Oceans : Evolving Concepts (Hardcover)

Introduction - Look from space: the planet "Ocean" rather than planet Earth - Brief history of the ocean planet, from its origins to the present day - The Challenger expedition: the birth of oceanography Part 1 - Evolution of concepts since the Challenger expedition

1- The ocean acquires a third dimension

2- From ocean physics to ocean-atmosphere interactions

3- From marine chemistry to marine biogeochemistry

4- From marine biology to biological oceanography

5- From the azo abysses to hydrothermal ecosystems

Part Two - Concepts for the 21st Century Ocean

1- From large to small scale: importance in physics, biogeochemistry, and biology

2- Ecosystem approach to the exploited biological resources

3- Integrated approach to a warm, acidified, deoxygenated ocean Outlook

- Comparative evolution of concepts in oceanography and other natural sciences

- The challenges of oceanography beyond the sciences sensu stricto.