Biological Oceanography (eBook)

Charlie Miller, now Emeritus Professor of Oceanography at Oregon State University, taught biological oceanography and zooplankton biology for many years. His research contributions have concentrated on seasonal processes in the ecology of marine zooplankton, particularly copepods, in the Oregon coastal zone and estuaries, the Gulf of Alaska, Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine. Patricia Wheeler, now Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, taught biological oceanography and phytoplankton physiology there for many years. Her research contributions address phytoplankton nutrient dynamics and include work on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen. She conducted field work in the Equatorial Pacific, the northern California Current system and the Arctic Ocean.

Preface to the second edition vii

Acknowledgements viii

1 Ocean ecology: some fundamental aspects 1

2 The phycology of phytoplankton 19

3 Habitat determinants of primary production in the sea 49

4 Numerical models: the standard form of theory in pelagic ecology 73

5 A sea of microbes: archaea, bacteria, protists, and viruses in the marine pelagial 96

6 The zoology of zooplankton 115

7 Production ecology of marine zooplankton 130

8 Population biology of zooplankton 158

9 Pelagic food webs 181

10 Biogeography of pelagic habitats 202

11 Biome and province analysis of the oceans 230

12 Adaptive complexes of meso- and bathypelagic organisms 276

13 The fauna of deep-sea sediments 292

14 Some benthic community ecology 321

15 Submarine hydrothermal vents 351

16 Ocean ecology and global climate change 367

17 Fisheries oceanography 396

References 427

Index 459

"Due to its comprehensive nature, it is clear that this
book will also succeed as a standard text for use in undergraduate
and graduate marine science courses." (Austral
Ecology, 10 October 2014)

"Overall I found it to be an immensely informative and
entertaining read. This book will make an excellent core text for
any graduate level course in Biological Oceanography whether
introductory or advanced...I also think that every Biological
Oceanographer should read it. It is an enlightening experience to
view your field through the eyes of two colleagues who have been in
this business for a long time. I also found reading this book a
humbling experience. Charlie Miller and Pat Wheeler
demonstrate an amazing depth and diversity of understanding in
almost every topic that is taken up. I hope by the time I get to
where they are in their careers I have achieved this level of
scholarship in Biological Oceanography." (Limnology
and Oceanography Bulletin, 1 May 2013)

"The book is extremely well referenced for further study
and the impression is that most of the work cited is from within
about the last twenty years. Altogether a worthy addition to any
marine departmental library." (British Ecological
Society Bulletin, 1 December 2012)