840
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/16/1997
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 10.20(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

The abiotic environmentPhytoplankton and primary productionZooplankton; Energy flow and mineral cyclingNekton and fisheries oceanographyBenthosBenthic communitiesHuman impacts on marine biotaAppendices; Further reading; Answers and comments to questions

Editorial Reviews

"A very good introduction to biological oceanography for both biologically trained and non-biologically trained students." —Professor Michael Orren, Head of Oceanography, University College Galway

From the Publisher