Essentials of Oceanography

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For courses in oceanography.   Dive in to oceanography with trusted content and innovative media As the bestselling brief book in the oceanography market, Essentials of Oceanography combines dynamic visuals and a student-friendly narrative to bring oceanography to life. The text’s engaging features and the extensive suite of animations and videos keep students interested and excited about the material.   The 13th Edition creates an interactive learning experience that provides tightly integrated text and digital offerings to make oceanography approachable and digestible for students. An emphasis on the process of science throughout the text provides students with an understanding of how scientists think and work. The new edition also helps students develop the scientific skill of practicing and interpreting data with new Exploring Data features supported by Mastering Oceanography coaching activities. A new Creature Feature provides fun facts about marine animals to engage students.   Also available with Mastering Oceanography By combining trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform, Mastering personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student.Built for, and directly tied to the text, Mastering Oceanography enables an extension of learning allowing students a platform to practice, learn, and apply outside of the classroom.     Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; Mastering Oceanography does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with Mastering Oceanography, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.   If you would like to purchase both the physical text and Mastering Oceanography search for:   0135185629/9780135185629 Essentials of Oceanography Plus Mastering Oceanography with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 13/e   Package consists of: 013489152X / 9780134891521 Essentials of Oceanography 0135175143 / 9780135175149 Mastering Oceanography with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Essentials of Oceanography, 13/e

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Introduction to Planet "Earth" 1.1 How Are Earth's Oceans Unique? 1.2 How Was Early Exploration of the Oceans Achieved? 1.3 What Fields of Science Does Oceanography Include? 1.4 What Is the Process of Science and the Nature of Scientific Inquiry? 1.5 How Were Earth and the Solar System Formed? 1.6 How Were Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans Formed? 1.7 Did Life Begin in the Oceans? 1.8 How Old Is Earth? Essential Concepts Review Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor 2.1 What Evidence Supports Continental Drift? 2.2 What Additional Observations Led to the Theory of Plate Tectonics? 2.3 What Features Occur at Plate Boundaries? 2.4 Testing the Model: Can Plate Tectonics Explain Other Features in the Ocean and on Land? 2.5 How Has Earth Changed in the Past, and How Will it Look in the Future? Essential Concepts Review Marine Provinces 3.1 What Techniques Are Used to Determine Ocean Bathymetry? 3.2 What Features Exist on Continental Margins? 3.3 What Features Exist in the Deep-Ocean Basins? 3.4 What Features Exist along the Mid-Ocean Ridge? Essential Concepts Review Marine Sediments 4.1 How Are Marine Sediments Collected, and what Historical Events Do They Reveal? 4.2 What Are the Characteristics of Lithogenous Sediment? 4.3 What Are the Characteristics of Biogenous Sediment? 4.4 What Are the Characteristics of Hydrogenous Sediment? 4.5 What Are the Characteristics of Cosmogenous Sediment? 4.6 How Are Pelagic and Neritic Deposits Distributed? 4.7 What Resources Do Marine Sediments Provide? Essential Concepts Review Water and Seawater 5.1 Why Does Water Have Such Unusual Chemical Properties? 5.2 What Important Physical Properties Does Water Possess? 5.3 Why Is Seawater Salty? 5.4 Why Does Seawater Salinity Vary? 5.5 How Does Seawater Salinity Vary at the Surface and with Depth? 5.6 How Does Seawater Density Vary with Depth? 5.7 Is the Ocean Acidic or Basic? 5.8 What Factors Control the Distribution of Carbon and Oxygen in the Ocean? Essential Concepts Review Air—Sea Interaction 6.1 What Causes Variations in Solar Radiation on Earth? 6.2 What Physical Properties Does the Atmosphere Possess? 6.3 How Does the Coriolis Effect Influence Moving Objects? 6.4 What Global Atmospheric Circulation Patterns Exist? 6.5 How Does the Ocean Influence Global Weather Phenomena and Climate Patterns? 6.6 Can Power from Wind Be Harnessed as a Source of Energy? Essential Concepts Review Ocean Circulation 7.1 How Are Ocean Currents Measured? 7.2 What Creates Ocean Surface Currents and How Are They Organized? 7.3 What Causes Upwelling and Downwelling? 7.4 What Are the Main Surface Circulation Patterns in Each Ocean Basin? 7.5 How Do Sea Ice and Icebergs Form? 7.6 How Do Deep-Ocean Currents Form? 7.7 Can Power from Currents Be Harnessed as a Source of Energy? Essential Concepts Review Waves and Water Dynamics 8.1 How Are Waves Generated, and How Do They Move? 8.2 What Characteristics Do Waves Possess? 8.3 How Do Wind-Generated Waves Develop? 8.4 How Do Waves Change in the Surf Zone? 8.5 How Are Tsunami Created? 8.6 Can Power from Waves Be Harnessed as a Source of Energy? Essential Concepts Review Tides 9.1 What Causes Ocean Tides? 9.2 How Do Tides Vary during a Monthly Tidal Cycle? 9.3 What Do Tides Look Like in the Ocean? 9.4 What Types of Tidal Patterns Exist? 9.5 What Tidal Phenomena Occur in Coastal Regions? 9.6 Can Tidal Power Be Harnessed as a Source of Energy? Essential Concepts Review Beaches, Shoreline Processes, 10 and the Coastal Ocean" 10.1 How Are Coastal Regions Defined? 10.2 How Does Sand Move on the Beach? 10.3 What Features Are Typical of Erosional and Depositional Shores? 10.4 How Do Changes in Sea Level Produce Emerging and Submerging Shorelines? 10.5 How Does Hard Stabilization Affect Coastlines? 10.6 What are the Characteristics and Types of Coastal Waters? 10.7 What Issues Face Coastal Wetlands? Essential Concepts Review Marine Pollution 11.1 What Is Pollution? 11.2 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Petroleum Pollution? 11.3 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-Petroleum Chemical Pollution? 11.4 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Non-point Source Pollution, Including Trash? 11.5 What Can You Do to Help Prevent Marine Pollution? 11.6 What Marine Environmental Problems Are Associated with Biological Pollution? Essential Concepts Review Marine Life and the Marine Environment 12.1 What Are Living Things, and How Are They Classified? 12.2 How Are Marine Organisms Classified? 12.3 How Many Marine Species Exist? 12.4 How Are Marine Organisms Adapted to the Physical Conditions of the Ocean? 12.5 What Are the Main Divisions of the Marine Environment? Essential Concepts Review Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer 13.1 What Is Primary Productivity? 13.2 What Kinds of Photosynthetic Marine Organisms Exist? 13.3 How Does Regional Primary Productivity Vary? 13.4 How Are Energy and Nutrients Passed Along in Marine Ecosystems? 13.5 What Issues Affect Marine Fisheries? Essential Concepts Review Animals of the Pelagic Environment 14.1 How Are Marine Organisms Able to Stay above the Ocean Floor? 14.2 What Adaptations Do Pelagic Organisms Possess for Seeking Prey? 14.3 What Adaptations Do Pelagic Organisms Possess to Avoid Becoming Prey? 14.4 What Characteristics Do Marine Mammals Possess? Essential Concepts Review Animals of the Benthic Environment 15.1 What Communities Exist along Rocky Shores? 15.2 What Communities Exist along Sediment-Covered Shores? 15.3 What Communities Exist on the Shallow Offshore Ocean Floor? 15.4 What Communities Exist on the Deep-Ocean Floor? Essential Concepts Review The Oceans and Climate Change 16.1 What Comprises Earth’s Climate System? 16.2 Earth’s Recent Climate Change: Is It Natural or Caused by Human Activities? 16.3 What Causes the Atmosphere’s Greenhouse Effect? 16.4 What Changes Are Occurring in the Oceans as a Result of Global Warming? 16.5 What Can Be Done to Reduce Greenhouse Gases? Essential Concepts Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780135487273
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0135487277
  • Publisher Date: 05 Feb 2019
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 624


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