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9780816036479

Oceans

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  • ISBN13:

    9780816036479

  • ISBN10:

    0816036470

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-02-01
  • Publisher: Facts on File
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Summary

Each volume spans Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, and the Americas to present a particular ecosystem. Coverage offers a basic introduction to ecological concepts and demonstrates how these concepts influence the complex relationship between humans and their environment. Frequent cross references allow readers to truly experience the human, biological, chemical, and physical interactions that occur in nature. The Ecosystem set offers a lively and detailed exploration for high school students, undergraduates, and general readers.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
PART 1 Geography of the Oceans
2(24)
PART 2 Geology of the Oceans
26(18)
PART 3 Chemistry of the Oceans
44(18)
PART 4 Atmosphere and the Oceans
62(18)
PART 5 Biology of the Oceans
80(40)
PART 6 History and the Oceans
120(18)
PART 7 Exploration of the Oceans
138(20)
PART 8 Economic Resources of the Oceans
158(18)
PART 9 Health of the Oceans
176(18)
PART 10 Management of the Oceans
194(11)
Appendixes 205(2)
Selected Reading 207(2)
Index 209

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Today the oceans are threatened by a seemingly endless discharge of toxic substances—from land, from rivers, and in a rain of atmospheric pollution that falls from the sky. Our oceans have become the world's dumping ground, and yet their health is vital to the well-being of the planet as a whole. Earth's weather systems are largely powered by evaporation of water from the oceans. Oceans also contain much of the planet's wealth: oil, offshore minerals, and marine life are just some of the valuable resources that are being exploited.
Oceans draws together elements of biology, chemistry, geology, physics, animal behavior, and science history in order to make cutting-edge ocean and environment studies both accessible and useful to lay readers. It also explores the interactions of humans and the sea, including military conflict, from the Aegean Wars to the Persian Gulf; exploration, from the Vikings to the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; economics, from traditional fisheries to aquaculture; and literature, including Homer, Coleridge, and Melville.

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