Seismic Oceanography: A New Geophysical Tool to Investigate the Thermohaline Structure of the Oceans

How Inappropriate To Call This Planet Earth When It Is Quite Clearly Ocean (arthur C. Clarke). Life Has Been Originated In The Oceans, Human Health And Activities Depend From The Oceans And The World Life Is Modulated By Marine And Oceanic Processes. From The Micro-scale, Like Coastal Processes, To Macro-scale, The Oceans, The Seas And The Marine Life, Play The Main Role To Maintain The Earth Equilibrium, Both From A Physical And A Chemical Point Of View. Since Ancient Times, The World's Oceans Discovery Has Brought To Humanity Development And Wealth Of Knowledge, The Metaphors Of Ulysses And Jason, Represent The Cultural Growth Gained Through The Explorations And Discoveries. The Modern Oceanographic Research Represents One Of The Last Frontier Of The Knowledge Of Our Planet, It Depends On The Oceans Exploration And So It Is Strictly Connected To The Development Of New Technologies. Furthermore, Other Scientific And Social Disciplines Can Provide Many Fundamental Inputs To Complete The Description Of The Entire Ocean Ecosystem. Such Multidisciplinary Approach Will Lead Us To Understand The Better Way To Preserve Our Blue Planet: The Earth. 00 preface_ Oceanography......Page 1 Part 1 Methods in Oceanography......Page 13 01 Open-Sea Observatories: A New Technology to Bring the Pulse of the Sea to Human Awareness......Page 15 02 New Technological Developments for Oceanographic Observations......Page 53 03 Application of the Long-Term Delayed Luminescence for Study of Natural Water Environments......Page 91 04 An Introduction to FY-3/MERSI, Ocean Colour Algorithm, Product and Application......Page 107 05 Seismic Oceanography: A New Geophysical Tool to Investigate the Thermohaline Structure of the Oceans......Page 125 Part 2 Physical Oceanography......Page 141 06 Variability of Internal Solitary Waves in the Northwest South China Sea......Page 143 07 Bodies of Water Along the Coast of a Tideless Sea in Areas with Young Pleistocene Accumulation from Scandinavian Glaciers (Baltic Sea)......Page 159 08 Prediction of Wave Height Based on the Monitoring of Surface Wind......Page 181 Part 3 Chemical Oceanography......Page 201 09 Oxygenated Hydrocarbons in Coastal Waters......Page 203 10 Organic-Aggregate-Attached Bacteria in Aquatic Ecosystems: Abundance, Diversity, Community Dynamics and Function......Page 217 Part 4 Applied Ecology......Page 245 11 Connectivity as a Management Tool for Coastal Ecosystems in Changing Oceans......Page 247 12 Geochemical Changes in Aquatic Environment Caused by Deep Dredging – A Case Study: The Puck Bay (Baltic Sea)......Page 271 13 Fisheries and Biodiversity in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico......Page 293 14 On the Chemical Profile of Marine Organisms from Coastal Subtropical Environments: Gross Composition and Nitrogen-to-Protein Conversion Factors......Page 309 15 Ecology and Zoogeography of Parasites......Page 333