This Great and Wide Sea - Coker, Intro Oceanography Marine Biology, Harper Torch

Description: This Great and Wide Sea An Introduction to Oceanography and Marine Biology by R.E. Coker Harper Torchbook, 1962, Trade Paperback, VG condition, no marks, no underlining, no highlighting, no creases, 325 pages. "Coker set himself to the task of filling a great need, and this he has accomplished very creditably. In fact, he has filled a series of wants, for the book will serve as an elementary text in oceanography, as collateral reading in courses in geography and in biology, and, above all, as a general source of information on a broad and fascinating subject." —The Scientific Monthly "One of the best of recent general books on the ocean. His text is not restricted to the field of the exact sciences but is divided into parts devoted to history and geography, chemistry and physics and life in the sea." —ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY "A modern oceanography that is brief but comprehensive, and sufficiently nontechnical for the lay reader, yet suitable as a text of the subject for the classroom." —Nature "Those who are interested in learning more about the ocean, its movements, its inhabitants, its constituents, and its relation to man owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. R. E. Coker for bringing forth this well planned, concise, fascinating volume. It does much to satisfy a long felt need for a relatively brief, comprehensive presentation of some of the basic phenomena of life for marine plants and animals. It is a book which will be useful to advanced students of oceanography as well as to the layman who desires to learn more about the world below sea level. The factual and philosophical treatment of oceanography in all of its varied aspects is interesting, informative, entertaining, and thought provoking." —CLAUDE E. ZOBELL, The American Midland Naturalist CONTENTS Preface introduction: Meaning of Oceanography . Part I. HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 1. Discovery of the Seas 2. Beginnings of Oceanography 3. Pioneers in Oceanography Edward Forbes, 1815-1854--Matthew Fontaine Maury, 1806-1873—The "Challenger" and Sir Wyvffie Thomson, 1830-1882—Sir John Murray, 1841-1914—Palumbo and the Closing Net—Victor Hensen, Carl Chun, and the Prince of Monaco—Hans Lohmann and the Centrifuge —Recent European Oceanographic Expeditions—Shore Stations Across the Atlantic 4. Oceanography in America Early American Oceanographic Research—Alexander Agassiz; 1835-1910--The "Albatross," 1882-1924, and "The Fish Commission"—Hydrographic Office, U. S. Navy—United States Coast and Geodetic Survey—Recent American Oceanographic Research—Oceanography in Canada—Summary of Historical Review. 5. Sea and Land Some Gross Features of the Ocean—Some Interrelations of the Oceans—Continuity and Contrasts—Depth and Topography—Interrelations of Sea and Lan Part 1I. CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 6. The Sea as a Solution Chemical Nature of Sea Water—Inorganic Substances in Solution—Collection of Samples and Analysis—Distribution of Salinity—Effect of Salt on Circulation—Organic Substances in Solution and Their Distribution—Gases in Solution—Utilization of Materials in Solution 7. Some Physical Properties of Sea Water Temperature—How Temperature in the Deep is Taken—Temperature and Life in the Sea—Viscosity—Influence of Viscosity on Organisms in the Sea—Density—Pressure 8. Deposits at the Bottom of the Sea 9. Sea Water in Motion: General Plans of Circulation . Broad Features of Circulation and Methods of Observation—The Atlantic Ocean—The Pacific Ocean—The Indian Ocean—The Antarctic Ocean—The Arctic Ocean—Conclusion 10.. Sea Water in Motion: Water Moved by the Winds . Horizontal Currents—Upwelling—Waves 11. Sea Water in Motion: Tides and Other Movements The Tide—Internal Waves—"Tidal Waves"—Biological Relations of Waves, Tides, and Upwelling 12. The Sea and the Sun The Sea a Dynamic Body—The Sea as a Reservoir of Heat—How the Seas are Warmed and Cooled—The Penetration of Radiation Part III. LIFE IN THE SEA 13. Life in the Seas: General Conditions Modes of Living and Habitats—Some Relations to Physical Conditions—No Hiding Place—Metabolism of the Sea—Summary 14. Pasturage of the Sea Premium on Simplicity—Kinds of Plants—Summary 15. Drifting Life: The Plankton Universality of Plankton—Conditions Governing Distribution by Regions and by Depth 16. Composition of the Plankton Protozoa — Sponges (Porifera) Coelenterata — Comb Jellies (Ctenophora)—Flatworms (Platyhelminthes)— Round Worms (Nemathelminthes)—Moss Animalicules (Bryozoa) — Brachiopoda — Arrow-worms (Chaetognatha)—Segmented Worms (Annelida)—Echinodermata —Mollusca--Arthropoda—Summary for Chapters 15 and 16 17. Life on the Bottom: The Benthos Stationary Life: The Edreobenthos — Life near the Shores: The Littoral—Deep-Sea Life: Benthic—How the Bottom Fauna is Taken—Benthonic Animals Useful to Man—Summary 18. Life at Large: The Nekton Barriers to Distribution—Zones of Life—Kinds of Fishes —Useful Fishes—Capture of Fish in the Depths—Summary 19. More About Life at Large: The Nekton Some Features of the Natural History of Fishes—Mollusks: The Squid—Some Lower Vertebrates—Sea Fowl—Sea Otters, Sea Lions, and Sea Cows—The Whales—Summary Selected Bibliography Index nthdegree books

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