Pcopy- Invitation to Oceanography PbJones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2003 |
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 14 |
Early Scientific Investigations | 17 |
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Adapted animals Atlantic Ocean barrier islands basalt beach benthic biological carbon cells chemical cliff coastal continental shelf continental slope copepods coral reefs Coriolis deflection created crest crust currents deep deep-sea dense density deposits diatoms dissolved drift dune Earth ecosystem Ekman transport El NiƱo energy erosion estuary feet Figure fish flow geologic global gradient halocline kilometers lagoon land latitudes layer lithosphere longshore longshore drift magnetic marine marsh meters molecules North Atlantic nutrients ocean basins ocean floor OCEAN SCIENCES OCEANLINK Oceanography offshore organisms Pacific particles photic zone photosynthesis phytoplankton plankton plants plate polar pressure production pycnocline river rock salinity salt sand Scientific American sea bottom sea floor sea level sea surface seawater sediment sedimentary shallow shore shoreline slope species speed storm temperature thermocline tides tion transport Tropic upwelling vertical volcanic water column water depth water masses wave wind zooplankton