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Introduction to the Worlds Oceans, 9/e

Keith Sverdrup, University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
E. Virginia Armbrust, University of Washington

Chapter 1 The History of Oceanography 1
Chapter 2 The Water Planet 26
Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics 51
Chapter 4 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments 94
Chapter 5 The Physical Properties of Water 129
Chapter 6 The Chemistry of Seawater 153
Chapter 7 The Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere 172
Chapter 8 Circulation and Ocean Structure 207
Chapter 9 The Surface Currents 226
Chapter 10 The Waves 247
Chapter 11 The Tides 279
Chapter 12 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries 299
Chapter 13 Environmental Issues and Concerns 331
Chapter 14 The Living Ocean 355
Chapter 15 Production and Life 371
Chapter 16 The Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean 389
Chapter 17 The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea 414
Chapter 18 The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor 446

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