Concepts in Biological Oceanography

The book's text and theories are comprehensive....It is an advanced level textbook which introduces biological oceanography via the interaction of biological and physical processes for biological and physical oceanographers." --Sci-Tech News "Particularly valuable are the annotated reference lists at the end of each chapter. Although intended for physical oceanographers, there is much here for the biologist as well, and the volume is written in a lively and humorous style that is all too often lacking in undergraduate textbooks. An excellent book, highly recommended." --Choice "Welcome. . . . it is replete with examples of closed-form solutions to theoretical problems. They are one of its strengths. . . . up-to-date. [Non-biologists], as well as biologists, will refer to it with profit. . . . there is much of interest to discover in it." --Trevor Platt (Bedford Inst. of Oceanography), Limnology and Oceanography "A pioneering attempt to make the subject of biological oceanography user-friendly to the nonbiologist....I recommend it for knowledgeable professors who do not need nor want a textbook that provides systematic and comprehensive treatment that rapidly becomes dated. The value of this book it is that it presents a unique and stimulating way of thinking and organizing one's thoughts....It is an interesting attempt to view the field of biological oceanography through the eyes of physical scientists: it stimulates us to fill in the gaps, locate the missing points, and complete the picture ourselves-a pedagogical tactic that has proven effective in the past." --The Quarterly Review of Biology