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Sea Ice: An Intorduction to its Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geology
David N. Thomas (Editor), G. S. Dieckmann (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-632-05808-2
Hardcover
416 pages
June 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
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Foreword by G. E. (Tony) Fogg.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1 The Importance of Sea Ice: An Overview.

Chapter 2 From the Microscopic, to the Macroscopic, to the Regional Scale: Growth, Microstructure and Properties of Sea Ice.

Chapter 3 Dynamics versus Thermodynamics: The Sea Ice Thickness Distribution.

Chapter 4 Large Scale Characteristics and Variability of the Global Sea Ice Cover.

Chapter 5 Primary Production in Sea Ice.

Chapter 6 The Microbiology of Sea Ice.

Chapter 7 The Macrobiology of Sea Ice.

Chapter 8 Sea Ice: A Critical Habitat for Polar Marine Mammals and Birds.

Chapter 9 Biogeochemistry of Sea Ice.

Chapter 10 Particulate Flux From Sea Ice in Polar Waters.

Chapter 11 Palaeo Sea Ice Distribution -
Reconstruction and Palaeoclimatic Significance.

Glossary.

Index