Book description
This new edition of
Biological Oceanography
has been greatly updated and expanded since its initial publication in
2004. It presents current understanding of ocean ecology emphasizing the
character of marine organisms from viruses to fish and worms, together
with their significance to their habitats and to each other.
The book
initially emphasizes pelagic organisms and processes, but benthos,
hydrothermal vents, climate-change effects, and fisheries all receive
attention. The chapter on oceanic biomes has been greatly expanded and
a new chapter reviewing approaches to pelagic food webs has been
added. Throughout, the book has been revised to account for recent
advances in this rapidly changing field. The increased importance of
molecular genetic data across the field is evident in most of the chapters.
As with the previous edition, the book is primarily written for
senior undergraduate and graduate students of ocean ecology and
professional marine ecologists.
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Charlie Miller
, now Emeritus Professor of Oceanography at Oregon State University,
taught biological oceanography and zooplankton biology for many years.
His research contributions have concentrated on seasonal processes in
the ecology of marine zooplankton, particularly copepods, in the Oregon
coastal zone and estuaries, the Gulf of Alaska, Georges Bank and the
Gulf of Maine.
Patricia Wheeler, now Emeritus Distinguished Professor of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, taught
biological oceanography and phytoplankton physiology there for many
years. Her research contributions address phytoplankton nutrient
dynamics and include work on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen.
She conducted field work in the Equatorial Pacific, the northern
California Current system and the Arctic Ocean.
