Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography
Pipkin, Bernard W ;
Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography - 3rd Edition - New York : W.H. Freeman, ©2001. - v, 270 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
Preface Introduction EXERCISES Bathymetry:The Shape of the Sea Floor Marine Charts or Finding Your Way Around Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics Geography of the Oceans Materials of the Sea Floor and How We Study Them Temperatures of Seawater Salinity of Seawater Water Masses and How We Study Them Surface Currents Tides Waves at Sea Waves in Shallow Water and Beach Erosion Hurricanes: NEW Oceanography from Space: NEW Distribution of Marine Life Primary and Secondary Productivity El Nino: NEW Marine Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles Plankton Marine Adaptations and the Deep Sea Environment Estuaries Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact: NEW Paleoceanography
This is the current edition of the lab manual used by tens of thousands of students over the past two decades. As always, the manual includes exercises for the major disciplines within oceanography (biology, chemistry, geology, and physics) and incorporates real data from actual experiments. The new edition adds four new labs, thorough updating throughout, new objectives sections, and an 8-page color insert.
0716737426 9780716737421
Oceanography -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Oceanography -- Laboratory manuals.
Oceanography.
551.46 / LAB
Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography - 3rd Edition - New York : W.H. Freeman, ©2001. - v, 270 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
Preface Introduction EXERCISES Bathymetry:The Shape of the Sea Floor Marine Charts or Finding Your Way Around Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics Geography of the Oceans Materials of the Sea Floor and How We Study Them Temperatures of Seawater Salinity of Seawater Water Masses and How We Study Them Surface Currents Tides Waves at Sea Waves in Shallow Water and Beach Erosion Hurricanes: NEW Oceanography from Space: NEW Distribution of Marine Life Primary and Secondary Productivity El Nino: NEW Marine Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles Plankton Marine Adaptations and the Deep Sea Environment Estuaries Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact: NEW Paleoceanography
This is the current edition of the lab manual used by tens of thousands of students over the past two decades. As always, the manual includes exercises for the major disciplines within oceanography (biology, chemistry, geology, and physics) and incorporates real data from actual experiments. The new edition adds four new labs, thorough updating throughout, new objectives sections, and an 8-page color insert.
0716737426 9780716737421
Oceanography -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Oceanography -- Laboratory manuals.
Oceanography.
551.46 / LAB