Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Introduction to Marine Science - Hardcover

Townsend, David W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878936025 ISBN 13: 9780878936021

Publisher: OUP USA, 2012

Synopsis

The print edition is no longer stocked, but a discounted e-book is available for purchase.

About this title

About the Author

David W. Townsend is Professor of Oceanography in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. He has a longtime affiliation with the University, having completed a B.A. in Zoology there; after pursuing his M.S. (in Marine Science) at Long Island University, he then returned to the University of Maine, earning a Ph.D. in Oceanography. Dr. Townsend has been recognized for his teaching with the College Outstanding Teaching Award (2001) and the Distinguished Maine Professor Award (2006). He has published more than 90 papers, book chapters, and reviews. His research interests include biological oceanography of estuaries and shelf seas; phytoplankton blooms; nutrient dynamics; fisheries oceanography; ecology and population dynamics of larval fishes and zooplankton; plankton ecology and trophodynamics; and coupling of physical and biological processes.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878936025
• ISBN 13: 9780878936021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576