Oceanography (seas and oceans)

Carbon and carbon dioxide always played an important role in the geobiosphere that is part of the Earth's outer shell and surface environment.

A reference volume discussing the dynamics, mixing, sediment regimes and morphological evolution in estuaries for researchers, students and engineers.

Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of tides on river deltas around the world.

This book presents a concise description of the acoustics of ocean sediment acoustics, including the latest developments that address the discrepancies between theoretical models and experimental measurements.

This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the world's coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) sequence, assembles a vast amount of data and images of an endangered and increasingly populated and developed landform.

The study of sea waves has always been in the focus of mankind's atten- tion.

This review volume is divided into two parts.

Describes recent advances in the study and use of phytoplankton pigments for students, researchers and professionals in aquatic science, biogeochemistry and remote sensing.

Two-thirds of this planet is covered by water inhabited by an incredible variety of living organisms, ranging in size from microbe to whale, and in abundance from scarce to uncountable.

This book presents short papers of participants of the 9th International Scientific Conference-School for Young Scientists Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes.

To better understand the various processes and interactions that govern the Earth system and to determine whether recent human-induced changes could ultimately de-stabilise its dynamics, both natural system variability and the consequences of human activities have to be observed and quantified.

A review of the principles of the TEX86 proxy and developments made over the last two decades.

An epic excursion into one of the last great frontiers on EarthThe deep ocean comprises more than 90 percent of our planet's biosphere and is home to some of the world's most dazzling creatures, which thrive amid extreme pressures, scarce food supplies, and frigid temperatures.

Climate change is having an increasing impact on coastal, estuarine, and marine environments worldwide.

Determination of Metals in Natural Waters, Sediments and Soils provides analytic labs with a comprehensive overview of the various methods available for analysis of metals and serves as a manual to determine metal concentrations in different media such as natural waters, waste waters, sediments and soils.

Four years have elapsed since the preparation of the original Russian version of this book.

Rocas Alijos lies 180 nautical miles west of Baja California.

This book provides an introduction to the complex system functions, variability and human interference in ecosystem between the continent and the ocean.

As the nation's economic activities, security concerns, and stewardship of natural resources become increasingly complex and globally interrelated, they become ever more sensitive to adverse impacts from weather, climate, and other natural phenomena.

Decision analysis has become widely recognized as an important process for translating science into management actions.

Sediment Dynamics of Chinese Muddy Coasts and Estuaries: Physics, Biology and Their Interactions provides a forum for the latest research addressing the physics, sedimentary processes, biology, chemistry and ecological processes associated with these rapidly changing estuarine and coastal environments.

An introduction to understanding the ENSO phenomenon, given in an observational and theoretical context, and exploring its predictability and impacts.

The book presents the first comprehensive description of parts of the Mid-Atlantic ridge subject to a contract for polymetallic sulphide exploration between the International Seabed Authority and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Poland.

Coastal and estuarine environments at the interface of terrestrial and marine areas are among the most productive in the world.

Marine Biogeochemical Cycles, the new edition of the Open University classic, Ocean Chemistry and Deep-Sea Sediments, provides a thorough introduction to the occurrence, distribution, and cycling of chemical elements in the ocean.

The promontory of Gargano in the southern Adriatic Sea represents one of the most interesting Italian coastal zones subjected to tsunami hazard.

This volume presents full paper contributions from the International Conference of European Spatial Data for Coastal and Marine Remote Sensing (EUCOMARE) 2022, with the support of the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union, held in Saint Malo, France.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from INCREASE 2023, Indonesia.

This book focuses on prehistoric East Asian maritime cultures that pre-dated the Maritime Silk Road, the "e;Four Seas"e; and "e;Four Oceans"e; navigation system recorded in historical documents of ancient China.

Waves critically affect man in coastal regions, including the open coasts and adjacent continental shelves.

This monograph discusses the dispute in geographical naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, which has been a long-lasting issue in East Asia and beyond.

This book presents the experience of coastal and port engineering development, as well as coastal environmental problems, in Asian and Pacific countries.

The National Sea Grant College Program, created in 1966, has grown into a nationwide network of 30 individual Sea Grant programs located at some of the nation's top universities.

This book corresponds to the fifth volume of the series focused on Processes in GeoMedia and their research on the dynamic of natural systems, including theoretical and experimental studies of the processes occurring in the earth's bowels, the ocean, and the atmosphere.

The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world's largest region of coral reefs and mangroves.

Upwelling systems are special places in the oceans where nutrient-enriched water is brought into the euphotic zone to fuel phytoplankton blooms that, via marine food-web interactions, create the world's richest fish resources.

Marine science today is an area of rapid expansion.

A comprehensive review of the interactions between climates of different ocean basins and how they contribute to global climate variability.

One of the greatest scientific and technological achievements of the 21st century will be to cast a light on the eternal darkness of the deep ocean and this book identifies the key determinants of life or death in its extreme environment.

An advanced textbook on modeling, data analysis and numerical techniques for advanced students and researchers in chemical, biological, geological and physical oceanography.

The vulnerability of socio-ecosystem combines the probability of exposure to natural or anthropogenic pressure, sensitivity and resilience.

This book presents recent results of collaborative studies in geophysics and ecology, focusing on the relationship between the physical environment and the distribution of the marine coastal ecosystems.

The international symposium Towards an Integrated Global Geodetic Observing System was an initiative of section II Advanced Space Technology of the International Association of Geodesy (lAG).

Ecological Informatics promotes interdisciplinary research between ecology and computer science on elucidation of principles of information processing in ecosystems, ecological sustainability by informed decision making, and bio-inspired computation.

Decades of isolation from tourism and development have left Cuba's coral reefs among the most pristine in the world, an ';exceptionalism' that stands in stark contrast to the island nation's poverty and political situation.

Sea Ice Image Processing with MATLAB addresses the topic of image processing for the extraction of key sea ice characteristics from digital photography, which is of great relevance for Artic remote sensing and marine operations.

Using field observations and simple models, this book describes the latest developments in the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of tidal inlets.

This book uses the Lagrangian approach, especially useful and convenient for studying large-scale transport and mixing in the ocean, to present a detailed view of ocean circulation.

Underwater acoustic digital signal processing and communications is an area of applied research that has witnessed major advances over the past decade.

Coastal Ocean Observing Systems provides state-of-the-art scientific and technological knowledge in coastal ocean observing systems, along with guidance on establishing, restructuring, and improving similar systems.