How the ocean works : an introduction to oceanography /
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- ch. 1. Discovering the oceans
- ch. 2. Ocean basins
- ch. 3. Seawater
- ch. 4. Photosynthesis and primary production
- ch. 5. The flow of energy, carbon, and nutrients
- ch. 6. The dilemma of the two-layered ocean
- ch. 7. The Coriolis effect and its consequences
- ch. 8. Winds and currents
- ch. 9. Solutions to the dilemma
- ch. 10. Complexity : carbon, iron, and the atmosphere
- ch. 11. Fisheries
- ch. 12. An invitation
- Index.
