This new edition of Biological Oceanography has been greatly updated and expanded since its initial publication in 2004. It presents current understanding of ocean ecology emphasizing the character of marine organisms from viruses tofish and worms, together with their significance to their habitats and to each other.The book initially emphasizes pelagic organisms and processes, but benthos, hydrothermal vents, climate-change effects, and fisheries all receive attention. The chapter on oceanic biomes has been greatly expanded and a new chapter reviewing approaches to pelagic food webs has been added. Throughout, thebook has been revised to account for recent advances in this rapidly changingfield. The increased importance of molecular genetic data across the field isevident in most of the chapters.As with the previous edition, the book is primarily written for senior undergraduate and graduate students of ocean ecologyand professional marine ecologists.Visit www.wiley.com/go/miller/oceanographyto access the artwork from the book. INDICE: Preface to the second editionAcknowledgements1. Ocean ecology: some fundamental aspects2. The phycology of phytoplankton3. Habitat determinants of primary production in the sea4. Numerical models: the standard form of theory in pelagic ecology5. A sea of microbes: archaea, bacteria, protists, and viruses in the marine pelagial6. The zoology of zooplankton7. Production ecologyof marine zooplankton8. Population biology of zooplankton9. Pelagic food webs10. Biogeography of pelagic habitats11. Biome and province analysis of the oceans12. Adaptive complexes of meso- and bathypelagic organisms13. The fauna of deep-sea sediments14. Some benthic community ecology15. Submarine hydrothermalvents16. Ocean ecology and global climate change17. Fisheries oceanographyReferencesIndex
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-3301-5
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 480
- Fecha Publicación: 04/05/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés