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Joseph Kraynak
Oceans For Dummies
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Oceans For Dummies® To view this book's Cheat Sheet, simply go to
www.dummies.com
and search for “Oceans For Dummies Cheat Sheet” in the Search box. Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Guide
Pages
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Brushing Up on Ocean Fundamentals
Taking a Nickel Tour of the Ocean(s)
Dividing the ocean into oceans … or not
Recognizing the ocean zones
Dropping in on the different ecosystems
Going with the Flow: The Physical Properties of the Ocean
Getting up to speed on the water cycle
Knowing what makes seawater salty
Investigating variations in salt concentrations
Realizing that sea water is more than just salty water
Checking out what’s at the bottom of the ocean (and below)
Riding waves, tides, and currents
Recognizing the ocean’s role in climate control and weather
Meeting the Ocean’s Inhabitants
Recognizing strength in numbers: Marine microorganisms
Going green with marine plants and plant-like organisms
Grouping the ocean’s animals
Exploring the Complex and Evolving Human-Ocean Relationship
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Appreciating the Ocean’s Many Gifts
Supplying Over Half of the World’s Oxygen
Playing a Key Role in Regulating Climate and Weather
DIFFERENTIATING CLIMATE FROM WEATHER
Producing Protein for Billions of People
Contributing Trillions to the Global Economy
Serving as a Source of Mystery and Wonder
Stimulating our imaginations
Increasing our knowledge of the world around us
Getting in touch with our emotional connection to the sea
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Looking Back at the Ocean’s History (and Prehistory)
Discovering How the Ocean Got Its Start
The wet planet theory
The water delivery truck theory
Tracing the Evolution of Ocean Life
Getting the evolutionary ball rolling
Going cellular
And now for a word about metabolism
All together now: Multicellular organisms
Taking evolution to the next level in the Paleozoic era
The Cambrian period
The Ordovician period
The Silurian period
The Devonian period
The Carboniferous period
The Permian period
Gaining momentum in the Mesozoic era
The Triassic period
The Jurassic period
The Cretaceous period
Increasing sophistication in the Cenozoic era
The Paleogene period
THE PALEOCENE EPOCH
THE EOCENE EPOCH
THE OLIGOCENE EPOCH
The Neogene period
The Quaternary period
Taking the Earth’s Present Evolutionary Pulse
SHIFTING BASELINES
Looking Ahead: What’s in Store for the Ocean’s Future?
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Mapping the Ocean by Zones
Dividing the Ocean into Three Horizontal Zones
Where land meets sea: The intertidal zone
High intertidal
Middle intertidal
Low intertidal
COOL AND CREEPY
Wading through the neritic zone
Heading out to sea: The oceanic zone
HOW IS THE OCEAN LIKE A DESERT?
Exploring the Five Vertical Zones of the Water Column
Skimming the surface: The epipelagic zone
Dimming the lights in the mesopelagic zone
Taking a deeper, darker dive into the bathypelagic zone
COUNTER-ILLUMINATION
Delving into the abyss: The abyssopelagic zone
How low can you go? The hadalpelagic zone
Acknowledging the Existence of Other Zones
From light to dark: The photic and aphotic zones
From top to bottom: The pelagic and benthic zone
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