UID:
kobvindex_GFZ508320755
Format:
XV, 542 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Edition:
second Edition
ISBN:
0124555217
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9780124555211
Note:
Includes index
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CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Toward an Ecological Geography of the Sea
The Progressive Exploration of Oceanic and Shelf Ecosystems
The Availability of Timely Global Oceanographic Data from Satellites
Internal Dynamics of Satellite-Observed Algal Blooms
Our New Understanding of the Role of Very Small Organisms
2 Biogeographic Partition of the Ocean
Taxonomic Diversity: The Shifting Baseline of Biogeography
The Useful Results from 150 Years of Marine Biogeography
Biogeographic Regions of the Pelagos
Geographic Component of Benthic-Pelagic Coupling
From Pristine to Modified Ecosystems
3 Fronts and Pycnoclines: Ecological Discontinuities
Fronts and Frontal Systems
Oceanic Fronts and Eddy Streets
Shelf-Edge and Upwelling Fronts
Tidal Fronts and River Plumes of the Shelf Seas
The Ubiquitous "Horizontal Front" at the Shallow Pycnocline
4 Physical Control of Ecological Processes
Ecological Consequences of Mesoscale Eddies and Planetary Waves
Stratification and Irradiance: The Consequences of Latitude
Regional and Latitudinal Resistance to Mixing in the Open Oceans
Rule-Based Models of Ecological Response to External Forcing
Case 1—Polar Irradiance-Mediated Production Peak
Case 2—Nutrient-Limited Spring Production Peak
Case 3—Winter-Spring Production with Nutrient Limitation
Case 4—Small-Amplitude Response to Trade Wind Seasonality
Case 5—Large-Amplitude Response to Monsoon-like Reversal of Trade Winds
Case 6—Intermittent Production at Coastal Divergences
Coastal Asymmetry, Geomorphology, and Tidal Forcing
5 Nutrient Limitation: The Example of Iron
Nutrient Distribution and the Consequences of Differing Supply Ratios
Regional Anomalies in Nutrient Limitation
Models of Regional Nutrient Flux and Limitation
6 Biomes: The Primary Partition
The Four Primary Biomes of the Upper Ocean
Polar Biome
Westerlies Biome
Trades Biome
Coastal Biome
7 Provinces: The Secondary Compartments
Ecological Provinces in the Open Ocean
Ways of Testing Static Province Boundaries in the Open Ocean
A Statistical Test
Analytical Tests
Biogeographic Tests
Practicable and Useful Partitions in Coastal Seas
8 Longer Term Responses: From Seasons to Centuries
Scales of External Forcing
Recurrent, ENSO-Scale Changes of State
Multidecadal Trends and Changes
Conclusion: Stable Partitions in a Varying Ocean?
9 The Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Polar Biome
Boreal Polar Province (BPLR)
Atlantic Arctic Province (ARCT)
Atlantic Subarctic Province (SARC)
Atlantic Westerly Winds Biome
North Atlantic Drift Province (NADR)
Gulf Stream Province (GFST)
North Atlantic Subtropical Gyral Province (NAST-E, NAST-W)
Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea Province (MEDI)
Atlantic Trade Wind Biome
North Atlantic Tropical Gyral Province (NATR)
Caribbean Province (CARB)
Western Tropical Atlantic Province (WTRA)
Eastern Tropical Atlantic Province (ETRA)
South Atlantic Gyral Province (SATL)
Atlantic Coastal Biome
Northeast Atlantic Shelves Province (NECS)
Canary Current Coastal Province (CNRY)
Guinea Current Coastal Province (GUIN)
Benguela Current Coastal Province (BENG)
Northwest Atlantic Shelves Province (NWCS)
Guianas Coastal Province (GUIA)
Brazil Current Coastal Province (BRAZ)
Southwest Atlantic Shelves Province (FKLD)
10 The Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean Trade Wind Biome
Indian Monsoon Gyres Province (MONS)
Indian South Subtropical Gyre Province (ISSG)
Indian Ocean Coastal Biome
Red Sea, Arabian Gulf Province (REDS)
Northwest Arabian Sea Upwelling Province (ARAB)
Western India Coastal Province (INDW)
Eastern India Coastal Province (INDE)
Eastern Africa Coastal Province (EAFR)
Australia-Indonesia Coastal Province (AUSW)
11 The Pacific Ocean
Pacific Polar Biome
North Pacific Epicontinental Sea Province (BERS)
Pacific Westerly Winds Biome
Pacific Subarctic Gyres Province, East and West (PSAG)
Kuroshio Current Province (KURO)
North Pacific Subtropical and Polar Front Provinces (NPST and NPPF)
Tasman Sea Province (TASM)
Pacific Trade Winds Biome
North Pacific Tropical Gyre Province (NPTG)
North Pacific Equatorial Countercurrent Province (PNEC)
Pacific Equatorial Divergence Province (PEQD)
Western Pacific Warm Pool Province (WARM)
Archipelagic Deep Basins Province (ARCH)
South Pacific Subtropical Gyre Province, North and South (SPSG)
Pacific Coastal Biome
Alaska Coastal Downwelling Province (ALSK)
California Current Province (CALC)
Central American Coastal Province (CAMR)
Humboldt Current Coastal Province (HUMB)
China Sea Coastal Province (CHIN)
Sunda-Arafura Shelves Province (SUND)
East Australian Coastal Province (AUSE)
New Zealand Coastal Province (NEWZ)
12 The Southern Ocean
Antarctic Westerly Winds Biome
South Subtropical Convergence Province (SSTC)
Subantarctic Water Ring Province (SANT)
Antarctic Polar Biome
Antarctic Province (ANTA)
Austral Polar Province (APLR)
References
Index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Lehrbuch
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0646/2006006124-d.html
