The Oceans Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology
  Preface
  Contents

  I. Introduction
 collapse sectionII. The Earth and the Ocean Basins
 •Figure and Size of the Earth
 •Distribution of Water and Land
 •Relief of the Sea Floor
 •Major Features of Topography
 expand sectionTerminology of Submarine Topography
 •Bottom Configuration of the Oceans
 •Bottom Configuration of the Arctic and Antarctic Regions
 •Bottom Configuration of Adjacent Seas
 •Submarine Canyons
 •Shorelines
 •Bibliography
 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
 expand sectionXVIII. Interrelations of Marine Organisms
 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
collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section