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Chemical Oceanography |
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Other Titles: |
A chemical view at the marine environment |
Authors: |
Dassenakis, Manos Karavoltsos, Sotiris Ladakis, Emmanouil Paraskevopoulou, Vasiliki |
Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CHEMISTRY > WATER CHEMISTRY / AQUATIC CHEMISTRY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING > ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > EARTH SCIENCES > OCEANOGRAPHY > CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > CHEMISTRY > ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY > CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > CHEMISTRY > ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY > MARINE POLUTION NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > CHEMISTRY > GEOCHEMISTRY > SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CHEMISTRY > GREEN CHEMISTRY NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > CHEMISTRY > ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY > HEAVY METALS MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > LIFE SCIENCES > FUCTIONAL AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY > ECOLOGY > MARINE ECOLOGY |
Keywords: |
Oceanography
Marine pollution Marine ecosystems Photosynthesis Environmental monitoring Hydrological cycle Composition / properties of sea water Sea bottom / sediments Food chains Redox Bioaccumulation Sampling / chemical analysis Biogeochemical cycles Chemical equilibrium Dissolved gases Estuaries / lagoons Marine environmental management |
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Abstract: |
The science of Oceanography deals with the entire marine environment, i.e. seawater (coastal – open sea, shallow -deep systems), marine ecosystems (plankton, fishes, mammals etc), sea bottom (coastal and deep zones), currents, waves, marine pollution etc.
The main target of Oceanography is to increase our knowledge about the marine environment in order to ensure proper management following the principles of sustainable development all over our planet. In order to achieve its goal Oceanography incorporates techniques from other sciences, i.e. Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Geology, Economy, Law etc.
Chemical Oceanography (or Marine Chemistry) studies the chemical processes taking place in the marine environment, including sea bottom, marine ecosystems, estuaries, lagoons, air-sea exchanges etc. The study of marine pollution is of high priority in the research of Chemical Oceanography in parallel with the study of the exploitation of marine resources without affecting the marine ecosystems.
This book includes subjects concerning all parts of the marine environment and the processes taking place there. Chapter 1 provides information about the history of Oceanography in general and especially in Greece at the 20th and 21th centuries. The main chemical processes in seawater are discussed in chapters 2,3,6,7. The main characteristics of sea bottom and marine sediments are presented in chapter 4. Chapter 5 contains a brief overview of marine life and ecosystems as well as the processes of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis. Some of the processes taking place at interfaces of sea water with marine sediments, fresh water, atmosphere, and marine organisms are presented in chapter 8. This book contains chapters relative to geology (chapters 2 & 4), biology (chapter 5) and physics (chapter 3). The significant problem of marine pollution is presented at length in chapter 9 with emphasis to the Mediterranean Sea. The methodology of Chemical Oceanography research and the main techniques that are used at field work are presented in chapter 10, whereas some key laboratory analytical techniques concerning seawater and sediments are present in chapter 11.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Oxenkioun, Helen-Elisabeth |
Graphic Editors: |
Kraia, Argyro |
Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
Creation Date: | 05-04-2024 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-228-228-1 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-966 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/13025 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Dassenakis, M., Karavoltsos, S., Ladakis, E., & Paraskevopoulou, V. (2024). Chemical Oceanography [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-966 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Introduction 2. The oceans of planet earth 3. Physicochemical characteristics of fresh and marine water and the effect to the marine environment 4. The sea floor 5. Life in the marine environment 6. The main biogeochemical cycles in the marine environment 7. Maim forms and behaviors of elements in the marine environment 8. Chemical processes at environmental interfaces 9. Marine pollution 10. Methodology of Chemical Oceanography 11. Chemical analytical techniques in the marine environment |
Number of pages |
428 |
Version: |
2η έκδ. |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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