Ecological Geography of the SeaThis book presents an in-depth discussion of the biological and ecological geography of the oceans. It synthesizes locally restricted studies of the ocean to generate a global geography for the vast marine world. Ecological Geography of the Sea is the first comprehensive attempt to divide the ocean into distinguishable regions that permit detailed comparisons. Based on patterns of algal ecology, the book divides the ocean into four primary compartments, which are then subdivided into secondary compartments. The secondary compartments are identified and characterized by biogeochemical features including nutrient dynamics, continental shelf topography, and algal blooms. Because ocean-wide regional classification has broad impact on the way oceanographers and ecologists study ocean patterns, this book will have wide and long-term appeal. Key Features * Divides the ocean into distinguishable regions that permit detailed comparisons * Synthesizes locally restricted studies of the ocean to generate a global geography for the vast marine world * Appeals to a wide cross-section of marine biologists interested in the geography of the oceans |
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algal blooms Antarctic anticyclonic Arabian Sea austral averaged mixed layer basin biomass biome boundary current Cape characteristic seasonal cycles chlorophyll chlorophyll field chlorophyll values circulation coast Coastal Province coastal upwelling continental shelf Continental Shelf Topography copepods cycles of monthly cyclonic CZCS CZCS images deep deepening diatoms divergence east eastern eastwards ecological eddies edge equatorial equatorward flow FMAMJ JASONDJ FMAMJ Gulf Stream halocline herbivores Island Kuroshio latitudes layer and photic maximum meanders mg chl mixed layer mixed layer depth monsoon monthly averaged mixed nitrate North Atlantic northern nutrient Oceanography offshore oligotrophic pelagic photic depths photic zone phytoplankton plankton poleward primary production rate pycnocline rate of primary Regional Oceanography Response and Regional shallow Shelf-Edge Fronts slope species spring bloom Subtropical Convergence surface chlorophyll surface water thermocline Tidal and Shelf-Edge Topography and Tidal tropical vertical warm water column water mass western wind stress winter mixing zonal zooplankton
