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New Oceanography research developments : marine chemistry, ocean floor analyses, and marine phytoplankton / editors, Louis Martorino and Karl Puopolo.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oceanography and ocean engineering seriesPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781614703655
  • 1614703655
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New Oceanography research developmentsDDC classification:
  • 551.46 22
LOC classification:
  • GC111.2
Online resources:
Contents:
NEW OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS: MARINE CHEMISTRY, OCEAN FLOOR ANALYSES AND MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; NEW OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS: MARINE CHEMISTRY, OCEAN FLOOR ANALYSES AND MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ESTABLISHING METAL EXPOSURE -- DOSE -- RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS IN MARINE ORGANISMS: ILLUSTRATED WITH A CASE STUDY OF CADMIUM TOXICITY IN TELLINA DELTOIDALIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Exposure -- Dose -- Response Framework; External Exposure; Internal Dose; Metal Metabolism; Subcellular Tissue Metal Distribution; Biological Response -- Biomarkers; Biomarkers of Toxic Effect.
Biomarker SelectionMolecular / Biochemical Biomarkers; Oxidant and Antioxidant Responses; Haematological Parameters; Cellular Biomarkers; Histopathological Alterations; Physiological Biomarkers; Integrated Assessment of Organism Metal Exposure -- Dose -- Response Framework; CADMIUM SPIKED SEDIMENT EXPOSURE -- DOSE -- RESPONSE CASE STUDY; Methods; Results and Discussion; SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; PHYTOPLANKTON FROM LISBON BAY -COCCOLITHOPHORES AS REGIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC TRACERS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Biology of Coccolithophores; Ecology of Coccolithophores.
Main Features of Portuguese HydrologySAMPLING AND DATA ANALYSES; Sampling Strategy; Nutrients; Chlorophyll a and Biomarker Pigments; Phytoplankton; SHORT-TERM, SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY SCALES; Physical-Chemical Parameters; Coccolithophores; Chlorophyll a and Phytoplankton Groups; Phytoplankton Marker Pigments; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; LANDUSE ALLOCATION ON URBAN COASTAL ZONES; TOWARDS A MODEL METHODOLOGY FRAMEWORK; 1. URBAN COASTAL ZONES -- BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM; 1.1. Brief Literature Background of the Research Work; 1.2. The Key Research Questions.
1.3. The Research Work -- A Brief Description2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN DETAIL; 2.1. Literature Survey; 2.2. Expert Consultation; 2.3. Questionnaire Survey of Experts (QSE); 2.4. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Methodology; 2.5. Survey Details; 2.6. Formulation of the Coastal zone Health Index (CHI); 2.7. Validation of the CHI; 3. CHI MODELING AND VALIDATION; 3.1. Overview of Past work of Significance to Develop CHI; 3.2. Objectives of CHI; 3.3. Premises for CHI Development; 3.4. Indicator Categories and the Composite CHI; 3.5. Modeling CHIs; 3.6. CHI Model Validation.
4. APPLICATION AND DISCUSSION5. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK; REFERENCES; COCCOLITHOPHORES IN WATER SAMPLESAND FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES IN SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A REVIEW; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION TO COCCOLITHOPHORES; 2. THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: OCEANOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY; 2.1. Oceanographic Circulation; 2.2. Nutrient Dynamics; 2.3. Atmospheric Pattern; 3. LIVING COCCOLITHOPHORES; 3.1. Water Samples; 3.2. Sedimentary Traps; 3.3. Surface Sediments; 4. FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES: A CASE HISTORY FROM THE SICILY CHANNEL; 4.1. The Importance of ODP Site 963.
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NEW OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS: MARINE CHEMISTRY, OCEAN FLOOR ANALYSES AND MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; NEW OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS: MARINE CHEMISTRY, OCEAN FLOOR ANALYSES AND MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ESTABLISHING METAL EXPOSURE -- DOSE -- RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS IN MARINE ORGANISMS: ILLUSTRATED WITH A CASE STUDY OF CADMIUM TOXICITY IN TELLINA DELTOIDALIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Exposure -- Dose -- Response Framework; External Exposure; Internal Dose; Metal Metabolism; Subcellular Tissue Metal Distribution; Biological Response -- Biomarkers; Biomarkers of Toxic Effect.

Biomarker SelectionMolecular / Biochemical Biomarkers; Oxidant and Antioxidant Responses; Haematological Parameters; Cellular Biomarkers; Histopathological Alterations; Physiological Biomarkers; Integrated Assessment of Organism Metal Exposure -- Dose -- Response Framework; CADMIUM SPIKED SEDIMENT EXPOSURE -- DOSE -- RESPONSE CASE STUDY; Methods; Results and Discussion; SUMMARY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; PHYTOPLANKTON FROM LISBON BAY -COCCOLITHOPHORES AS REGIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC TRACERS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Biology of Coccolithophores; Ecology of Coccolithophores.

Main Features of Portuguese HydrologySAMPLING AND DATA ANALYSES; Sampling Strategy; Nutrients; Chlorophyll a and Biomarker Pigments; Phytoplankton; SHORT-TERM, SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY SCALES; Physical-Chemical Parameters; Coccolithophores; Chlorophyll a and Phytoplankton Groups; Phytoplankton Marker Pigments; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; LANDUSE ALLOCATION ON URBAN COASTAL ZONES; TOWARDS A MODEL METHODOLOGY FRAMEWORK; 1. URBAN COASTAL ZONES -- BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM; 1.1. Brief Literature Background of the Research Work; 1.2. The Key Research Questions.

1.3. The Research Work -- A Brief Description2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN DETAIL; 2.1. Literature Survey; 2.2. Expert Consultation; 2.3. Questionnaire Survey of Experts (QSE); 2.4. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Methodology; 2.5. Survey Details; 2.6. Formulation of the Coastal zone Health Index (CHI); 2.7. Validation of the CHI; 3. CHI MODELING AND VALIDATION; 3.1. Overview of Past work of Significance to Develop CHI; 3.2. Objectives of CHI; 3.3. Premises for CHI Development; 3.4. Indicator Categories and the Composite CHI; 3.5. Modeling CHIs; 3.6. CHI Model Validation.

4. APPLICATION AND DISCUSSION5. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK; REFERENCES; COCCOLITHOPHORES IN WATER SAMPLESAND FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES IN SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: A REVIEW; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION TO COCCOLITHOPHORES; 2. THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: OCEANOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY; 2.1. Oceanographic Circulation; 2.2. Nutrient Dynamics; 2.3. Atmospheric Pattern; 3. LIVING COCCOLITHOPHORES; 3.1. Water Samples; 3.2. Sedimentary Traps; 3.3. Surface Sediments; 4. FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES: A CASE HISTORY FROM THE SICILY CHANNEL; 4.1. The Importance of ODP Site 963.

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