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An Introduction to the World's Oceans, 7/e

Keith A. Sverdrup, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Alyn C. Duxbury, University of Washington
Alison B. Duxbury, Seattle Community College

ISBN: 0072472804
Copyright year: 2002

Brief Table of Contents



Prologue

The History of Oceanography

Chapter 1

The Water Planet

Chapter 2

Plate Tectonics

Chapter 3

The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

Chapter 4

The Physical Properties of Water

Chapter 5

The Chemistry of Seawater

Chapter 6

The Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere

Chapter 7

Circulation and Ocean Structure

Chapter 8

The Currents

Chapter 9

The Waves

Chapter 10

The Tides

Chapter 11

Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries

Chapter 12

Environmental Issues and Concerns

Chapter 13

The Living Ocean

Chapter 14

Production and Life

Chapter 15

The Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean

Chapter 16

The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea

Chapter 17

The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor


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