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The Antarctic Sector of the Pacific covers the area between Australia and South America south of about 45#S. The region comprises about 6% of the Earth's surface and is amongst the most remote, hostile and least studied of the world's oceans. The scientific importance of the region is derived from its role in the reconstruction of Gondwanaland, its influence on Pacific climate and palaeoclimate and its biological productivity. No systematic surveys of the region have been undertaken since the work of the U.S.N.S. Eltanin (1962-1972). The comprehensive reassessment of whale stocks by the International Whaling Commission in 1990 and problems with ratification of the Antarctic Minerals Regime attest to the importance of Antarctic matters at present. The book will stimulate scientific activity in the region and serve as a handbook for future research. It should also appeal to oceanographers and Polar scientists.
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ANTARCTIC SECTOR OF THE PACIFIC
FURTHER TlTLES /A! THE SERE5 1 J.L. MERO THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SEA 2 L.M.FOMlN THE DYNAMIC METHOD IN OCEANOGRAPHY 3 E.J.F. WOOD MICROBIOLOGY OF OCEANS AND ESTUARIES 4 G.NEUMANN OCEAN CURRENTS 5 N.G.JERLOV OPTICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 6 V. VACOUIER GEOMAGNETISM IN MARINE GEOLOGY 7 W.J. WALLACE THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CHLORINITY/ SALINITY CONCEPT IN OCEANOGRAPHY 8 E. LlSlTZlN SEA-LEVEL CHANGES 9 R.H.PARKER THE STUDY OF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES 1 0 J.C.J. NIHOUL (Editor) MODELLING OF MARINE SYSTEMS 11 0.1. MAMAYEV TEMPERATURES A ~ N I T YANALYSIS OF WORLD OCEAN WATERS 12 E.J FERGUSON WOOD and R E JOHANNES -~ TROPICAL MARINE POLLUTION 13 E STEEMANN NIELSEN MARINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS 1 4 N.G. JERLOV MARINE OPTICS 15 G.P. GLASBY MARINE MANGANESE DEPOSITS 16 V.M. KAMENKOVICH FUNDAMENTALS OF OCEAN DYNAMICS 17 R.A.GEYER SUBMERSIBLES AND THEIR USE IN OCEANOGRAPHY AND OCEAN ENGINEERING 18 J.W.CARUTHERS FUNDAMENTALS OF MARINE ACOUSTICS 19 J C J NIHOUL (Editor) BOTTOM TURBULENCE 2 0 P H LEBLOND and L A MYSAK WAVES IN THE OCEAN 2 1 C C VON DER BORCH (Editor) SYNTHESIS OF DEEP-SEA DRILLING RESULTS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN 2 2 P DEHLINGER MARINE GRAVITY 23 J C J NIHOUL (Editor) HYDRODYNAMICS OF ESTUARIES AND FJORDS 2 4 F T BANNER, M B COLLINS and K S MASSIE (Editors) THE NORTH-WEST EUROPEAN SHELF SEAS THE SEA BED AND THE SEA IN MOTION 25 J C J NIHOUL (Editor) MARINE FORECASTING 26 H G RAMMING and Z KOWALIK NUMERICAL MODELLING MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS 27 R A GEYER (Editor) MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 2 8 J C J NIHOUL (Editor) MARINE TURBULENCE 2 9 M M WALDICHUK, G B KULLENBERG and M J ORREN (Editors) MARINE POLLUTANT TRANSFER PROCESSES 3 0 A VOlPlOEditor) THE BALTIC SEA ' 3 1 E.K. DUURSMA and R. DAWSON (Editors) MARINE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 2 J.C.J. NIHOUL (Editor) ECOHYDRODYNAMICS 3 3 R. HEKlNlAN PETROLOGY OF THE OCEAN FLOOR ~
3 4 J.C.J. NIHOUL (Editor) HYDRODYNAMICS OF SEMI-ENCLOSED SEAS 3 5 B. JOHNS (Editor) PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF COASTAL AND SHELF SEAS 3 6 J.C.J. NIHOUL (Editor) HYDRODYNAMICS OF THE EQUATORIAL OCEAN 3 7 W . LANGERAAR SURVEYING AND CHARTING OF THE SEAS 3 8 J.C.J. NIHOUL (Editor) REMOTE SENSING OF SHELF SEA HYDRODYNAMICS 3 9 T. ICHIYE(Editor) OCEAN HYDRODYNAMICS OF THE JAPAN AND EAST CHINA SEAS 4 0 J.C.J. NIHOUL (Editor) COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS 4 1 H. KUNZEDORF (Editor) MARINE MINERAL EXPLORATION 4 2 J.C.J. NIHOUL (Editor) MARINE INTERFACES ECOHYDRODYNAMICS 43 P. LASSERRE and J.M. MARTIN (Editors) BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES AT THE LANDSEA BOUNDARY 4 4 I.P. MARTINI (Editor) CANADIAN INLAND SEAS 4 5 J.C.J. NlHOUL and B.M. JAMART (Editors) THREE-DIMENSIONALMODELS OF MARINE AND ESTUARIN DYNAMICS 46 J.C.J. NIHOUL and B.M. JAMART (Editors) SMALL-SCALE TURBULENCE AND MIXING IN THE OCEAN 47 M.R. LANDRY and B.M. HICKEY (Editors) COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON 4 8 S.R. MASSEL HYDRODYNAMICS OF COASTAL ZONES 4 9 V.C. LAKHAN and A.S. TRENHAILE (Editors) APPLICATIONS IN