The oceans, their physics, chemistry, and general biology,
/ H. U. Sverdrup, Martin W. Johnson and Richard H. Fleming.
- New York : Prentice-Hall, inc., 1967
- x p., 1 l., 1087 p. incl. illus., tables, diagrs. charts (part fold.) 24 cm.
the earth and the ocean basins; physical properties of sea water; general distribution to temperature, salinity and density; theory of distribution of variables in the sea; chemistry of sea water; organisms and the composition of sea water; the sea as a biological environment; populations of the sea; observations and collection at sea; general character of ocean currents; dynamics of ocean currents; waves and tides; the water masses and currents of the oceans; phytoplankton in relation to physical chemical; animals in relation to physical chemical properties; interrelations of marine organisms; organic production in the sea; marine sedimentation