FFaeroe-Shetland Channel, flow through, 652–655 Falkland Current, 628, 630 Faunal areas (see Zoogeography) Feeding mechanisms, 886–898 Filter feeders, 377, 886–892 rate of filtering, 901–902, 930
Fishes (see also under specific fishes):
deep-sea fishes:
adaptations, 828–835, 897 food of, 896–897
dispersal of eggs and larvae, 861, 865 feeding habits, 884, 890, 892 migrations, 811 osmotic regulations, 271 reproduction, 325 synopsis, 312 visual depths, 831–833 year classes, 326–328
Floating adaptations:
in animals, 818, 821–823 in diatoms, 764–765 in dinoflagellates, 765–766
Flocculation of fine sediments, 958 Florida Current, 672, 673–675 compared with Kuroshio, 720
Fluorine, 180 Fog, advection, 118 Foraminifera:
in deep-sea sediments, 983–985 reproduction, 319 synopsis, 304–305
Foraminiferal number, 985 Foraminiferal tests, composition of, 991 Forel scale, 88 Freezing point of sea water, 65–67 Friction:
boundary, 478–481 general terms, 469, 470 simplified terms, 475
Frictional forces, 469 in presence of turbulence, 474–476
Frictional stresses (see also Wind stress), 68, 69 due to lateral turbulence, 474 Antarctic Circumpolar Current, 621 Equatorial Countercurrent, 634 importance to dynamics of ocean currents, 489
due to vertical turbulence, 471–474
Fucus, 286, 291 reproduction, 293 zone, 277
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