Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography by Bernard F. Pipkin, Donn S. Gorsline, Richard E. Casey, Dean Dunn, Stephen A. Schellenberg - Third Edition, 2000 from Macmillan Student Store
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Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography

Third  Edition©2000 Bernard F. Pipkin, Donn S. Gorsline, Richard E. Casey, Dean Dunn, Stephen A. Schellenberg

About

This is the current edition of the lab manual used by tens of thousands of students over the past two decades.  As always, the manual includes exercises for the major disciplines within oceanography (biology, chemistry, geology, and physics) and incorporates real data from actual experiments.  The new edition adds four new labs, thorough updating throughout, new objectives sections, and an 8-page color insert.

Table of Contents

    Preface
    Introduction
 EXERCISES    
  1.  Bathymetry – The Shape of the Sea Floor
  2.  Marine Charts or Finding Your Way Around
  3.  Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics
  4.  Geography of the Oceans
  5.  Materials of the Sea Floor and How We Study Them
  6.  Temperatures of Seawater
  7.  Salinity of Seawater
  8.  Water Masses and How We Study Them
  9.  Surface Currents
  10.  Tides
  11.  Waves at Sea
  12.  Waves in Shallow Water and Beach Erosion
  13.  Hurricanes – NEW
  14.  Oceanography from Space – NEW
  15.  Distribution of Marine Life
  16.  Primary and Secondary Productivity
  17.  El Nino – NEW
  18.  Marine Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycles
  19.  Plankton
  20.  Marine Adaptations and the Deep Sea Environment
  21.  Estuaries
  22.  Littoral Ecosystems and Environmental Impact – NEW
  23.  Paleoceanography

Bernard W. Pipkin

Dr. Bernard Pipkin, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California. He has authored three books and many professional papers in environmental geology, received the AA award for teaching excellence and hosted the Emmy-winning series, Oceanus.

Donn S. Gorsline

Donn S. Gorsline is Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California. Previously he held USC's Wilford and Daris Zinsmeyer Chair in Marine Studies and was the recipient of the 1991 USC Faculty Lifetime Acheivement Award.  Gorsline has also served as chairman of the earth sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Richard E. Casey

Dean Dunn

Dean A. Dunn is former professor of geology at the University of Southern Mississippi.  A Ph.D. in oceanography and paleontology, Dr. Dunn served as shipboard scientist for Glomar Challenger expeditions in both the Pacific and western Atlantic.

Stephen A. Schellenberg