Oceanography (seas and oceans) Books

What would you see if you ride a submarine to explore the deep blue sea? You'll be seeing fish and whales and sharks and all marine animals in between! It's the same adventure when you open this book and start your own ocean exploration. You'll see...

You see frogs, I see toads. You see fish, I see ducks. These are the many wildlife that you can see living together in ponds and lakes. Would you like to take a dive with me and explore further their natural habitat? Then go ahead and get your...

Marine geology is an emerging field of study which is highly beneficial in understanding the formation of sea floor and plate tectonics. This field is interdisciplinary in nature as it studies the structure and history of the ocean floor using different...

Get your feet wet with another one of Gene Logsdon's brilliant guides! Don't shy away from aquaculture for fear that it is too complex and difficult. With a little guidance, this decades-old tradition can be practiced successfully on plots of all sizes...

To date, a vast amount of the world's oceans remains uncharted. With water covering more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, maritime and oceanographic exploration and research is vital. Oceanography and Coastal Informatics: Breakthroughs in Research...

This title is an IGI Global Core Reference for 2019 as it is one of the best-selling reference books within the Environmental, Agricultural, and Physical Sciences subject area since 2016, covering real-world solutions to the challenges in collecting and...

""Sea Air And Sea Bathing For Children And Invalids: Their Properties, Uses, And Mode Of Employment"" is a book written by Andre Theodore Brochard in 1865. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the benefits of sea air and sea bathing for children...

Le Pilote De L'Onde Vive Ou Le Secret Du Flux Et Reflux De La Mer (1678) est un livre �����crit par Mathurin Eyquem. Ce livre explore le ph�����nom�����ne des mar�����es et explique comment les mar�����es sont cr����������es par le flux et le reflux de...

Ocean optics is a branch of oceanography which is firmly embedded in studies of a great variety of ocean science and engineering questions. The interactive nature between radiative transfer of light and various dissolved and particulate constituents of...

Founded in 1753, Portsmouth became the major port of entry for goods coming into North Carolina until around 1845. It served as a major hub for maritime trade up and down the East Coast of the United States and to the Caribbean. During the Civil War,...

Animal Life In Africa is a comprehensive guide to the wildlife of Africa, written by James Stevenson Hamilton and first published in 1912. The book is divided into two parts: the first part provides a detailed description of the various animals found in...

The study of the biological and physical aspects of the ocean is known as oceanography. It is a sub-discipline of Earth science. There are various aspects, which are studied within oceanography such as geophysical fluid dynamics, plate tectonics, ocean...

The study of the ocean and its biological and physical aspects is known as oceanography. It is an earth science that includes a wide range of topics such as ocean current, ecosystem, and geophysical fluid dynamics. It also encompasses the study of plate...

The Marine Fauna Of The Coast Of Ireland, Part 8: Pelagic Amphipoda Of The Irish Atlantic Slope is a scientific book written by Walter Medley Tattersall in 1906. The book focuses on the study of pelagic amphipods, a type of small crustacean that lives in...

""Mr. Mill's Plan for the Pacification of Ireland: Examined"" is a book written by Frederick Temple Blackwood, also known as Lord Dufferin, in 1868. The book is a critique of the political philosopher John Stuart Mill's proposed solution for the ongoing...

...L'art de plonger et d'aller chercher, sans appareil d'aucune sorte, les objets cachés sous les eaux, est aussi vieux que le monde. Mais, chose curieuse, les applications que l'on fit de cet art, aux premiers temps des sociétés humaines, ne se...

The science of oceanography is the study of the physical and biological aspects of the oceans. It also covers the study of ocean currents, plate tectonics, seafloor geology and ecosystem dynamics. Oceanography helps in understanding diverse phenomena in...

Oceanography is the study of oceans, their physical and chemical properties. It is a branch of Earth science. It delves into the varied aspects of oceans such as ocean currents, waves dynamics, geology of the sea floor among many others. It combines the...

Form and Beauty Depicting the Wonder of NatureThis edition includes a visual index of the plates.With its meticulous color illustrations of exquisite life forms, Ernst Haeckel's renderings are still considered accurate--after more than a century. Art...

Matthew Fontaine Maury has been nicknamed the "pathfinder of the seas" and the "father of modern oceanography". This is a detailed biography of the man who created a science. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and...

L'Industrie Des Eaux Sal�����es est un livre �����crit par Jean Baptiste Antoine Rimbaud en 1869. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui traite de l'industrie li�����e ������ l'utilisation des eaux sal�����es. L'auteur y aborde diff�����rents sujets tels que la...

""Die Stammbl�����tter von Sphagnum"" ist ein Buch aus dem Jahr 1891, das von Fr. Ortloff verfasst wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Studie �����ber das Moos Sphagnum, das in Mooren und Feuchtgebieten weit verbreitet ist. Das Buch beschreibt die Anatomie...

Yachting Under Statute: The Principal Provisions Of The Maritime Law Applicable To Pleasure Yachts is a book written by R. A. B. Preston in 1884. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the maritime laws that apply to pleasure yachts. It covers a...

Microbial systems in extreme environments and in the deep biosphere may be analogous to potential life on other planetary bodies and hence may be used to investigate the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. This book...

""A Description of the Minerals in the Leskean Museum V1-2"" is a two-volume book written by Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten and published in 1798. The book provides a detailed description of the minerals present in the Leskean Museum, which was a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Sierra Club Bulletin V10 (1916) is a publication by the Sierra Club, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the natural environment. The book contains a collection of articles and essays written by members of the Sierra Club, as...

""Sea King of Barnegat"" is a historical novel written by Russell Duryee Smith and published in 1918. The story is set in the late 19th century and revolves around the life of Captain Joshua Barney, a legendary seafarer and captain of the Barnegat...

This book presents a collection of selected and peer reviewed papers of 10th International Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering, which is held during April 14-16, 2023. The conference is co-organized by Taishan University, Shandong, China,...

This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the...

This book focuses on the survey technology, post-processing technology, mapping technology and scientific application of the submarine topography and geomorphology in detail. High-resolution submarine geomorphology is a frontier...

In the marine environment, single-celled, microscopic, plant-like organisms naturally occur in the well-lit surface layer of any body of water. These organisms, referred to as phytoplankton or microalgae, form the base of the food web upon which nearly...

The coastal and ocean ecosystem is a significant feature of our planet and provides a source of food for much of life on Earth. Millions of species have been, and are still being discovered in the world's oceans. Among these zooplankton serve as...

This book presents the latest developments and recent research trends in the field of plankton, highlighting the potential ecological and biotechnological applications. It critically and comprehensively discusses strain selection, growth characteristics,...

This book comprises selected proceedings of the Fourth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2018), focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of ocean engineering and offshore structures. It includes state-of-the-art...

Sailing Beyond the Horizon: Life on a Cruise Ship takes readers on an immersive journey into the captivating world of cruising. From the glittering decks of luxury liners to the bustling activity behind the scenes, this book offers a comprehensive...

Four years have elapsed since the preparation of the original Russian version of this book. This is a long time when dealing with such actively expanding fields of oceanography as research into small-scale structures and the...

Satelli te oceanography, as the term is used in this book, is a generic term that means application of the technology of aerospace electromagnetic remote sensing to the study of the oceans. The key words here are "application...

An editorial by Wanless (1982), entitled "Sea level is rising - so what?", tells the case of an executive editor of a major city newspaper, who, when confronted with evi­ dence for a recent sea-level rise, replied: "That just...

There is now an awareness within the industry, particularly as oil companies direct considerable resources towards developing diverless production systems, that a fully integrated approach to equipment design and intervention...

Prospecting and exploration for manganese nodules has, as its ultimate objective, the discovery and delineation of an area of the ocean floor with reserves of sufficient quantity and quality to support a mining operation under...

Over 60% of the Earth's surface is covered with deep marine sediments, however, until the early 1980s, no comprehensive text books appeared to support the rapid expansion in the study of these sediments. While the whole field...

Shallow Gas determination, prior to drilling, is carried out using 'Engineering Seismic' survey methods. Seismic acquisition data quality is fundamental in achieving this objective as both the data processing methods and...

Recent decades have seen a degradation of the environmental quality in semi-enclosed seas, which are particularly sensitive to population pressures due to their naturally low flushing rates related to their geometry. The North...

In recent years, research on acoustic remote sensing of the ocean has evolved considerably, especially in studying complex physical and biological processes in shallow water environments. To review the state of the art, an...