UID:
almafu_9959327029502883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 402 pages) :
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illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
ISBN:
1405128364
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9781405128360
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9780470757161
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0470757167
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9780632058082
,
0632058080
Content:
Sea ice, which covers up to 7 per cent of the planet's surface, is a major component of the world's oceans, partly driving ocean circulation and global climate patterns. It provides a habitat for a rich diversity of marine organisms, and is an extremely valuable source of information in studies of global climate change and the evolution of present day life forms. Increasingly sea ice is being used as a proxy for extraterrestrial ice covered systems. Sea Ice provides a comprehensive review of our current available knowledge of polar pack ice, the study of which is severely constrained by the logistic difficulties of working in such harsh and remote regions of the earth. The book's editors, Drs Thomas and Dieckmann have drawn together an impressive group of international contributing authors, providing a well-edited and integrated volume, which will stand for many years as the standard work on the subject. Contents of the book include details of the growth, microstructure and properties of sea ice, large-scale variations in thickness and characteristics, its primary production, micro-and macrobiology, sea ice as a habitat for birds and mammals, sea ice biogeochemistry, particulate flux, and the distribution and significance of palaeo sea ice. Sea Ice is an essential purchase for oceanographers and marine scientists, environmental scientists, biologists, geochemists and geologists. All those involved in the study of global climate change will find this book to contain a wealth of important information. All libraries in universities and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught will need multiple copies on their shelves.
Note:
Foreword / G.E. (Tony) Fogg -- The Importance of Sea Ice: An Overview / Gerhard S. Dieckmann, Hartmut H. Hellmer -- From the Microscopic, to the Macroscopic, to the Regional Scale: Growth, Microstructure and Properties of Sea Ice / Hajo Eicken -- Dynamics versus Thermodynamics: The Sea Ice Thickness Distribution / Christian Haas -- Large-scale Characteristics and Variability of the Global Sea Ice Cover / Josefino C. Comiso -- Primary Production in Sea Ice / Kevin R. Arrigo -- The Microbiology of Sea Ice / Michael P. Lizotte -- The Macrobiology of Sea Ice / Sigrid B. Schnack-Schiel -- Sea Ice: A Critical Habitat for Polar Marine Mammals and Birds / David G. Ainley, Cynthia T. Tynan, Ian Stirling -- Biogeochemistry of Sea Ice / David N. Thomas, Stathis Papadimitriou -- Particulate Flux From Sea Ice in Polar Waters / Amy Leventer -- Palaeo Sea Ice Distribution--Reconstruction and Palaeoclimatic Significance / Leanne K. Armand, Amy Leventer.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Sea ice. Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 2003 ISBN 0632058080
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1002/9780470757161
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757161
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757161
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470757161
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