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Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography

Third Edition

Publication Date: October 27, 2000

Paperback ISBN: 9780716737421

Pages: 288

Containing exercises within the major discipines of oceanography -- biology, chemistry, geology, and physics, Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography incorporates real data from actual experiments to help you gain a deeper understanding of relevant concepts. This is the current edition of the

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Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography

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Preface
Introduction

EXERCISES
1. Bathymetry – The Shape of the Sea Floor
2. Marine Charts or Finding Your Way Around
3. Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics
4. Geography of the Oceans
5. Materials of the Sea Floor and How We Study Them
6. Temperatures of Seawater
7. Salinity of Seawater
8. Water Masses and How We Study Them
9. Surface Currents
10. Tides
11. Waves at Sea
12. Waves in Shallow Water and Beach Erosion
13. Hurricanes – NEW
14. Oceanography from Space – NEW
15. Distribution of Marine Life
16. Primary and Secondary Productivity
17. El Nino – NEW
18. Marine Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles
19. Plankton
20. Marine Adaptations and the Deep Sea Environment
21. Estuaries
22. Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact – NEW
23. Paleoceanography

• Gives students the opportunity to work with real data drawn from research projects done aboard vessels in the U.S. oceanographic fleet and from various national oceanographic surveys
• All experiments can be done with minimal equipment and can be used as supplemental work for lecture courses without formal lab sessions
• Includes basic materials for performing the exercises, including reference tables, maps, graph forms, and glossaries of special terms

• Four new exercises: Hurricanes (Ex. 13), Oceanography from Space and Remote Sensing (Ex.14), El Nino (Ex. 17), and Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact (Ex. 22).
• Remaining exercises have been revised and updated.
• Each exercise begins with "Objectives" for students, outlining the goals of the exercise.
• Four page full color insert including satellite and computer-generated images.

Bernard W. Pipkin

Dr. Bernard Pipkin, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California. He has authored three books and many professional papers in environmental geology, received the AA award for teaching excellence and hosted the Emmy-winning series, Oceanus.

Donn S. Gorsline

Donn S. Gorsline is Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California. Previously he held USCs Wilford and Daris Zinsmeyer Chair in Marine Studies and was the recipient of the 1991 USC Faculty Lifetime Acheivement Award. Gorsline has also served as chairman of the earth sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Richard E. Casey

Dean Dunn

Dean A. Dunn is former professor of geology at the University of Southern Mississippi. A Ph.D. in oceanography and paleontology, Dr. Dunn served as shipboard scientist for Glomar Challenger expeditions in both the Pacific and western Atlantic.