Description
Book SynopsisThis new edition makes an excellent companion to Mills's recent history of mathematical and physical oceanography, the multi-award-winning and widely acclaimed The Fluid Envelope of Our Planet.
Trade Review'[A] superb treatise on the early history of biological oceanography ... Mills has constructed an enormously appealing, readable, and intellectual history of biological oceanography that transcends the subject area and delves into the philosophy of science and its management.' -- Christopher F. D'Elia BioScience 'The book is a must-read for everyone interested in biological oceanography and meets a high standard of scholarship.' -- W.H. Berger Science 'A richly detailed and yet accessible look at the development of biological oceanography.' -- Jane Maienschein Isis 'Eric L. Mills's Biological Oceanography gives proof that history need not be dull ... He writes with ease and grace, and with the characters at his disposal he tells a fine story.' -- Frederick A. Aldrich The Northern Mariner
Table of ContentsIllustrations Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: The Development of Biological Oceanography PART 1 The Origin of Biological Oceanography in Germany and Scandinavia during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries *"This Blood of the Sea": The Origin of Quantitative 9 Plankton Biology in Germany, 1870-1911* The Control of Metabolism in the Sea: Karl Brandt, the Nitrogen Cycle, and the Origin of Brandt's Hypothesis* International Oceanography, the Kiel School, and the Fate of Brandt's Hypothesis*"The Water Blooms": The Discovery of the Spring Bloom and Its Control* Hydrography and the Control of Plankton Abundance: Solving the Problem of Plankton Blooms* The End of an Era: The Demise of the Kiel Schoo PART 2 Biological Oceanography in Britain and the United States, 1921-1960 * Food from the Sea: The Origin of British Biological Oceanography* Surveying the Blue Pasture: Plankton Dynamics at Plymouth, 1921-1933* Plankton Production and Its Control: The Marine Ecosystem at Plymouth, 1934-1958* Appreciating Mathematics: The Origin of Plankton Modeling in the United States, 1934-1946* Disciplined Thinking in Biological Oceanography: Plankton Dynamics, Physical Oceanography, and Riley's "Synthetic Method" Conclusion: The End of One Tale and the Beginning of Another References Index
