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
 collapse sectionIX. Populations of the Sea
 expand sectionPLANT GROUPS OF THE SEA
 collapse sectionTHE ANIMAL POPULATION OF THE SEA
 collapse sectionSynopsis of the More Important Systematic Groups of Marine Animals
 collapse sectionA. INVERTEBRATES
 expand sectionPHYLUM PROTOZOA
 PHYLUM PORIFERA
 PHYLUM COELENTERATA
 PHYLUM CTENOPHORA
 PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
 PHYLUM NEMATHELMINTHES
 PHYLUM TROCHELMINTHES
 PHYLUM BRYOZOA
 PHYLUM BRACHIOPODA
 PHYLUM PHORONIDEA
 PHYLUM CHAETOGNATHA
 PHYLUM ANNELIDA
 PHYLUM ARTHROPODA
 PHYLUM MOLLUSCA
 PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA
 PHYLUM CHORDATA
 VERTEBRATES
 Reproduction and Life Cycles in Marine Animals
 Bibliography
 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

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