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Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography

Autor Bernard Pipkin, Donn Gorsline, Richard Casey, Dean Dunn, Stephen Schellenberg
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 oct 2000
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."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780716737421
ISBN-10: 0716737426
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 216 x 271 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: W. H. Freeman
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

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

Notă biografică

BERNARD F. PIPKIN, University of Southern California.

DONN S. GORSLINE, University of Southern California.

RICHARD E. CASEY, University of San Diego.

DEAN DUNN, University of Southern Mississippi.

STEPHEN A. SCHELLENBERG, University of Southern California.

Caracteristici

1 Gives students the opportunity to work with real data drawn from research projects
2 Includes four new exercises: Hurricanes; Oceanography from Space and Remote Sensing; El Nino; and Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact
3 4-page full colour insert including satellite and computer-generated images
4 All experiments can be done with minimal equipment and can be used as supplemental work for lecture courses without formal lab sessions

Descriere

The new edition of Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography brings up to date 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.
There is an Instructors Resource Manual to accompany the text which includes explanations and solutions for all exercises in the manual.