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Practical Handbook of Marine Science

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The Practical Handbook of Marine Science, Fourth Edition is a thoroughly updated reference that addresses the interdisciplinary needs of marine scientists, including physical oceanographers, biologists, chemists, and geologists. New to this edition are sections on Climate Change, Estuaries, Beaches, Shellfish, Food Webs, and Coastal Resource Management, among others. Featuring around 1,000 tables and illustrations, it offers extensive international marine data and comprehensive coverage of human impacts on marine ecosystems.
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The heavily-revised Practical Handbook of Marine Science, Fourth Edition continues its tradition as a state-of-the-art reference that updates the field of marine science to meet the interdisciplinary research needs of physical oceanographers, marine biologists, marine chemists, and marine geologists. Now published in full color.

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The heavily-revised Practical Handbook of Marine Science, Fourth Edition continues its tradition as a state-of-the-art reference that updates the field of marine science to meet the interdisciplinary research needs of physical oceanographers, marine biologists, marine chemists, and marine geologists. This edition adds an entirely new section devoted to Climate Change and Climate Change Effects. It also includes new sections on Estuaries, Beaches, Barrier Islands, Shellfish, Macroalgae, Food Chains, Food Webs, Trophic Dynamics, System Productivity, Physical-Chemical-Biological Alteration, and Coastal Resource Management.

The Handbook assembles an extensive international collection of marine science data throughout, with approximately 1,000 tables and illustrations. It provides comprehensive coverage of anthropogenic impacts in estuarine and marine ecosystems from local, regional, and global perspectives.

Maintaining its user-friendly, multi-sectional format, this comprehensive resource will also be of value to undergraduate and graduate students, research scientists, administrators, and other professionals who deal with the management of marine resources. Now published in full colour, the new edition offers extensive illustrative and tabular reference material covering all the major disciplines related to the sea.

Series: CRC Marine Science

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  • Practical Handbook of Marine Science
    The heavily-revised Practical Handbook of Marine Science, Fourth Edition continues its tradition as a state-of-the-art reference that updates the field of marine science to meet the interdisciplinary research needs of physical oceanographers, marine biologists, marine chemists, and marine geologists. This edition adds an entirely new section devoted to Climate Change and Climate Change Effects. It also includes new sections on...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138068858

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 July 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CRC Press

Edition: 4th edition

Illustration: 272 Tables, black and white; 100 Illustrations, color; 419 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1658g

Pages: 526

About the Author

Michael J. Kennish is Research Professor at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University.

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