Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review Volume 42 (Oceanography and Marine Biology)

Ever-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review has answered this demand since its founding by the late Harold Barnes more than forty years ago. Its objective is an annual consideration of basic areas of marine research, dealing with subjects of special or immediate importance, adding new subjects as they arise.The volumes maintain a unified perspective on the marine sciences. Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of marine science are dealt with by experts actively engaged in these fields. This essential reference text for researchers and students in all fields of marine science finds a place in libraries of marine stations and institutes, as well as universities. It consistently ranks among the highest in impact factors for the marine biology category of the citation indices compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information.; V olume 42 contains analysis on convective chimneys in the Greenland Sea, spawning aggregations of coral reef fishes, exopolymers (EPS) in aquatic systems, the marine insect Halobates, and much more. Front cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 CONVECTIVE CHIMNEYS IN THE GREENLAND SEA: A REVIEW OF RECENT OBSERVATIONS......Page 10 THE ROLE OF DIMETHYLSULPHOXIDE IN THE MARINE BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE OF DIMETHYLSULPHIDE......Page 38 THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF EXOPOLYMERS (EPS) IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS......Page 66 MARINE MICROBIAL THIOTROPHIC ECTOSYMBIOSES......Page 104 THE MARINE INSECT HALOBATES GERRIDAE): BIOLOGY, ADAPTATIONS, DISTRIBUTION, AND PHYLOGENY......Page 128 APPENDIX 1......Page 164 APPENDIX 2......Page 186 THE ECOLOGY OF RAFTING IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. I. THE FLOATING SUBSTRATA......Page 190 SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS OF CORAL REEF FISHES: CHARACTERISTICS, HYPOTHESES, THREATS AND MANAGEMENT......Page 274 IMPACTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON MARINE ANIMAL LIFE IN THE BENGUELA: A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW......Page 312 AUTHOR INDEX......Page 402 SYSTEMATIC INDEX......Page 430 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 437 Back cover......Page 442 Interest in oceanography and marine biology and the relevance of those fields to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews that summarize recent research. This series has catered to this demand since its foundation, by the late Harold Barnes, four decades ago. It is an annual consideration of basic areas of marine research; it returns to certain topics when appropriate in future volumes and adds new topics as they arise. Volume 42 contains analysis of convective chimneys in the Greenland Sea, spawning aggregations of coral reef fishes, exopolymers (EPS) in aquatic