Sea Ice

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David N. Thomas, Gerhard S. Dieckmann
John Wiley & Sons, Nov 6, 2009 - Technology & Engineering - 640 pages
As the Arctic perennial sea ice continues to disappear at an alarming rate, a full understanding of sea ice as a crucial global ecosystem, and the effects of its loss is vital for all those working with and studying global climate change.

Building on the success of the previous edition, the second edition of Sea Ice, now much expanded and in full colour throughout, includes six completely new chapters with complete revisions of all the chapters included from the first edition.

The Editors, Professor David Thomas and Dr Gerhard Dieckmann have once again drawn together an extremely impressive group of internationally respected contributing authors, ensuring a comprehensive worldwide coverage of this incredibly important topic.

Sea  Ice, second edition, is an essential purchase for oceanographers and marine scientists, environmental scientists, biologists, geochemists and geologists. All those involved in the study of global climate change will find this book to contain a wealth of important information. All libraries in universities and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught will need multiple copies of this book on their shelves.

  • truly multidisciplinary approach
  • world leading authors and editors
  • international in scope, covering both Arctic and Antarctic work
  • of vital interest to all those involved in global warming and climate change research
  • highly illustrated full colour book with colour images throughout
 

Contents

An Overview
1
Chapter 2 Growth Structure and Properties of Sea Ice
23
Chapter 3 Sea Ice and Oceanography
79
The Sea Ice Thickness Distribution
113
Chapter 5 Snow and Sea Ice
153
Chapter 6 Variability and Trends of the Global Sea Ice Cover
205
Chapter 7 Sea Ice Bacteria and Viruses
247
Chapter 8 Primary Producers and Sea Ice
283
Chapter 10 Sea Ice Meio and Macrofauna
357
A Critical Habitat for Polar Marine Mammals and Birds
395
Chapter 12 Biogeochemistry of Sea Ice
425
Chapter 13 Palaeo Sea Ice Distribution and Reconstruction Derived from the Geological Record
469
Chapter 14 Sea Ice in NonPolar Regions
531
Chapter 15 Sea Ice and Astrobiology
579
Glossary
595
Index
609

Chapter 9 Heterotrophic Protists Associated with Sea Ice
327

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About the author (2009)

David N. Thomas is based at the School of Ocean Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, U. K.

Gerhard S. Dieckmann is based at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.

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