Investigating oceanography - Sverdrup, Keith A.; Kudela, Raphael (New York McGraw-Hill Education, 2017)
Prologue: the history of oceanography -- The water planet -- Earth structure and plate tectonics -- The seafloor and its sediments -- The physical properties of water -- The chemistry of seaweed -- The atmosphere and oceans -- Oceans structure and circulation -- The waves -- The tides -- Coasts, beaches, and estuaries -- The living ocean -- The plankton, productivity, and food webs -- The nekton: swimmers of the sea -- The benthos: living on the seafloor -- Environmental issues -- The oceans and climate disruption.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-473) and index.
Keywords: Oceanography