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The Biology of the Indian Ocean

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  • © 1973

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Editors:
  1. Bernt Zeitzschel

    1. Institut für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

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  2. Sebastian A. Gerlach

    1. Institut für Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 3)

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. The Environment

    1. The Unique Situation in the Environment of the Indian Ocean

      • G. Dietrich
      Pages 1-6

    2. Recent Satellite Studies

      • D. H. Johnson
      Pages 7-17

    3. Physical Oceanography of the Indian Ocean

      • K. Wyrtki
      Pages 18-36

    4. Arabian Sea Upwelling

      • R. I. Currie, A. E. Fisher, P. M. Hargreaves
      Pages 37-52

    5. Light and Nutrients in the Indian Ocean

      • D. A. McGill
      Pages 53-102

    6. Biogenic Sedimentation of the Persian Gulf

      • E. Seibold
      Pages 103-114

  3. Primary Production and Standing Stock of Phytoplankton and Bacteria

    1. Primary Production in the Indian Ocean I

      • J. Krey
      Pages 115-126

    2. Primary Production in the Indian Ocean II

      • Y. Aruga
      Pages 127-130

    3. Phytoplankton Production in the Southeastern Indian Ocean

      • S. Z. El-Sayed, H. R. Jitts
      Pages 131-142

    4. Productivity of Backwaters and Estuaries

      • S. Z. Qasim
      Pages 143-154

    5. General Features of Dinoflagellate Material Collected by the “Anton Bruun” during the International Indian Ocean Expedition

      • F. J. R. Taylor
      Pages 155-169

    6. The Formation of the Chlorophyll Maximum in the Indian Ocean

      • Y. Saijo
      Pages 171-173

    7. Seasonal Variation of Phytoplankton Pigments and Some of the Associated Oceanographic Parameters in the Laccadive Sea off Cochin

      • N. M. Shah
      Pages 175-185

    8. Bacteriological Investigations in the Arabian Sea

      • G. Rheinheimer
      Pages 187-188

  4. Standing Stock and Distribution of Phytoplankton, Zooplankton and Particulate Matter in Selected Areas

    1. Agulhas Bank Plankton

      • A. De Decker
      Pages 189-219

    2. Plankton Relations of the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea

      • B. Kimor
      Pages 221-232

    3. Microbiomass and Detritus in the Upper 50 m of the Arabian Sea along the Coast of Africa and India during the NE Monsoon 1964/65

      • B. Babenerd, R. Boje, J. Krey, V. Montecino
      Pages 233-237

    4. Zooplankton Biomass and its Relation to Particulate Matter in the Upper 200 m of the Arabian Sea during the NE Monsoon

      • J. Lenz
      Pages 239-241

  5. Standing Stock and Distribution of Zooplankton

    1. Zooplankton Studies in the Indian Ocean

      • T. S. S. Rao
      Pages 243-255
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About this book

This volume contains the proceedings of a Symposium held at the University of Kiel, Germany, from 31 March to 6 April, 1971. The Symposium was organized by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the Marine Productivity section of the International Biological Programme (IBPIPM) with the assistance of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Association of Biological Oceanography (IABO). The aim of the Symposium was to summarize present knowledge of the biology of the Indian Ocean. Twenty-two presentations by invited speakers reviewed the research work carried out during the International Indian Ocean Expedition (lIOE) 1959 -1965, the first cooperative project coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). In addition, reports were presented of postexpedition examination of material and of more recent investigations relevant to the aims of the lIOE. In keeping with the aims of "Ecological Studies", the present volume contains much new information and some synthesis, all directed towards obtaining an understanding of the functioning and organization of the ecosystem of the Indian Ocean. The plan of the Symposium was to present the relevant meteorological, physical, chemical and geological background and to follow this with the various aspects of biological oceanography. Because of the uneven stage of development of the different disciplines, the papers included in this volume vary in their analytical level.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Bernt Zeitzschel

  • Institut für Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany

    Sebastian A. Gerlach

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Biology of the Indian Ocean

  • Editors: Bernt Zeitzschel, Sebastian A. Gerlach

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65468-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1973

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-65470-1Published: 15 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-65468-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 555

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general, Biomedicine general

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