An Introduction to the World’s Oceans, 8/e



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An Introduction to the World’s Oceans, 8/e


By Sverdrup/Duxbury/Duxbury

Contents

Chapter 1 The History of Oceanography


    1. The Early Times

    2. The Middle Ages

    3. Voyages of Discovery

    4. The Beginnings of Earth Science

    5. The Importance of Charts and Navigational Information

Boxed Reading: Marine Archaeology

    1. Ocean Science Begins

    2. The Challenger Expedition

    3. Oceanography as Science

    4. Oceanography in the Twentieth Century

Field Notes box: Planning and Executing a Successful Oceanographic Expedition

1.10 The Recent Past, the Present, and the Future of Oceanography

Summary

Chapter 2 The Water Planet


2.1 Beginnings

Origin of the Universe

Origin of Our Solar System

Extraterrestrial Oceans

Early Planet Earth

Boxed Reading: Origin of the Oceans

2.2 Age and Time

Age of Earth

Geologic Time

Natural Time Periods

2.3 Shape of Earth

2.4 Location Systems

Latitude and Longitude

Chart Projections

Measuring Latitude

Longitude and Time

2.5 Modern Navigational Techniques

2.6 Earth: The Water Planet

Water on Earth’s Surface

Hydrologic Cycle

Reservoirs and Residence Time

Distribution of Land and Water

Hypsographic Curve

Summary

Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics


3.1 Interior of Earth

Investigating Earth’s Structure

Internal Layers

3.2 Lithosphere and Asthenosphere

The Layers

Isostasy


3.3 Movement of Continents

History of a Theory: Continental Drift

Evidence for a New Theory: Seafloor Spreading

Evidence for Crustal Motion

Polar Wandering Curves

3.4 Plate Tectonics

Plates and Their Boundaries

Divergent Boundaries

Transform Boundaries

Convergent Boundaries

Continental Margins

3.5 Motion of the Plates

Mechanisms of Motion

Field Notes box: Exploring the Oceans on Earth and Elsewhere

Rates of Motion

Hot Spots

3.6 History of the Continents

The Breakup of Pangaea

Before Pangaea

Terranes


3.7 Research Projects and Plans

Project FAMOUS

Seafloor Spreading and Hydrothermal Vents

Boxed Reading: Recovery of Black Smokers

Hydrothermal Vent Communities

The Ocean Drilling Program

Summary

Chapter 4 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments


4.1 Measuring the Depths

Boxed Reading: Bathymetrics

4.2 Bathymetry of the Sea Floor

Continental Margin

Ocean Basin Floor

Field Notes box: Giant Hawaiian Landslides

Ridges, Rises, and Trenches

4.3 Sediments

Particle Size

Location


Rates of Deposit

Source and Chemistry

Patterns of Deposit on the Sea Floor

Formation of Rock

Sampling Methods

Sediments as Historical Records

4.4 Seabed Resources

Sand and Gravel

Phosphorite

Sulfur


Coal

Oil and Gas

Gas Hydrates

Manganese Nodules

Sulfide Mineral Deposits

Laws and Treaties

Summary

Chapter 5 The Physical Properties of Water


5.1 The Water Molecule

5.2 Temperature and Heat

5.3 Changes of State

5.4 Heat Capacity

5.5 Cohesion, Surface Tension, and Viscosity

5.6 Density

The Effect of Pressure

The Effect of Temperature

The Effect of Salt

5.7 Dissolving Ability

5.8 Transmission of Energy

Heat


Light

Sound


Boxed Reading: Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate

5.9 Ice and Fog

Sea Ice

Icebergs


Fog

Boxed Reading: Green Icebergs

Summary
Chapter 6 The Chemistry of Seawater

6.1 The pH of Seawater

6.2 Salts

Units of Concentration

Ocean Salinities

Dissolved Salts

Sources of Salt

Regulating the Salt Balance

Residence Time

Constant Proportion

Determining Salinity

6.3 Gases

Distribution with Depth

The Carbon Dioxide Cycle

The Oxygen Balance

Measuring the Gases

6.4 Other Substances

Nutrients

Organics

Boxed Reading: Messages in Polar Ice

6.5 Practical Considerations: Salt and Water

Chemical Resources

Desalination

Summary


Chapter 7 The Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere


7.1 Heating and Cooling Earth’s Surface

Distribution of Solar Radiation

Heat Budget

Annual Cycles of Solar Radiation

Heat Capacity

7.2 The Atmosphere

Structure of the Atmosphere

Composition of Air

Atmospheric Pressure

7.3 Greenhouse Gases

Carbon Dioxide and Greenhouse Effect

The Ozone Problem

7.4 The Role of Sulfur Compounds

7.5 The Atmosphere in Motion

Winds on a Nonrotating Earth

The Effects of Rotation

Boxed Reading: Ship Emissions

Wind Bands

7.6 Modifying the Wind Bands

Seasonal Changes

Boxed Reading: Clouds and Climate

The Monsoon Effect

The Topographic Effect

Jet Streams

7.7 Hurricanes

7.8 El Niño–Southern Oscillation

7.9 Practical Considerations: Storm Tides and Storm Surges

Summary


Chapter 8 Circulation and Ocean Structure


8.1 Density Structure

Surface Processes

Changes with Depth

Density-Driven Circulation

8.2 Upwelling and Downwelling

8.3 The Layered Oceans

The Atlantic Ocean

The Pacific Ocean

The Indian Ocean

Comparing the Major Oceans

The Arctic Ocean

Boxed Reading: Arctic Ocean Studies

Bordering Seas

Internal Mixing

8.4 Measurement Techniques

8.5 Practical Considerations: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Boxed Reading: Ocean Gliders

Summary


Chapter 9 The Surface Currents


9.1 Surface Currents

The Ekman Spiral and Ekman Transport

Ocean Gyres

Geostrophic Flow

9.2 Wind-Driven Ocean Currents

Pacific Ocean Currents

Atlantic Ocean Currents

Indian Ocean Currents

Arctic Ocean Currents

9.3 Current Flow

Current Speed

Western Intensification

9.4 Eddies

9.5 Convergence and Divergence

Langmuir Cells

Permanent Zones

Boxed Reading: Ocean Drifters

Seasonal Zones

9.6 Changing Circulation Patterns

Global Currents

North Pacific Oscillations

North Atlantic Oscillations

9.7 Measuring the Currents

9.8 Practical Considerations: Energy from the Currents

Summary


Chapter 10 The Waves


10.1 How a Wave Begins

10.2 Anatomy of a Wave

10.3 Wave Motion

10.4 Wave Speed

10.5 Deep-Water Waves

Storm Centers

Dispersion

Group Speed

Wave Interaction

10.6 Wave Height

Episodic Waves

Wave Energy

Wave Steepness

Universal Sea State Code

10.7 Shallow-Water Waves

Refraction

Reflection

Diffraction

Navigation from Wave Direction

10.8 The Surf Zone

Breakers

Water Transport

Energy Release

10.9 Tsunami

Boxed Reading: Tsunami Warning Systems

10.10 Internal Waves

10.11 Standing Waves

10.12 Practical Considerations: Energy from Waves

Summary
Going to Sea

Chapter 11 The Tides


11.1 Tide Patterns

11.2 Tide Levels

11.3 Tidal Currents

11.4 Equilibrium Tidal Theory

The Moon Tide

The Tidal Day

The Tide Wave

The Sun Tide

Spring Tides and Neap Tides

Declinational Tides

Elliptical Orbits

11.5 Dynamic Tidal Analysis

The Tide Wave

Progressive Wave Tides

Standing Wave Tides

Tide Waves in Narrow Basins

11.6 Tidal Bores

11.7 Predicting Tides and Tidal Currents

Tide Tables

Boxed Reading: Measuring Tides from Space

Tidal Current Tables

11.8 Practical Considerations: Energy from Tides

Summary

Chapter 12 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries


12.1 Major Zones

12.2 Types of Coasts

Primary Coasts

Secondary Coasts

12.3 Anatomy of a Beach

12.4 Beach Dynamics

Natural Processes

Coastal Circulation

12.5 Beach Types

12.6 Modifying Beaches

Coastal Structures

Boxed Reading: National Marine Sanctuaries

The Santa Barbara Story

The History of Ediz Hook

12.7 Estuaries

Types of Estuaries

Circulation of Patterns

Temperate-Zone Estuaries

12.8 High Evaporation Rates

Boxed Reading: Rising Sea Level

12.9 Flushing Time

12.10 Practical Considerations: Case Histories

The Development of San Francisco Bay

The Situation in Chesapeake Bay

Summary

Chapter 13 Environmental Issues and Concerns


13.1 Water and Sediment Quality

Solid Waste Dumping

Sewage Effluent

Toxicants

13.2 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

13.3 Plastic Trash

13.4 Ocean Waste Management Proposals

13.5 Oil Spills

13.6 Marine Wetlands

Boxed Reading: Spartina: Valuable and Productive or Invasive and Destructive?

13.7 Biological Invaders

Field Notes box: Ecological Nowcasting of Sea Nettles in Chesapeake Bay

13.8 Overfishing and Incidental Catch

13.9 Afterthoughts

Summary

Chapter 14 The Living Ocean


14.1 Ocean Biology

14.2 Groups of Organisms

14.3 Environmental Zones

14.4 Facts of Ocean Life

Buoyancy, Flotation, and Viscosity

Salinity and Osmosis

Temperature

Pressure


Gases

Nutrients

Light and Color

Circulation Patterns

14.5 Bottom Environments

14.6 Close Associations

14.7 Barriers and Boundaries

14.8 Practical Considerations: Modification and Mitigation

Boxed Reading: Biodiversity in the Oceans

Summary


Chapter 15 Production and Life


15.1 Primary Production

Gross and Net

Standing Crop

15.2 Controls on Primary Production

Light

Nutrients



Nutrient Cycles

15.3 Global Primary Production

15.4 Measuring Primary Production

Direct Methods

Remote Methods

15.5 Total Production

Food Chains and Food Webs

Trophic Pyramids

Other Photosynthetic Systems

Primary Production and Chemosynthesis

15.6 Practical Considerations: Human Concerns

Boxed Reading: CalCOFI – Fifty Years of Coastal Ocean Data

Summary

Chapter 16 The Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean


16.1 Kinds of Plankton

Phytoplankton

Zooplankton

16.2 Bacteria and Archaea

The Microbial Loop

16.3 Viruses

16.4 Classification Summary of the Plankton

16.5 Sampling the Plankton

Boxed Reading: Discovery of the Role of Picoplankton

16.6 Practical Considerations: Marine Toxins

Harmful Algal Blooms

Pfiesteria-Like Dinoflagellates

Ciguatera Poisoning

Toxic Diatom Blooms

Cholera


Boxed Reading: Extremophiles

Summary


Chapter 17 The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea


17.1 Mammals

Whales and Whaling

Dolphins and Porpoises

Seals and Sea Lions

Boxed Reading: Whale Falls

Sea Otters

Walrus

Sea Cows


Polar Bears

Marine Mammal Protection Act

Communication

17.2 Marine Birds

17.3 Marine Reptiles

Sea Snakes

Sea Turtles

17.4 Squid

17.5 Fish

Sharks and Rays

Commercial Species of Bony Fish

Deep-Sea Species of Bony Fish

17.6 Classification Summary of the Nekton

17.7 Practical Considerations: Commercial Fisheries

Anchovies

Tuna


Salmon

Atlantic Cod

Sharks

Fish Farming



Field Notes box: Biofouling

Summary


Chapter 18 The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor


18.1 Algae and Plants

General Characteristics of Benthic Algae

Kinds of Seaweeds

Other Marine Plant Communities

18.2 Animals

Animals of the Rocky Shore

Tide Pools

Animals of the Soft Substrates

Animals of the Deep-Sea Floor

Fouling and Boring Organisms

18.3 Classification Summary of the Benthos

18.4 High-Energy Environments

18.5 Coral Reefs

Tropical Corals

Tropical Coral Reefs

Coral Bleaching

Predation and Disease

Human Activities

Deep-Water Corals

18.6 Deep-Ocean Chemosynthetic Communities

Hot Vents

Cold Seeps

Boxed Reading: Deep-Sea Ice Worms

18.7 Sampling the Benthos

18.8 Practical Considerations: Harvesting the Benthos

The Animals

The Algae

Biomedical Products

Boxed Reading: Genetic Manipulation of Fish and Shellfish

Summary
Appendix A Scientific (or Exponential) Notation



Appendix B SI Units

Appendix C Equations and Quantitative Relationships
Glossary

Index




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