The Oceans Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology

  Preface
  Contents

  I. Introduction
 expand sectionII. The Earth and the Ocean Basins
 expand sectionIII. Physical Properties of Sea Water
 expand sectionIV. General Distribution of Temperature, Salinity, and Density
 expand sectionV. Theory of Distribution of Variables in the Sea
 expand sectionVI. Chemistry of Sea Water
 expand sectionVII. Organisms and the Composition of Sea Water
 expand sectionVIII. The Sea as a Biological Environment
 expand sectionIX. Populations of the Sea
 expand sectionX. Observations and Collections at Sea
  XI. General Character of Ocean Currents
 expand sectionXII. Statics and Kinematics
 expand sectionXIII. Dynamics of Ocean Currents
 expand sectionXIV. Waves and Tides
 expand sectionXV. The Water Masses and Currents of the Oceans
 expand sectionXVI. Phytoplankton in Relation to Physical-Chemical Properties of the Environment
 expand sectionXVII. Animals in Relation to Physical-Chemical Properties of the Environment
 collapse sectionXVIII. Interrelations of Marine Organisms
 NATURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ORGANISMS
 expand sectionNUTRITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
 expand sectionBIOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING MOVEMENTS AND CONCENTRATION OF ORGANISMS
 expand sectionMARINE BACTERIA AND THEIR ROLE IN THE BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL CYCLES IN THE SEA
 Bibliography
 expand sectionXIX. Organic Production in the Sea
 expand sectionXX. Marine Sedimentation

 expand sectionTables for Computing Geopotential Distances between Isobaric Surfaces
 expand sectionSubject Index
 expand sectionIndex of Names
  Fold-outs

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