Ecological Geography of the Sea

The 'tour-de-force' of ocean studies revised and updated by the winner of the 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Alan R. Longhurst (Author)

9780124555211, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 19 October 2006

556 pages
26 x 18.3 x 3.4 cm, 1.302 kg

Pre-Publication comments on the 2nd edition:"It has all the elements that made the first edition such a wonderful book to have and to read. There are too few books like this on the market, which build on a life-time's experience and knowledge in order to say something quite unique and challenging about the oceans. It will be useful for all of those involved with managing the world's oceans, providing for the only rigorous schematic framework available for exploring the heterogeity of the seas and its resources."--Dave Raffaelli, Professor of Environmental Science, University of York

This book presents an in-depth discussion of the biological and ecological geography of the oceans. It synthesizes locally restricted studies of the ocean to generate a global geography of the vast marine world.Based on patterns of algal ecology, the book divides the ocean into four primary compartments, which are then subdivided into secondary compartments.

Ch. 1 Towards an Ecological Geography of the SeaCh. 2 Changing Views of How Marine Ecosystems FunctionCh. 3 Biogeographic Data in Ecological ANalysisCh. 4 Ocean Fronts and Other Ecological DiscontinuitiesCh. 5 Physical Forcing of Phytoplankton ProductionCh. 6 Nutrient Limitation: The Example of IronCh. 7 Biomes: The Primary CompartmentsCh. 8 Provinces: The Secondary PartitionCh. 9 Longer Term Responses: From Seasons to CenturiesCh. 10 The Atlantic OceanCh. 11 The Indian OceanCh. 12 The Pacific OceanCh. 13 The Southern Ocean

Subject Areas: Animal ecology [PSVS], Marine biology [PSPM]