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Here is a benchmark study of one significant stretch of the Pacific Ocean, the Southern California Bight. Extending from Point Conception to the Mexican border and out to the 200-mile limit, these waters have never before been investigated in such detail, from so many points of view, by such an eminent group of scientists. The twenty-five expert contributors summarize everything known about the physical, chemical, geological, and biological characteristics of the area in individual chapters; the volume concludes with a synthesis of the information presented. In addition, chapters are devoted to the influence of humans on the marine environment and to the various laws and governmental agencies concerned with protecting it. Because Southern California is so heavily populated and because the ocean is a major recreational area for its people, the information in this unique volume will be invaluable for the region's planners and decisionmakers as well as for all those who study the globe's marine resources and ecology.
Here is a benchmark study of one significant stretch of the Pacific Ocean, the Southern California Bight. Extending from Point Conception to the Mexican border and out to the 200-mile limit, these waters have never before been investigated in such detail,
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents 1
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 The Southern California Bight: Background and Setting
- Chapter 2 Physical Oceanography
- Chapter 3 Chemical Oceanography and Geochemistry
- Chapter 4 Microbiology
- Chapter 5 Phytoplankton
- Chapter 6 Zooplankton
- Chapter 7 Benthic Macrophytes
- Chapter 8 Benthic Invertebrates
- Chapter 9 Fishes
- Chapter 10 Birds
- Chapter 11 Marine Mammals
- Chapter 12 Human Impacts
- Chapter 13 Governance
- Chapter 14 Ecosystem Interrelationships
- Index