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Topics in the Ocean World Encyclopedia


This is a list of the major topic headings in Ocean World Encyclopedia, Donald G. Groves and Lee M Hunt, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1980. This volume was written for the non-specialist and includes articles about physical, geological, chemical and biological oceanography as well as on oceanographic instrumentation, hurricanes, international marine science organizations, and famous oceanographers.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


A

abalone
abyssal plain
acoustics
adsorption
advection fog
Agassize, Louis
age of ocean water
age of the ocean
Aguaje
Agulhas Current
albacore
albatross
Aleutian Current
algae
Ama
amoeba
Ampullae of of Lorenzini
Amundsen Sea
anadromous fish
Andaman Sea
angelfish
annelid
Antarctic Circle
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Antarctic Ocean
anticyclone
Antilles Current
aphotic
aquaculture
Arabian Sea
Arafura Sea
Aral Sea
archipelagic plain
Arctic Circle
Arctic Ocean
Aristotle's Lantern
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantis
atoll
Azores-Bermuda high
Azov, Sea of

B

bacteria
baleen
Bali Sea
Baltic Sea
Banda Sea
bank
bar
barber fishes
Barents Sea
barnacles
barracuda
barrier beach
barrier reef
basin
bathythermograph
bay
Bay of Bengal
beach
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort wind scale
Bellingshausen Sea
Benguela Current
Bering Sea
berm
Bermuda triangle
bight
billfish
biological noise
biological oceanography
bioluminescence (ocean)
birds
Bismarck Sea
bivalve
bivalvia
Black Sea
blowfish
blowhole
bluefin
bony fish
Bowditch, Nathaniel
brachiopods
Brazil Current
breakwater
bulkhead
Bullard, Sir Edward Crisp
Burma Sea

C

calcarea
California Current
Callao painter
Canary Current
capillary wave
carbon cycle
carbon-nitrogen-phosphorous ratio
Caribbean Current
Caribbean Sea
Caspian Sea
cathodic protection
cephalopod
Ceram Sea
cetaceans
Challenger expedition
channel
chemical oceanography
chimera
chiton
chlorinity
chlorosity
Chukchi Sea
ciguatera
clams (and other shellfish)
clapotis
climate
cockle
cod or codfish
coelacanth
coelenterates or cnidarians
coelomate
colloid
commensalism
commercial ocean fishing
conch
conger
continental drift
continental rise
continental shelf
continental slope
Cook, James
Copenhagen water
copepods
coral
coral reef
Coral Sea
corallimorpharia
coralline algae
corers
Coriolis effect
corrosion
Cousteau, Jacques Yves
crab
Cromwell Current
crustaceans
currents
cuttlefish
cyclone

D

damselfish
Darwin, Charles
Davidson Current
Deacon, Sir George Edward Raven
decibar
deep scattering layers
deep sound channel
deep-sea channel
deep-sea fish and animals
deep-water wave
demospongiae
denitrification
density
density current
desalination
detritus
diapir
diatom ooze
diatoms
dinoflagellates
discontinuity layer
Discovery I and II
diurnal tide
diving
dolphin
dolphin fish
downwelling
dugongs

E

East Australian Current
East China Sea
East Greenland Current
East Siberian Sea
eau de mer normal
echinoderm
echo sounder
ecology
eel
eelgrass
eH
El Nino
elasmobranchs
element
elver
energy
Equatorial Countercurrent
Equatorial current system
estuary
euphausiids
euphotic zone
evolution
Ewing, William Maurice

F

Falkland Current
fan valley
Fata Morgana
fathometer
feather stars
Fiji Sea
finfish
fins
fish
fishing industry
fjord
flatfish
Flores Sea
Florida Current
flounder
foam
fog
food pyramid
foraminiferans
fouling
fringing reef
frontal fog
fulmar
fungus

G
Galathea
galeoid
gastropods
gastrozooids
geological oceanography
globigerina ooze
Glomar Challenger
Goldberg, Edward D.
gravity wave
Great Australian Bight
Greenland Sea
greenlings
groin
grouper
grunion
Guinea Current
gulf
Gulf of California
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Stream
Guyot, Arnold
guyot
gymbretoxin

H

habitable zones
hadal
haddock
halibut
Halmahera Sea
halobates
halogens
Heezen, Bruce Charles
herring
hexactinellida
high seas
higher high tide
higher low tide
horseshoe crab
Humboldt, Alexander von
Humboldt Current
hurricane
hydrogen sulfide
hydrography
hydroids
hydrologic cycle
hydrophone
hydrostatic pressure

I

iceberg
Indian Ocean
infragravity wave
inland sea
instrumentation, oceanographic
Interamerican Tropical Tuna Commission
intermediate wave
internal wave
International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE)
international marine sciences organizations
invertebrate
ion
irish moss
Irish Sea
Irminger Current
Irminger Sea
iron-manganese nodules
Isaacs, John Dove, III
Iselin, Columbus O'Donnell
isopods

J

Japan Sea
Java Sea
jellyfish
jetty
jewfish
Johnson, Martin Wiggo

K

Kara Sea
kelp
killer whale
king wave
Knudsen, Martin
Kermer, Gerhard
krill
Kuenen, Philip Henry
Kuril Current
Kuroshio Current

L

Labrador Sea
Laccadive Sea
lamprey or sea lamprey
Laptev Sea
larva
lateral line
latitude
law-of-the-sea conferences
lichens, or lichenes
limpet
lingcod
Linnaeus, Carolus
lobster
longitude
long-period wave
longshore current
looming
lower high tide
lower low tide

M

mackerel
malocostracans
manatees
manganese nodules
mangroves
mariculture
marine
marine air
marine birds or oceanic birds
marine mammals
marine medicine
marine optics
marine sediments
marine snails
marine snow
mata-malu
Maury, Matthew Fontaine
Mediterranean Sea
medusae
menhaden
mermaid's purses
Meteor
mining (ocean)
mirage
mixed tide
MODE (Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment)
Mohr titration (Mohr-Knudsen method)
mollusk or mollusc
Molucca Sea
monster buoy
moray, or moray eel
Munk, Walter Heinrich
mussels
mutualism
myths and legends

N

Nansen, Fridtjof
nautical chart
nautilus
neap tide
nekton
nematocyst
nemichthyidae
neutron activation analysis (NAA)
nitrogen cycle
NOAA
noise
Nordenskjold Sea
normal water
North Atlantic Current
North Equatorial Current
North Sea
Norwegian Sea
nudibranch

O

ocean
ocean circulation
ocean currents
ocean engineering
ocean food chain
ocean food web
ocean gases
ocean geothermal deposits
ocean pollution
ocean sunfish
ocean water
oceanic birds
oceanography
octopus
oil spills
Okhotsk, Sea of
osmosis
ostracods
oxygen cycle
Oyashio Current
oyster

P

Pacific Ocean
pack ice
Palmen, Erik Herbert
pancake ice
parrotfish
particulate matter
parts per thousand (PPT) and parts per million (PPM)
pelagic fish
pelecypods
penguins
periwinkles
Persian Gulf
Peru Current or Humboldt Current
petrel
pH
pharmaceuticals from the ocean
Philippine Sea
phosphate cycle
phosphorites
phosphorus cycle
photosynthesis
phototaxis
physical oceanography
phytoplankton
plaice
plankton
plant life in the oceans
plate tectonics
pogy
polar bears
pollution
pompano
porgy
porpoise
Portuguese man-of-war
pressure
Project Famous
protozoa
Proudman, Joseph
pteropod ooze
pufferfish

Q

quad
quadrature
quahaug

R

radiation fog
radiolaria
radiolarian ooze
rays
red clay
Red Sea
red tide
Redfield, Alfred Clarence
redox potential
remora
Revelle, Roger Randall
reverberation
revetments
ridge
rip current
rise
rock code
Ross Sea
rust

S

sailfish
salinity
salinity-temperature-depth recorder
salmon
salt
salt cycle
salt dome
salt gland
Salton Sea
sand dollar
sapropel
sardines
Sargasso Sea
satellites
Savu Sea
sawfish
scallop
scorpion fish
Scotia Sea
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
scuba
sea
sea anemone
sea bass
sea birds
sea cows
sea cucumbers
sea farming
Sea Grant Program
sea ice
sea level
sea lilies
sea lions
sea noise
sea otter
sea perch
sea snakes
sea stars
sea state
sea turtles
sea urchin
seafloor spreading
seafoam
seagrass
seahorse
seals
seamount
Seasat-A
seashells
seashore paspalum
seawall
seawater or ocean water
seaweeds
seaworms
seiche
seismic sea-wave warning system (SSWWS)
self noise
semidiurnal tide
sergeant major
seven seas
shad
shadow zone
shallow-water wave
shark
shearwaters
shelf channel
shellfish
shells
Shepard, Francis Parker
shoal
shrimp
Sibbald's Rorqual
silica or silicon dioxide
silicon dioxide
sill
silt grass
sinking
skate
skipjack
snapper
Snell's law
soapies
SOFAR channel
sole
Solomon Sea
sonar or echo-ranging sonar
sonobuoy
sound
sounding
Sound China Sea (Nan Hai)
Southern Ocean
spacecraft oceanography
spearfish
specific heat
specific volume
Spiess, Fred Noel
Spilhaus, Athelstan Frederick
sponges
spring tide
squaloid
squid
standard water
standing wave
steam fog
stingrays
stomiatoids
Stommel, Henry Melson
storm surge
strait
Strait of Malacca
submarine canyon
submarines
Sulawesi Sea
sulfur cycle
Sulu Sea
suspension current
Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik
swell
swellfish
swim bladder
symbiosis
syzygy

T

taruana
Tasman Sea
taxonomy or systematics
teleosts
temperature
teredo or shipworm
thermocline
tidal bore
tidal species
tidal wave
tide wave
tides
Timor Sea
tornado
transducer
transponder
trans-tidal waves
trenches
tropical cyclone
trough
tsunami
tuna
turbidity current
turbot
turtle grass
turtles (marine) or sea turtles
typhoon

U

ultra-gravity waves
umbellula
underwater acoustics
underwater photography
underwater sound
upslope fog
upwelling
U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone

V

vapor presure
Vema
venomous marine life
Vityaz

W

walrus
water
water cycle or hydrologic cycle or water exchange
water exchange
water spout
water tagging
wave period
wavelength
waves
Weddell Sea
West Wind Drift Current
whales
whirlwind
White Sea
willy-willy
Winkler titration
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
wrasse
wreckfish

X

Nothing here.

Y

Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai)

Z

zooplankton


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