CHAPTER I: EARLY FOUNDATIONS OF THE OCEAN SCIENCES .- The Early Ocean Voyagers The Principles of Navigation Dealing with Spherical Geometry of the Earth Coming Out of the Dark Ages: The Renaissance Europeans Post-Renaissance Ocean Exploration The Birth of Oceanography Oceanography and Marine Biology: Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century.- CHAPTER II: ORIGINS AND CONNECTIONS: SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSE, EARTH, AND LIFE What Is Science? Origins: Where Did the Earth and Its Oceans Come From? Earth's Internal Structure An Introduction to Geophysics The Origin of Life.- CHAPTER III: THE OCEAN FLOOR: ITS FORMATION AND EVOLUTION Continental Drift Marine Sediments.- CHAPTER IV: WATER: ITS CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Basic Chemistry: Chemical Bonds Physical-Chemical Properties of Water Salinity Density Properties of Salt Water Vertical Structure in the Ocean.- CHAPTER V: ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND OCEAN CURRENTS Light in the Sea Atmospheric Circulation Ocean Circulation.- CHAPTER VI: WAVES AND TIDES The Basics of Ocean Waves Tides.- CHAPTER VII: INTRODUCTION TO LIFE IN THE SEA The Basics of Marine Biology: Photosynthesis and Respiration Nutrients and Limiting Factors Biological Production in the Oceans Food Chains and Food Webs Factors Controlling the Distribution of Marine Organisms Taxonomy of Marine Organisms.- CHAPTER VIII: THE PRIMARY PRODUCERS The Phytoplankton The Macroalgae (the Seaweeds) Sea-grasses.- CHAPTER IX: THE ZOOPLANKTON The Meroplankton The Holoplankton.- CHAPTER X: MARINE INVERTEBRATES The Benthos Nektonic Invertebrates.- CHAPTER XI: THE FISHES The Jawless Fishes The Cartilagenous Fishes The Bony Fishes General Biology of Marine Fishes The Field of Ichtyology CHAPTER XII: MARINE ENVIRONMENTS The Intertidal Zone Estuaries Salt Marshes Mangrove Forests Coral Reefs The Deep-Sea Environment.- CHAPTER XIII: MARINE REPTILES, BIRDS, AND MAMMALS Marine Reptiles Sea Birds Marine Mammals Whaling.- CHAPTER XIV: MARINE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE Fisheries Trophodynamics A History of Commercial Fisheries Principles of Fishery Science Current Status and Management of Fisheries Aquaculture.- CHAPTER XV: HUMAN IMPACTS Marine Pollution Global Climate Change.
CHAPTER I: EARLY FOUNDATIONS OF THE OCEAN SCIENCES .- The Early Ocean Voyagers The Principles of Navigation Dealing with Spherical Geometry of the Earth Coming Out of the Dark Ages: The Renaissance Europeans Post-Renaissance Ocean Exploration The Birth of Oceanography Oceanography and Marine Biology: Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century.- CHAPTER II: ORIGINS AND CONNECTIONS: SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSE, EARTH, AND LIFE What Is Science? Origins: Where Did the Earth and Its Oceans Come From? Earth's Internal Structure An Introduction to Geophysics The Origin of Life.- CHAPTER III: THE OCEAN FLOOR: ITS FORMATION AND EVOLUTION Continental Drift Marine Sediments.- CHAPTER IV: WATER: ITS CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Basic Chemistry: Chemical Bonds Physical-Chemical Properties of Water Salinity Density Properties of Salt Water Vertical Structure in the Ocean.- CHAPTER V: ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND OCEAN CURRENTS Light in the Sea Atmospheric Circulation Ocean Circulation.- CHAPTER VI: WAVES AND TIDES The Basics of Ocean Waves Tides.- CHAPTER VII: INTRODUCTION TO LIFE IN THE SEA The Basics of Marine Biology: Photosynthesis and Respiration Nutrients and Limiting Factors Biological Production in the Oceans Food Chains and Food Webs Factors Controlling the Distribution of Marine Organisms Taxonomy of Marine Organisms.- CHAPTER VIII: THE PRIMARY PRODUCERS The Phytoplankton The Macroalgae (the Seaweeds) Sea-grasses.- CHAPTER IX: THE ZOOPLANKTON The Meroplankton The Holoplankton.- CHAPTER X: MARINE INVERTEBRATES The Benthos Nektonic Invertebrates.- CHAPTER XI: THE FISHES The Jawless Fishes The Cartilagenous Fishes The Bony Fishes General Biology of Marine Fishes The Field of Ichtyology CHAPTER XII: MARINE ENVIRONMENTS The Intertidal Zone Estuaries Salt Marshes Mangrove Forests Coral Reefs The Deep-Sea Environment.- CHAPTER XIII: MARINE REPTILES, BIRDS, AND MAMMALS Marine Reptiles Sea Birds Marine Mammals Whaling.- CHAPTER XIV: MARINE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE Fisheries Trophodynamics A History of Commercial Fisheries Principles of Fishery Science Current Status and Management of Fisheries Aquaculture.- CHAPTER XV: HUMAN IMPACTS Marine Pollution Global Climate Change.
