Ebook: Practical handbook of marine science

Content: Physiography --
Ocean Provinces --
Dimensions --
Physiographic Provinces --
Continental Margin Province --
Deep-Ocean Basin Province --
Mid-Ocean Ridge Province --
Benthic and Pelagic Provinces --
Benthic Province --
Pelagic Province --
Conversion Factors, Measures, and Units --
General Features of the Earth --
General Characteristics of the Oceans --
Topographic Data --
Marine Chemistry --
Seawater Composition --
Major Constituents --
Minor and Trace Elements --
Nutrient Elements --
Nitrogen --
Phosphorus --
Silicon --
Gases --
Organic Compounds --
Dissolved Constituent Behavior --
Vertical Profiles --
Conservative Profile --
Nutrient-Type Profile --
Surface Enrichment and Depletion at Depth --
Mid-Depth Minima --
Mid-Depth Maxima --
Mid-Depth Maxima or Minima in the Suboxic Layer --
Maxima and Minima in Anoxic Waters --
Salinity --
Periodic Table --
Properties of Seawater --
Atmospheric and Fluvial Fluxes --
Composition of Seawater --
Trace Elements --
Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Chemistry --
Organic Matter --
Decomposition of Organic Matter --
Oxygen --
Nutrients --
Carbon --
Physical Oceanography --
Subject Areas --
Properties of Seawater --
Temperature --
Salinity --
Density --
Open Ocean Circulation --
Wind-Driven Circulation --
Ocean Gyres --
Meanders, Eddies, and Rings --
Equatorial Currents --
Antarctic Circumpolar Current --
Convergences and Divergences --
Ekman Transport, Upwelling, and Downwelling --
Langmuir Circulation --
Surface Water Circulation --
Atlantic Ocean --
Pacific Ocean.