Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography
3rd Edition
Will be published approx. on 27. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7167-3742-1 (ISBN)
Description
Containing exercises within the major discipines of oceanography -- biology, chemistry, geology, and physics, Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography incorporates real data from actual experiments to help you gain a deeper understanding of relevant concepts. This is the current edition of the lab manual used by tens of thousands of students over the past two decades. As always, the manual incorporates real data from actual experiments. The new edition adds four new labs, thorough updating throughout, new objectives sections, and an 8-page color insert.
More details
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
685 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7167-3742-1 (9780716737421)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Bernard W. Pipkin | Donn S. Gorsline | Richard E. Casey
Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography
Book
4th Edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
€64.63
The article will not be published
Previous edition
Bernard W. Pipkin | etc.
Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography
Book
09/1986
2nd Edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
€48.46
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Persons
Bernard F. Pipkin; Donn S. Gorsline; Richard E. Casey; Dean Dunn; Stephen A. Schellenberg
Content
Preface
Introduction
EXERCISES
1. Bathymetry - The Shape of the Sea Floor
2. Marine Charts or Finding Your Way Around
3. Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics
4. Geography of the Oceans
5. Materials of the Sea Floor and How We Study Them
6. Temperatures of Seawater
7. Salinity of Seawater
8. Water Masses and How We Study Them
9. Surface Currents
10. Tides
11. Waves at Sea
12. Waves in Shallow Water and Beach Erosion
13. Hurricanes - NEW
14. Oceanography from Space - NEW
15. Distribution of Marine Life
16. Primary and Secondary Productivity
17. El Nino - NEW
18. Marine Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles
19. Plankton
20. Marine Adaptations and the Deep Sea Environment
21. Estuaries
22. Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact - NEW
23. Paleoceanography
Introduction
EXERCISES
1. Bathymetry - The Shape of the Sea Floor
2. Marine Charts or Finding Your Way Around
3. Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics
4. Geography of the Oceans
5. Materials of the Sea Floor and How We Study Them
6. Temperatures of Seawater
7. Salinity of Seawater
8. Water Masses and How We Study Them
9. Surface Currents
10. Tides
11. Waves at Sea
12. Waves in Shallow Water and Beach Erosion
13. Hurricanes - NEW
14. Oceanography from Space - NEW
15. Distribution of Marine Life
16. Primary and Secondary Productivity
17. El Nino - NEW
18. Marine Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles
19. Plankton
20. Marine Adaptations and the Deep Sea Environment
21. Estuaries
22. Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact - NEW
23. Paleoceanography