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 |
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 |
• | The Antarctic Circumpolar Ocean |
• | The South Atlantic Ocean |
• | The Equatorial Region of the Atlantic Ocean |
• | The Adjacent Seas of the North Atlantic Ocean |
• | The North Atlantic Ocean |
• | Adjacent Seas of the Indian Ocean |
• | The Indian Ocean |
• | The South Pacific Ocean |
• | The Equatorial Region of the Pacific Ocean |
• | The North Pacific Ocean |
• | The Adjacent Seas of the North Pacific Ocean |
• | The Water Masses of the Oceans: A Summary |
• | The Deep-water Circulation of the Oceans |
• | Bibliography |
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 |