Encyclopedia of Marine Science (Science Encyclopedia)

✍ Scribed by C. Reid Nichols, Robert G. Williams

• Publisher: Facts on File
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 641
• Series: Science Encyclopedia
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An invaluable reference, "Encyclopedia of Marine Science" explores the principal areas and issues of this core science discipline in more than 600 entries, 20 essays, and more than 200 black-and-white photographs and line illustrations. This comprehensive new encyclopedia brings together information on marine science from its component and affiliate sciences, along with information on technology, commerce, business, society, history, and more.Detailed entries cover concepts, technologies, phenomena, organisms, treaties and legal issues, research stations, places and geographical features, vessels, experiments, marine sanctuaries, scientists and lawmakers, programs, organizations, occupations and careers, and other subjects related to marine science.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 11
A Note on Measurements and Conversions......Page 12
A......Page 16
B......Page 62
C......Page 89
D......Page 142
E......Page 163
F......Page 184
G......Page 199
H......Page 224
I......Page 249
J......Page 269
K......Page 274
L......Page 278
M......Page 292
N......Page 365
O......Page 402
P......Page 432
Q......Page 464
R......Page 468
S......Page 485
T......Page 535
U......Page 563
V......Page 565
W......Page 570
X......Page 585
Y......Page 586
Z......Page 588
Appendix I......Page 592
Appendix II......Page 601
Appendix III......Page 603
Appendix IV......Page 604
Appendix V......Page 606
Appendix VI......Page 607
Appendix VII......Page 610
Index......Page 611

✦ Subjects

Науки о Земле;Океанология (океанография);Энциклопедии