Concepts in Biological Oceanography: An Interdisciplinary Primer

by Peter A. Jumars

Overview

This textbook for advanced level courses in oceanography focuses on the interaction of ecological and physical processes that govern the ocean. The book begins with an introduction to ecology, using foraging theory and analytic formulation of encounter rates of predator and prey as organizing principles. Examples used are primarily marine to convey how marine systems differ from terrestrial environments. These differences, which carry through the remainder of the book, arise primarily through the ways in which deposit feeders process seafloor muds, suspension feeders extract particles from seawater, bacteria absorb solutes, and marine plants gather nutrients and light. The next section of the book is devoted to central issues of biological oceanography: controls of primary production, the role of bacteria, and questions of recruitment. The last part treats interdisciplinary topics as the arena in which the non-biological environmental scientist is most likely to find need for some biological background. The book is designed to introduce and develop concepts rather than to give extensive factual detail.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195067323
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/11/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.56(h) x 0.96(d)

About the Author

University of Washington

Table of Contents

1. IntroductionPART I: An Introduction to Ecological Principles2. Individuals and Their Mass and Energy Balances3. Encounter Rates and Functional Responses4. Modes of Mass and Energy Acquisition by Individuals5. Populations6. Communities7. Ecosystems and Alternative PerspectivesPART II: Central Issues in Biological Oceanography8. Biological Structure in Space and Time9. Magnitude and Time Variation of Primary, New, and Export Production10. Microbial Loops11. RecruitmentPART III: Interdisciplinary Topics Other Disciplines12. Marine Optics13. Physical Oceanography14. Particle Dynamics in the Water Column15. Sediment Transport and Bottom Boundary Layer Structure16. Fouling and Biodeterioration17. Stratigraphy18. Diagenesis19. Geophysics