An Introduction to the World's Oceans - Hardcover

Sverdrup, Keith A.; Armbrust, Ginger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0072827017 ISBN 13: 9780072827019

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science Engineering, 2006

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Unusual book

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Internet Exercises are available on the text web site. These will challenge students to obtain data or other information from various sites on the web and then solve problems.

Besides the internet exercises on the web site, you'll find the Student Study Guide and Instructor's Manual (the IM is password protected). Every chapter has a listing of internet URLs and when appropriate, there are URL addresses included in figure captions. These URLs direct them to the relevant sites without the need to blindly search the web.
Discussions have been updated to reflect new data and information from recent research. For example:

New discussion of how seawater affects light

New discussion of study of underwater sound

Impact of 1997-98 El Nino
"End of Chapter Problems" allow students to test their understanding of the concepts while providing them with more experience in the manipulation and processing of concepts and data. It allows students to "get their hands dirty" by working with the ideas presented in the chapter rather than just passively reading the material.
Special Interest Boxes provide in-depth discussions of: 1) practical applications of different techniques; 2) cutting edge research projects; or 3) particularly interesting processes and phenomena related to the oceans.

A new boxed reading that has been added is on the "Recovery of Black Smokers: 1998" which discusses the expedition to recover four black smokers from Juan de Fuca ridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0072827017
• ISBN 13: 9780072827019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 521