The Oceans Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology |
Preface |
Contents |
I. Introduction |
![]() | II. The Earth and the Ocean Basins |
![]() | III. Physical Properties of Sea Water |
• | Salinity and Chlorinity |
• | Units of Temperature, Salinity, and Pressure, and Their Ranges in the Sea |
• | Density of Sea Water |
• | Thermal Properties of Sea Water |
• | Colligative and Other Properties of Sea Water |
• | Properties of Sea Ice |
• | Transmission of Sound |
• | Absorption of Radiation |
• | Eddy Conductivity, Diffusivity, and Viscosity |
• | Bibliography |
![]() | IV. General Distribution of Temperature, Salinity, and Density |
![]() | V. Theory of Distribution of Variables in the Sea |
![]() | VI. Chemistry of Sea Water |
![]() | VII. Organisms and the Composition of Sea Water |
![]() | VIII. The Sea as a Biological Environment |
![]() | IX. Populations of the Sea |
![]() | X. Observations and Collections at Sea |
XI. General Character of Ocean Currents |
![]() | XII. Statics and Kinematics |
![]() | XIII. Dynamics of Ocean Currents |
![]() | XIV. Waves and Tides |
![]() | XV. The Water Masses and Currents of the Oceans |
![]() | XVI. Phytoplankton in Relation to Physical-Chemical Properties of the Environment |
![]() | XVII. Animals in Relation to Physical-Chemical Properties of the Environment |
![]() | XVIII. Interrelations of Marine Organisms |
![]() | XIX. Organic Production in the Sea |
![]() | XX. Marine Sedimentation |
![]() | Tables for Computing Geopotential Distances between Isobaric Surfaces |
![]() | Subject Index |
![]() | Index of Names |
Fold-outs |