Essentials of oceanography /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Trujillo, Alan P.
Otros Autores: Thurman, Harold V.
Formato: Desconocido
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Boston : Prentice Hall, 2011.
Edición:10th ed.
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505 |a Generated Waves Develop? -- Wave Development -- Interference Patterns -- Rogue Waves -- How Do Waves Change in the Surf Zone? -- Physical Changes as Waves Approach Shore -- Breakers and Surfing -- Wave Refraction -- Wave Reflection -- How Are Tsunami Created? -- Coastal Effects 265 • Some Examples of Historic and Recent Tsunami -- Tsunami Warning System -- Diving Deeper 8.1 Oceans and People Waves of Destruction: The 2011 Japanese Tsunami -- Can Power from Waves Be Harnessed as a Source of Energy? -- Wave Power Plants and Wave Farms -- Global Coastal Wave Energy Resources -- Essential Concepts Review -- 9 Tides -- What Causes Ocean Tides? -- Tide-Generating Forces -- Tidal Bulges: The Moon’s Effect -- Tidal Bulges: The Sun’s Effect -- Earth’s Rotation and the Tides -- How Do Tides Vary during a Monthly Tidal Cycle? -- The Monthly Tidal Cycle -- Complicating Factors -- Idealized Tide Prediction -- What Do Tides Look Like in the Ocean? -- Amphidromic Points and Cotidal Lines -- Effect of the Continents -- What Types of Tidal Patterns Exist? -- Diurnal Tidal Pattern -- Semidiurnal Tidal Pattern -- Mixed Tidal Pattern -- What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions? -- An Example of Tidal Extremes: The Bay of Fundy -- Diving Deeper -- Oceans and People Tidal Bores: Boring Waves These Are Not! -- Coastal Tidal Currents -- Whirlpools: Fact or Fiction? -- Grunion: Doing What Comes Naturally on the Beach -- Can Tidal Power Be Harnessed as a Source of Energy? -- Tidal Power Plants -- Essential Concepts Review -- 10 Beaches, Shoreline Processes, and the Coastal Ocean -- How Are Coastal Regions Defined? -- Beach Terminology -- Beach Composition -- How Does Sand Move on the Beach? -- Movement Perpendicular to the Shoreline -- Movement Parallel to the Shoreline -- What Features Exist along Erosional and Depositional Shores? -- Features of Erosional Shores -- Diving Deeper -- Oceans and People Warning: Rip Currents Do You Know What to Do? -- Features of Depositional Shores -- How Do Changes in Sea Level Produce Emerging and Submerging Shorelines? -- Features of Emerging Shorelines -- Features of Submerging Shorelines -- Changes in Sea Level -- How Does Hard Stabilization Affect Coastlines? -- Groins and Groin Fields -- Jetties -- Breakwaters -- Seawalls -- Alternatives to Hard Stabilization --What are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters? -- Characteristics of Coastal Waters -- Estuaries -- Lagoons -- Marginal Seas -- What Issues Face Coastal Wetlands? -- Types of Coastal Wetlands -- Characteristics of Coastal Wetlands -- Serious Loss of Valuable Wetlands -- Essential Concepts Review -- Marine Pollution -- Essen t i a l Learning Concepts -- What Is Pollution? -- Marine Pollution: A Definition -- Environmental Bioassay -- The Issue of Waste Disposal in the Ocean -- What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Petroleum Pollution? -- The 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill -- Other Oil Spills -- Diving Deeper -- Focus on the Environment The 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill -- What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical Pollution? --Sewage Sludge -- DDT and PCBs -- Mercury and Minamata Disease -- Other Types of Chemical Pollutants -- What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Nonpoint Source Pollution, Including Trash? -- Non-point Source Pollution and Trash -- Plastics as Marine Debris -- What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Biological Pollution? -- The Seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia -- Zebra Mussels -- Other Notable Examples of Marine Biological Pollution -- What Laws Govern Ocean Ownership? -- Mare Liberum and the Territorial Sea -- Law of the Sea -- Essential Concepts Review -- Marine Life and the Marine Environment -- What Are Living Things, and How Are They Classified? -- A Working Definition of Life -- The Three Domains of Life -- The Six Kingdoms of Organisms -- Linnaeus and Taxonomic Classification -- How Are Marine Organisms Classified? -- Plankton (Drifters) -- Nekton (Swimmers) -- Benthos (Bottom Dwellers) -- How Many Marine Species Exist? -- Why Are There So Few Marine Species? -- Species in Pelagic and Benthic Environments -- How Are Marine Organisms Adapted to the Physical Conditions of the Ocean? -- Need for Physical Support -- Water’s Viscosity -- Temperature -- Salinity -- Dissolved Gases -- Diving Deeper -- Historical Feature Diving into the Marine Environment -- What Are the Main Divisions of the Marine Environment? -- Pelagic (Open Sea) Environment -- Benthic (Sea Bottom) Environment -- Essential Concepts Review -- Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer --Essen t i a l Learning Concepts -- What Is Primary Productivity? - Measurement of Primary Productivity -- Factors Affecting Primary Productivity -- Light Transmission in Ocean Water -- Why Are the Margins of the Oceans So Rich in Life? -- What Kinds of Photosynthetic Marine Organisms Exist? -- Seed-Bearing Plants (Anthophyta) -- Macroscopic (Large) Algae - Microscopic (Small) Algae -- Ocean Eutrophication and Dead Zones - Photosynthetic Bacteria -- How Does Regional Primary Productivity Vary? -- Productivity in Polar (High Latitude) Oceans: 60 to 90 degrees North and South Latitude -- Productivity in Tropical (Low-Latitude) Oceans: 0 to 30 degrees North and South Latitude -- Productivity in Temperate (Middle Latitude) Oceans: 30 to 60 degrees North and South Latitude -- Comparing Regional Productivity -- How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems? -- Flow of Energy in Marine Ecosystems -- Flow of Nutrients in Marine Ecosystems -- Oceanic Feeding Relationships -- What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries? -- Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries -- Overfishing -- Incidental Catch -- Diving Deeper -- Focus on the Environment Fishing down the Food Web: Seeing Is Believing -- Fisheries Management -- Effect of Global Climate Change on Marine Fisheries -- Seafood Choices -- Essential Concepts Review -- Animals of The Pelagic Environment -- Essen t i a l Learning Concepts -- How Are Marine Organisms Able to Stay Above the Ocean Floor? -- Use of Gas Containers -- Ability to Float -- Ability to Swim -- The Diversity of Planktonic Animals -- What Adaptations Do Pelagic Organisms Possess for Seeking Prey? -- Mobility: Lungers versus Cruisers -- Swimming Speed -- Diving Deeper -- Oceans and People Some Myths (and Facts) about Sharks -- Adaptations of Deep-Water Nekton -- What Adaptations Do Pelagic Organisms Possess to Avoid Being Prey? -- Schooling -- Symbiosis -- Other Adaptations -- Water’s High Transparency -- Pressure -- What Characteristics Do Marine Mammals Possess? -- Mammalian Characteristics -- Order Carnivora -- Order Sirenia -- Order Cetacea -- An Example of Migration: Why Do Gray Whales Migrate? -- Migration Route -- Reasons for Migration -- Timing of Migration -- Are Gray Whales an Endangered Species? -- Whaling and the International Whaling Commission -- Animals of the Benthic Environment --What Communities Exist Along Rocky Shores? -- Intertidal Zonation -- The Spray (Supratidal) Zone: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- The High Tide Zone: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- The Middle Tide Zone: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- The Low Tide Zone: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- What Communities Exist along Sediment-Covered Shores? -- Physical Environment of the Sediment -- Intertidal Zonation -- Sandy Beaches: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- Mud Flats: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- What Communities Exist on the Shallow Offshore Ocean Floor? -- Rocky Bottoms (Subtidal): Organisms and Their Adaptations -- Coral Reefs: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- What Communities Exist on the Deep-Ocean Floor? --The Physical Environment -- Food Sources and Species Diversity -- Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Biocommunities: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- Diving Deeper -- Research Methods in Oceanography How Long Would Your Remains Remain on the Sea Floor? -- Low-Temperature Seep Biocommunities: Organisms and Their Adaptations -- The Deep Biosphere: A New Frontier -- Essential Concepts Review -- The Oceans and Climate Change -- What Comprises Earth’s Climate System? -- Earth’s Recent Climate Change: Is It Natural or Caused by Human Influence? -- Determining Earth’s Past Climate: Proxy Data and Paleoclimatology -- Natural Causes of Climate Change -- The IPCC: Documenting Human-Caused Climate Change -- What Causes the Atmosphere’s Greenhouse Effect? -- Earth’s Heat Budget and Changes in Wavelength -- Which Gases Contribute to the Greenhouse Effect? --Diving Deeper -- Research Methods in Oceanography The Iconic Keeling Curve of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Father–Son Team Who Created It -- Other considerations: Aerosols -- What Documented Changes Are Occurring Because of Global Warming? -- What Changes Are Occurring in the Oceans as a Result of Global Warming? -- Increasing Ocean Temperatures -- Changes in Deep-Water Circulation -- Melting of Polar Ice -- Recent Increase in Ocean Acidity -- Rising Sea Level -- Other Predicted and Observed Changes -- What Should Be Done to Reduce Greenhouse Gases? -- The Ocean’s Role in Reducing Global Warming -- Possibilities for Reducing Greenhouse Gases -- The Kyoto Protocol: Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions --Essential Concepts Review -- Afterword -- Appendix I Metric and English Units Compared --Appendix II Geographic Locations -- Appendix III Latitude and Longitude on Earth -- Appendix IV A Chemical Background: Why Water Has Two Hs and One O (Online as Mastering Oceanography Bonus Web Content) -- Appendix V Careers in Oceanography. 
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