Oceanography The Present and Future
Oceanography: The Present and Future is the proceedings of a sym posium held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, on September 29-0ctober 2, 1980 on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Institution. The symposium was immediately preceded...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1983, 1983
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1983 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Small- and Local-Scale Oceanography
- 1 Molecular Processes in the Marine Environment
- 2 The Structure of Planktonic Communities
- 3 Oceanic Fine- and Microstructure
- 4 Experiments with Free-Swimming Fish
- 5 Coastal Dynamics, Mixing, and Fronts
- 6 Shoreline Research
- 7 The Ocean Nearby: Environmental Problems and Public Policy in the Next Fifty Years
- II. Regional-Scale Oceanography
- 8 Acoustics and Ocean Dynamics
- 9 Oceanic Biology: Lost in Space?
- 10 Eddies and the General Circulation
- 11 Radioactive Tracers in the Sea
- 12 Fisheries and Productivity Studies
- 13 The Impact of Oceanography on the Military and Security Uses of the Ocean
- III. Global-Scale Oceanography
- 14 Large Scale Geochemistry
- 15 General Circulation of the Oceans
- 16 Remote Sensing of the Oceans from Space
- 17 United States Distant-Water Oceanography in the New Ocean Regime
- IV. The Human Scale
- 18 Changing Global Biogeochemistry
- 19 Innovative Ocean Energy Systems: Prospects and Problems
- 20 Aquaculture: Potential Development
- 21 Technology and Communications: New Devices and Concepts for Ocean Measurements
- 22 Institutional and Educational Challenges