READING ASSIGNMENTS
(01/11:628:200) Fall 200
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Sept. 2 Prologue, The History of Oceanography, pp. 1-27 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Sept. 4 Chapter 1: The Water Planet, pp. 28-52 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Sept. 5 Chapter 6: The Structure & Motion of the Atmosphere, pp. 176-206 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Sept. 9 Chapter 7: Circulation & Ocean Structure, pp. 209-224 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Sept. 11 Chapter 8: The Currents, pp. 227-246 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Sept. 12 Chapter 9: The Waves, pp. 247-276 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Sept. 16 Chapter 10: The Tides, pp. 277-298 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Sept. 25 Chapter 2: Hypsographic curve, pp. 49-51; Plate Tectonics, pp. 71-86;Bathymetry, pp. 98-110 in Sverdrup, et al. 2003.
Sept. 26 Chapter 14, The Earth's Changing Climate, pp. 315-341 in Skinner et al. (1994); The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth Science, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Oct. 2 Chapter 3: The Sea Floor & Its Sediments, pp. 110-124; sound, pp. 143-146 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Oct. 3 Chapter 4: The Physical Properties of Water, pp. 132-154; Chapter 5: The Chemistry of seawater, pp. 157-173; Density Structure, pp. 209-212; appendices A & B in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Oct. 7 Chapter 12 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Oct. 9 Section 11.7-11.10, 14.1-14.3 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Oct. 10 Section 2.7, 17.6, 5.3, 5.4 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Oct. 16 Section 5.3 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Oct. 21 Perkins S., On Thinning Ice, Science News, Oct. 2003; Levi B. G., Warming Oceans Appear Linked to Increasing Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases, Physics Today, June 2001
Oct. 24 Chapter 14 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Oct. 28 TBA
Oct. 30 TBA
Nov. 4 Chapter 17: The Benthos, (17.1, 17.2, 17.3., 17.5, 17.7, 17.8) and Chapter 13: The Living Ocean (13.5) in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Nov. 6 Chapter 17: The Benthos, (17.1, 17.2, 17.3., 17.5, 17.7, 17.8) and Chapter 13: The Living Ocean (13.5) in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Nov. 7 Chapter 17: The Benthos, (17.1, 17.2, 17.3., 17.5, 17.7, 17.8) and Chapter 13: The Living Ocean (13.5) in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Nov. 13 Chapter 16.1: Mammals, in Sverdrup et al. 2002.
Supplementary reading is on reserve in Chang Library: Gaskin, D. E. (1982) The Ecology of Whales and Dolphins and Reynolds, J. E. III and S. A. Rommel (1999). Biology of Marine Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC.
Nov. 18 Chapter 13.2: Groups of Organisms, pp. 358-359 and Biodiversity in the Oceans, p. 369 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Nov. 20 Section 16.4-16.5: pp. 433-437 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Nov. 21 Section 16.4-16.5: pp. 433-437 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Nov. 25 Chapter 3.2: The Bathymetry of the Sea Floor, pp. 101-110, Chapter 17: Animals of the Deep-Sea Floor, p. 459: Deep-Sea Ice Worms, p. 462 and Deep-Ocean Chemosynthetic Communities, pp. 468-469 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Dec. 2 pp. 106-110 Ocean Basin Floor, pp. 470-471 Intimate Relationships, pp. 462-467 Tropical Coral Reefs in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Dec. 4 Chapter 11: Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries, pp. 300-322 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.
Dec. 5 Chapter 11: Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries, pp. 300-322 in Sverdrup et al. 2003.