Oceanography (Seas)

Winner of the Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize from the Society for East Asian AnthropologyMultispecies ethnography turns its attention to the bodies of...

Winner of the Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize from the Society for East Asian AnthropologyMultispecies ethnography turns its attention to the bodies of...

This product features all of the resources of Modified Mastering Oceanography in addition to the Pearson eText.   Mastering is the teaching and lea...

2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title  2022 WHA Caughey Western History Prize for the most distinguished book on the American West Can a sea be a ...

A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from sur...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARITIME FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST BOOK 2024A fascinating and original look at how the sea has defined Britain - and decided th...

Many contemporary problems within the Earth sciences are complex, and require an interdisciplinary approach. This book provides a comprehensive ref...

An epic excursion into one of the last great frontiers on EarthThe deep ocean comprises more than 90 percent of our planets biosphere and is home t...

Drawing on the expertise of marine researchers from both the natural and social sciences, this book examines how we, as both scientists and societi...

An intimate biography of place and an urgent call to conservationNot far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of...

From vividly colored underwater photographs of Australia's Great Barrier Reef to life-size dioramas re-creating coral reefs and the bounty of life ...

A Mysterious World. Explore what lies deep beneath the waves and just under the surface. Discover a translucent ghost goby taking refuge among vibr...

The commercial cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador was once the most successful fishery in the world. When it collapsed in 1992 causing the l...

The local diversity and global richness of coral reef fishes, along with the diversity manifested in their morphology, behaviour and ecology, provi...

Double-diffusive convection is a mixing process driven by the interaction of two fluid components which diffuse at different rates. Leading expert ...

Buoyancy is one of the main forces driving flows on our planet, especially in the oceans and atmosphere. These flows range from buoyant coastal cur...

Do intertidal organisms simply respond to the rise and fall of tides, or do they possess biological timing and navigation mechanisms that allow the...

The stratified ocean mixes episodically in small patches where energy is dissipated and density smoothed over scales of centimeters. The net effect...

Salt marshes are highly dynamic and important ecosystems that dampen impacts of coastal storms and are an integral part of tidal wetland systems, w...

The book describes experience in application of coastal altimetry to different parts of the World Ocean. It presents the principal problems related...

Triumphs and disasters in the deep sea This is a journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future o...

Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine li...

In A Book of Waves Stefan Helmreich examines ocean waves as forms of media that carry ecological, geopolitical, and climatological news about our p...

Icebergs are a prime example of an environmental phenomenon that brings together multiple disciplines in the polar sciences, from the physics of ca...

Multi-scale systems, involving complex interacting processes that occur over a range of temporal and spatial scales, are present in a broad range o...

Until now, there has been only one source of data on global fishery catches: information reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U...

Phytoplankton, or algae, are the engines of the Earth. They form the base of the aquatic food web and, although microscopic, they produce 50% of th...

Winds, Waves, and Warriors examines the oceanographic conditions that U.S. military planners considered, or should have considered, when landing tr...