Marine Biology and Ocean Science

Description:

This is a 350 page hard-cover marine biology textbook that surveys both marine biology and oceanography, covering topics as diverse as marine biology, oceanography, tides, oceans, currents, whales, whaling, and ships and personages from the HMS Challenger to Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, James Cook, buccaneers, Eratothenes, Vasco da Gama, Bartholomew Dias, Juan Sebastian del Cano, Edward Forges, Charles Darwin, and Alfred Wegener. Many notable paintings by Winslow Homer and Richard Ellis grace its pages and its cover.

subjects: marine biology,  oceanography,  science,  textbooks,  tides,  oceans,  currents,  whales,  whaling,  sharks,  fish,  coral reefs,  seabirds,  beaches,  sea turtles,  sea otters,  dolphins,  sea cows,  piranhas,  marine invertebrates,  algae,  sea grasses,  plate tectonics,  diatoms,  dinoflagellates,  foraminifera,  zooplankton,  phytoplankton,  salinity,  pressure,  light,  chemistry of water,  physical properties of water,  African lungfish,  coelacanths,  bioluminescence

People: HMS Challenger,  Ferdinand Magellan,  Christopher Columbus,  James Cook,  buccaneers,  Eratosthenes,  Vasco da Gama,  Bartholomew Dias,  Juan Sebastian del Cano,  Edward Forges,  Charles Darwin (1809-1882),  Thor Heyerdahl,  Winslow Homer,  Alfred Wegener

Places: Hawaii,  Woods Hole,  Pigeon Key,  Caribbean,  Spain,  Mauritius,  Challenger deep,  San Lucar Spain,  Cebu,  Marianas Trench,  William Dampier,  Wyville Thomson,  Sir John Murray,  Shark's Bay Australia,  Sargasso Sea