Sea ice : an introduction to its physics, chemistry, biology and geology /
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Imprint: | Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2003. |
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Description: | xiv, 402 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Sea ice. Sea ice. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4895803 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. The Importance of Sea Ice: An Overview
- Chapter 2. From the Microscopic, to the Macroscopic, to the Regional Scale: Growth, Microstructure and Properties of Sea Ice
- Chapter 3. Dynamics versus Thermodynamics: The Sea Ice Thickness Distribution
- Chapter 4. Large-scale Characteristics and Variability of the Global Sea Ice Cover
- Chapter 5. Primary Production in Sea Ice
- Chapter 6. The Microbiology of Sea Ice
- Chapter 7. The Macrobiology of Sea Ice
- Chapter 8. Sea Ice: A Critical Habitat for Polar Marine Mammals and Birds
- Chapter 9. Biogeochemistry of Sea Ice
- Chapter 10. Particulate Flux From Sea Ice in Polar Waters
- Chapter 11. Palaeo Sea Ice Distribution--Reconstruction and Palaeoclimatic Significance
- Glossary
- Index