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The Living Ocean

Marine Microbiology

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  • © 1975

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  1. E. J. Ferguson Wood
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Collecting Information

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Adventure

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      Pages 2-8

    3. The Equipment

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      Pages 9-17

  3. The Microbes of the Sea

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Perspective and Classification

      • E. J. Ferguson Wood
      Pages 20-36

    3. Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi

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      Pages 37-42

    4. The Phytoplankton

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      Pages 43-57

  4. The Physical World of the Ocean

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Sunlight and Life

      • E. J. Ferguson Wood
      Pages 60-66

    3. Pressure, Temperature, Salinity, Density and Chemistry of the Oceans

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      Pages 67-75

    4. Ocean Currents

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      Pages 76-83

    5. Food and Food Webs

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      Pages 84-89

  5. The Inshore World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. The Life of Estuaries

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      Pages 92-96

    3. Coloured Microbes in the Estuarine Environment

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      Pages 97-102

    4. Colourless Microbes in Estuaries

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      Pages 103-110

    5. Microbes or the Olden Days

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      Pages 111-121

  6. Marine Life and Man

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123
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    2. Men as Destroyers of Marine Life

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      Pages 124-128
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About this book

I have enjoyed writing this book. Some of my ideas are controversial. Some of them I know to be true though I have not sufficient evidence for a conviction. My intention is that you should realise that microbes will be as important in the future of the earth as they have been in the past. They have led to our existence, and may help to prevent our destruction; they may even save us from ourselves. i As a student, I was taught that a scientist must be objective, and that every statement or observation must be documented. Also, that a scien­ tist must seek the truth, and not be satisfied with less. It took me a long time to realize that no human being can be completely objective, and that the truth, even scientific truth, is a chimera. The most that we can get with our human minds and feeble experimentation is an approxima­ tion, and all we can hope to contribute is a better approximation than we have had to date. Newton's theories were regarded as absolute until Einstein came along; and now it seems that Einstein may be inadequate.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Living Ocean

  • Book Subtitle: Marine Microbiology

  • Authors: E. J. Ferguson Wood

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7639-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: E. J. Ferguson Wood 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-7641-5Published: 26 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-7639-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 146

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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