Marine science today is an area of rapid expansion. Scientific activity is in creasing, and a growing number of scientists are involved in one or more of its disciplines. For a thorough understanding of the marine environment, for its exploration, exploitation, and management, background knowledge o...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Baretta-Bekker, Hanneke J. G. (HerausgeberIn), Duursma, Egbert K. (HerausgeberIn), Kuipers, Bouwe R. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1998
Ausgabe:	2nd, corrected and enlarged Edition
Schlagworte:	Earth Sciences Oceanography Ecology Geophysics/Geodesy Ecotoxicology Geoecology/Natural Processes Nature Conservation Earth sciences Geophysics Geoecology Environmental geology Nature conservation Meereskunde Wörterbuch
Online-Zugang:	BTU01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Marine science today is an area of rapid expansion. Scientific activity is in creasing, and a growing number of scientists are involved in one or more of its disciplines. For a thorough understanding of the marine environment, for its exploration, exploitation, and management, background knowledge of more than one discipline is required. A clear need therefore exists for a concise mul tidisciplinary oceanographic encyclopedia. The initiative for this book was taken by the Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, NIOZ, Texel, a multidisciplinary institute, founded in 1876. The second edition of this Encyclopedia contains some 1980 entries, 210 of which in (bio)chemistry, 330 in (bio)physics, 350 in geology, and 970 in biolo gy, while the remaining 120 are general terms, with 60 on oceanographic expe ditions. Concepts, terminology, and methods of the various disciplines are briefly explained and, especially in the description of marine processes, the book tries to be more than a glossary or a dictionary. It attempts to provide a succinct overview of the major topics in marine science. Students, teachers and scientists as well as interested laymen may use it to find an explanation of oceanographic terms outside their own fields. The manuscript of the first edi tion was read by a variety of potential users, whose comments have been used to improve and clarify the descriptions. The second edition has benefited from the comments by several reviewers
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (X, 357 p. 183 illus)
ISBN:	9783642588310
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-642-58831-0