Book
Oceans : an illustrated reference
Publication Information
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006, c2005.
Physical Description
256 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.
Notes
"An Andromeda book"--T.p. verso.
Contents
- Introduction
- The ocean frontier
- The lure of the sea
- Great voyages of discovery
- Pioneers of ocean science
- Modern oceanographic research
- Ocean systems
- 1. Plates on the move
- The ocean planet
- Plate tectonics and time
- Backbone of the oceans
- Collision and slippage
- Oceans of the past
- 2. Patterns & cycles
- From peak to trough
- Where land meets sea
- Patterns on the seafloor
- Canyons, slopes, and fans
- Islands in time
- 3. Salt, sun, & sea level
- Why the sea is salt
- Heat, light, and sound
- Ocean layers
- Sea level rise and fall
- 4. Silent, swift, & strong
- Riding the waves
- Rhythm of the tides
- Great surface currents
- Silent cycles of the deep
- Oceans and climate
- 5. Hidden riches of the ocean
- Oil and gas
- Renewable marine energy
- Minerals from the sea
- Ocean maps
- The ocean floor
- The Atlantic Ocean
- The Indian Ocean
- The Pacific Ocean
- The Polar oceans
- Ocean Life
- 6. Evolution & extinction
- Life unfolds
- March through time
- Mass extinction
- 7. The web of life
- The diversity of life
- Cycles, webs, and flows
- The world of phytoplankton
- The zooplankton
- Algal forests
- 8. Marine lifestyles
- The marine environment
- Movement underwater
- Heightened senses
- Making a living
- Sexual encounters
- 9. Complex communities
- Marine habitats
- Shoreline communities
- Wetlands
- Coral reefs
- The open ocean
- The deep-sea floor
- 10. Fragile environments
- The living resource
- Marine pollution
- Habitat destruction
- Conclusion
- Future challenge
- Climate change
- A new global awareness
- Our common heritage
- Glossary.