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In Freud's Shadow - Adler in Context (Paperback): Paul E. Stepansky In Freud's Shadow - Adler in Context (Paperback)
Paul E. Stepansky
R1,481 Discovery Miles 14 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In its detailed, interpretive reconsideration of Adler's involvement with Freud and psychoanalysis, In Freud's Shadow constitutes a seminal contribution to our historical understanding of the early psychoanalytic movement. Making extensive use of the Minutes of the Vienna Psycho-Analytic Society, Freud's correspondence, and the diaries of Lou Andreas-Salome, Stepansky reconstructs the ambience and reanalyzes the substance of the ongoing debates about Adler's work within the psychoanalytic discussion group. One valuable by-product of his undertaking, then, is a compelling portrait of the early Vienna Psycho-Analytic Society from the standpoint of the sociology of small groups and, more especially, of Freud's status as the "group leader" of the Society. Thoroughly researched, meticulously documented, and brilliantly written, In Freud's Shadow: Adler in Context represents a watershed in the literature on Adler, Frued, and the history of psychoanalysis. It will be of major interest not only to psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and psychologists, but to social scientists, historians, and lay readers interested in the politics of scientific controversy, the sociology of small groups, and the relationship of psychology to contemporary systems of belief.

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 60 (Hardcover): S.J. Hawkins Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 60 (Hardcover)
S.J. Hawkins; Edited by (associates) A. L. Allcock, A. E. Bates, M. Byrne, A.J. Evans, …
R5,831 Discovery Miles 58 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Celebrating its 60th volume (and thus 60 years of publication), this series remains one of the most cited sources in marine science and oceanography. This anniversary volume includes an Editorial discussing the UN Decade of Ocean Science as well as appreciation notes on the work of previous Editor-in-Chiefs. Chapters are authored by leading experts from around the world, including Greece, Chile, Australia, Canada and Australia, while an international Editorial Board ensures continued high quality and rigorous peer review of published articles. The ever increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. Supplementary online videos as well as additional Tables and Appendices are available on the Support Tab of the book's Routledge webpage. This volume is available Open Access.

Development of Marine Resources (Hardcover): A Monaco Development of Marine Resources (Hardcover)
A Monaco
R3,758 Discovery Miles 37 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Marine resources and their exploitation, recovery and economic networks they generate are here from the perspective now inevitable growing environmental constraints, policy management and technical innovation. A historical perspective shows that Ocean and its adjacent seas at all times, allowed coastal communities to adapt to a very volatile environment through many technological changes. The recent development of marine biotechnology, the discovery of a great pharmacopoeia especially in reef environments, the development of marine renewables, are examples which show that man can develop through these new technologies property and services of the ocean. But this development resources under pressure of global change requires not only taking into account technical, but also social and political. This is the price that the analysis of maritime activities will assess the sustainability and development of various economic sectors and coastal populations, faced with the objectives of a "blue growth" associated with a return to the "good state "of the marine environment.

Value and Economy of Marine Resources (Hardcover): A Monaco Value and Economy of Marine Resources (Hardcover)
A Monaco
R3,762 Discovery Miles 37 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Marine resources and their exploitation, recovery and economic networks they generate are here from the perspective now inevitable growing environmental constraints, policy management and technical innovation. The recent development of marine biotechnology, the discovery of a great pharmacopoeia especially in reef environments, the development of marine renewables, are examples which show that man can develop through these new technologies property and services of the ocean. But this development resources under pressure of global change requires not only taking into account technical, but also social and political. This is the price that the analysis of maritime activities will assess the sustainability and development of various economic sectors and coastal populations, faced with the objectives of a "blue growth" associated with a return to the "good state" of the marine environment.

Particles in the Coastal Ocean - Theory and Applications (Hardcover): Daniel R Lynch, David A. Greenberg, Ata Bilgili, Dennis... Particles in the Coastal Ocean - Theory and Applications (Hardcover)
Daniel R Lynch, David A. Greenberg, Ata Bilgili, Dennis J. McGillicuddy, Jr., James P. Manning, …
R3,121 Discovery Miles 31 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The coastal ocean comprises the semi-enclosed seas on the continental shelf, including estuaries and extending to the shelf break. This region is the focus of many serious concerns, including coastal inundation by tides, storm surges, or sea level change; fisheries and aquaculture management; water quality; harmful algal blooms; planning of facilities (e.g., power stations); port development and maintenance; and oil spills. This book addresses modeling and simulation of the transport, evolution, and fate of particles (physical and biological) in the coastal ocean. It is the first to summarize the state of the art in this field and direct it toward diverse applications, for example in measuring and monitoring sediment motion, oil spills, and larval ecology. This is an invaluable textbook and reference work for advanced students and researchers in oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, marine and civil engineering, computational science, and environmental science.

Georges Bank - Past, Present, And Future Of A Marine Environment (Paperback): Guy C McLeod Georges Bank - Past, Present, And Future Of A Marine Environment (Paperback)
Guy C McLeod
R1,295 Discovery Miles 12 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Georges Bank, off the coast of New England, has for years been known as one of the most productive of the world's fisheries. Now, recent exploratory surveys indicate it may hold still other resources–oil and natural gas–in sufficient abundance to justify their development. Suddenly, decisions must be made about whether it is possible to manage two

Polar Research - To The Present, And The Future (Paperback): Mary A. Mcwhinnie Polar Research - To The Present, And The Future (Paperback)
Mary A. Mcwhinnie
R1,311 Discovery Miles 13 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Highlighting twenty years of U.S. scientific research conducted since the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-58, this volume marks a turning point in the history of polar investigations and provides a lucid summary of the contributions of many distinguished scientists. The authors provide an overview of major polar research programs, past and present; explore concepts derived, from highly interrelated aspects of physical and life sciences; and seek to offer a glimpse of future polar science and polar development. The introduction briefly describes major physical, biological, and interdisciplinary research programs, as well as the magnitude, extent, and international character of contemporary polar science. Twenty years of polar biological investigations are then reviewed, and subsequent chapters address principles and advances in meteorology, physical oceanography, glaciology, and the geological evidence that hears on the origin of Antarctica. These physical sciences delineate a matrix for the polar biospheres and provide a background for understanding the major categories of structure and dynamic functioning of the marine ecosystem, polar marine mammals, adaptational physiology, and terrestrial biotic adaptations.

Earth and Life Processes Discovered from Subseafloor Environments, Volume 7 - A Decade of Science Achieved by the Integrated... Earth and Life Processes Discovered from Subseafloor Environments, Volume 7 - A Decade of Science Achieved by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) (Hardcover)
Ruediger Stein, Donna Blackman, Fumio Inagaki, Hans-Christian Larsen
R2,539 Discovery Miles 25 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP: 2000-2013) has provided crucial records of past and present processes and interactions within and between the biosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere. Research in IODP encompasses a wide range of fundamental and applied issues that affect society, such as global climate change, biodiversity, the origin of life, natural hazards involving the study of earthquakes processes, and the internal structure and dynamics of our planet. This compilation of major findings from the 2003-2013/14 phase of IODP, focusing on scientific results rather than description of data acquisition and early inferences, provides invaluable information. Anyone wondering what scientific drilling can achieve will gain quick understanding of the range of questions that are uniquely addressed with this methodology and the ways these data dovetail with other regional information. The excitement of breakthrough findings that occasionally accompanies a drilling project will be evident. IODP obtained unique records from the global ocean basins during the 2003-2013 program phase. This book highlights findings in three theme areas: Subseafloor life and the marine biosphere; Earth's changing environments; and Dynamics of the solid Earth. Each core or borehole log provides a window revealing insights that no other data achieve.

Understanding the North Sea System (Hardcover): H. Charnock, Etc, K. R. Dyer, J. M. Huthnance, P.S. Liss, J. H. Simpson, P. H.... Understanding the North Sea System (Hardcover)
H. Charnock, Etc, K. R. Dyer, J. M. Huthnance, P.S. Liss, …
R2,411 Discovery Miles 24 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The continental shelf seas have an importance out of proportion to the reatively small fraction of the area of the global ocean which they occupy. These shallow seas play and important role as the high energy boundary zones of the deep ocean where much of the ocean's tidal and wave energies are dissipated. The North Sea is an archetypal representative of such seas. This text brings the principal results from the North Sea Project which were presented at a discussion meeting organized by the Royal Society. It argues that we should understand and predict the processes of the North Sea in order to achieve a degree of rational management in the future, as environmental threats increase.

From Hurricanes to Epidemics - The Ocean's Evolving Impact on Human Health - Perspectives from the U.S. (Hardcover, 1st... From Hurricanes to Epidemics - The Ocean's Evolving Impact on Human Health - Perspectives from the U.S. (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Kevin Conrad
R3,985 Discovery Miles 39 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a complete and current overview of the correlation between ocean conditions and human health, publishing comprehensively for the first time on the direct interactions among oceanography, marine biology and impacts on human health. Specifically the text addresses how changing ocean conditions result in health impacts and disruptions, with a focus on cases in the USA. The changing ocean conditions that are discussed include diminishing marine biodiversity, climactic changes such as intensified weather events, shifting sea currents and increasing sea temperature. The book addresses the resulting health issues brought about by these various ocean conditions, such as emerging infectious diseases, starvation and poisoning among impacted communities, toxic algae blooms, threatened ecosystems, and other future implications. The text was developed in conjunction with scientists from Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California at Riverside and Ochsner Health, all located in areas deeply impacted by the changing Oceans. The book will be of interest to marine research scientists, health care professionals, students, and general enthusiasts of oceanography and health.

Coastal Defences - Processes, Problems and Solutions (Hardcover): Peter W. French Coastal Defences - Processes, Problems and Solutions (Hardcover)
Peter W. French
R6,776 Discovery Miles 67 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


Coastal Defences aims to present the broad spectrum of methods that engineers use to protect the coastline and investigates the sorts of issues that can arise as a result. The first section of the book examines 'traditional' hard techniques, such as sea walls and groynes, whilst the second looks at the more recent trend of using techniques more sympathetic to nature. By looking at each of the main methods of coastal protection in detail, the book investigates the rationale for using each method and the consequent management issues, presenting a case for and against each of the techniques.

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Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport - International perspectives in research, policy and practice (Hardcover):... Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport - International perspectives in research, policy and practice (Hardcover)
Melanie Lang, Mike Hartill
R4,632 Discovery Miles 46 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The safeguarding of children and young people participating in sport has become an increasingly prominent concern in policy-making and research communities around the world. Major organisations such as the IOC and UNICEF now officially recognize that children in sport can be at risk of exploitation and abuse, and this concern has led to the emergence of new initiatives and policies aimed at protecting vulnerable young people and athletes. This book is the first to comprehensively review contemporary developments in child protection and safeguarding in sport on a global level. The book is divided into two parts. Part One critically analyses current child protection and safeguarding policy and practice in sport across a range of countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, China and Germany, providing a global context for current policy and practice. This represents the most comprehensive review to date of the landscape of child protection and safeguarding in sport and provides a starting point for critical international comparisons. Part Two explores a range of issues related to child protection and safeguarding in sport, including many not covered in previous books, such as emotional abuse, injury and over-training. While in many instances the impetus for policy in this area has arisen from concerns about sexual abuse, the second part of this book therefore opens up a broader, more holistic approach to child and athlete welfare. By bringing together many of the leading researchers working in child and athlete protection in sport from around the world, this book is important reading for all advanced students, researchers, policy-makers or practitioners working in youth sport, physical education, sports coaching, coach education or child protection.

Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review, Volume 52 (Hardcover): R. N Hughes, D.J. Hughes, I P Smith Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review, Volume 52 (Hardcover)
R. N Hughes, D.J. Hughes, I P Smith
R5,791 Discovery Miles 57 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ever-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and their relevance to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarising the results of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review has catered to this demand since its founding by the late Harold Barnes fifty years ago. Its objectives are to consider, annually, the basic areas of marine research, returning to them when appropriate in future volumes; to deal with subjects of special and topical importance; and to add new subjects as they arise. The favourable reception accorded to all the volumes shows that the series is fulfilling a very real need: reviews and sales have been gratifying. The fifty-second volume follows closely the objectives and style of the earlier volumes, continuing to regard the marine sciences-with all their various aspects-as a unity. Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of marine science are dealt with by experts actively engaged in these fields. The series is an essential reference text for researchers and students in all fields of marine science and related subjects, and it finds a place in libraries of not only marine stations and institutes, but also universities. It is consistently among the highest ranking impact factors for the marine biology category of the citation indices compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information.

Ocean Ambient Noise - Measurement and Theory (Hardcover, Edition.): William M. Carey, Richard B. Evans Ocean Ambient Noise - Measurement and Theory (Hardcover, Edition.)
William M. Carey, Richard B. Evans
R4,262 Discovery Miles 42 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This monograph develops the theory of noise mechanisms and measurements, and describes general noise characteristics and computational methods. The vast ambient noise literature is concisely summarized using theory combined with key representative results.

The air sea boundary interaction zone is described in terms of nondimensional variables requisite for future experiments. Noise field coherency, rare directional measurements, and unique basin scale computations and methods are presented. The use of satellite measurements in these basin scale models is demonstrated. A series of appendices provides in-depth mathematical treatments which will be of interest to graduate students and active researchers.

Public Innovation through Collaboration and Design (Hardcover): Christopher Ansell, Jacob Torfing Public Innovation through Collaboration and Design (Hardcover)
Christopher Ansell, Jacob Torfing
R4,643 Discovery Miles 46 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

While innovation has long been a major topic of research and scholarly interest for the private sector, it is still an emerging theme in the field of public management. While 'results-oriented' public management may be here to stay, scholars and practitioners are now shifting their attention to the process of management and to how the public sector can create 'value'. One of the urgent needs addressed by this book is a better specification of the institutional and political requirements for sustaining a robust vision of public innovation, through the key dimensions of collaboration, creative problem-solving, and design. This book brings together empirical studies drawn from Europe, the USA and the antipodes to show how these dimensions are important features of public sector innovation in many Western democracies with different conditions and traditions. This volume provides insights for practitioners who are interested in developing an innovation strategy for their city, agency, or administration and will be essential reading for scholars, practitioners and students in the field of public policy and public administration.

Oceans - Environmental Issues, Global Perspectives (Paperback): James Fargo Balliett Oceans - Environmental Issues, Global Perspectives (Paperback)
James Fargo Balliett
R1,232 Discovery Miles 12 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Covering 71 percent of the planet, these saline bodies of water provided the unique conditions necessary for the building blocks of life to form billions of years ago. This book explains how our oceans continue to support and influence life in important ways: by providing the largest global source of protein in the form of fish populations, by creating and influencing weather systems, and by absorbing waste streams such as airborne carbon. It is shown how oceans have an almost magnetic draw-almost half of the world's population lives within a few hours of an ocean. Although oceans are vast in size, exceeding 328 million cubic miles (1.37 billion cubic kilometers), they have been influenced by and have influenced humans in numerous ways. The book includes three detailed case studies. The first focuses on the most remote locations along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where new ocean floor is being formed twenty-thousand feet underwater. The second considers the Maldives, a string of islands in the Indian Ocean, where increasing sea levels may force residents to abandon some communities by 2020. The third describes the North Sea at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, where fishing stocks have been dangerously depleted as a result of multiple nations' unrelenting removal of the smallest and largest species.

Stabilization, Tracking and Formation Control of Autonomous Marine Vessels (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Ge Guo, Zhenyu Gao,... Stabilization, Tracking and Formation Control of Autonomous Marine Vessels (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Ge Guo, Zhenyu Gao, Pengfei Zhang
R4,255 Discovery Miles 42 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book focuses on autonomous marine vessel systems and control approaches. In particular, it mainly contains modeling, analysis and control design methodologies for covert stabilization control, trajectory tracking control, and cooperative formation control of AMVs. The comprehensive and systematic treatment of practical issues in autonomous marine vessel systems is one of the book's significant features, particularly suited for readers interested in learning control problems in AMV and other related topic areas like mobile robots and vehicles. The book can benefit researchers, engineers, and graduate students in mathematical skills, methodologies, and algorithms needed in the analysis and control design for tracking and stabilization, cooperative control of surface vessels and underwater vehicles. Through the book, readers can have a deeper understanding of such fields.

Ocean Variability and Acoustic Propagation - Workshop Proceedings (Hardcover, New): John Potter, Alex Warn-Varnas Ocean Variability and Acoustic Propagation - Workshop Proceedings (Hardcover, New)
John Potter, Alex Warn-Varnas
R2,497 Discovery Miles 24 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Session 1 Experimental results relating acoustic and oceanographic variability.- Deterministic-stochastic oceanographic descriptions for ocean-acoustic experiments.- Experimental ocean acoustic field moments versus predictions.- Two dimensional acoustical propagation in a stratified shear flow.- The effects of sound speed on the shape of the ocean impulse response.- The effect of seasonal temperature fluctuations in the water column on sediment compressional wave speed profiles in shallow water.- SLICE89: A single slice tomography experiment.- Marginal Ice Zone oceanographic variability and its effects on acoustic propagation.- Internal wave induced fluctuations in the oceanic density and sound speed fields.- Gyre-scale reciprocal acoustic transmissions.- Summary of Session 1.- Session 2 Wave motion and finestructure affecting acoustic propagation: smallscale variability.- Chaos in underwater acoustics.- Impulse response analysis of ocean acoustic propagation.- Dependence of near-surface acoustic scatter on wind speed.- Nonlinear effects in wind-wave generation.- Multichannel acoustic reflection profiling of ocean watermass temperature/salinity interfaces.- Acoustic variability due to internal waves and surface waves in shallow water.- Observations of ocean inhomogeneities.- The problem of creating a synthetic aperture in a non-isotropic ocean.- Prediction of coastal ocean thermal variability.- Summary of Session 2.- Session 5 Stochastic modelling in oceanography and acoustics.- Treatments of incoherent scattering for the parabolic equation and ASTRAL propagation models.- Average sound intensities in randomly varying sound-speed structures.- Stochastic ray tracing in thermoclines.- Modeling of sound propagation in a randomly varying ocean by stochastic mode coupling.- Summary of Session 5.- Session 3 Range-dependent acoustic propagation caused by fronts and eddies: mesoscale variability.- Radar altimetry and acoustic prediction.- A range-dependent analysis of acoustic transmission across a cold filament in the California current.- Acoustic effects of the Iceland-Faeroe front.- Deep hydrographic fluctuations in the north-east Atlantic Mediterranean outflow: influence on acoustic propagation.- Aspects of oceanographic variability observed from thermistor chains on free-drifting buoys.- Theoretical determination of the fractal dimension of fluid parcel trajectories in large and meso-scale flows.- How do eddies modify the stratification of the thermocline?.- Three-dimensional oceanography and acoustics.- Frontal boundaries and eddies on the Iceland-Faeroes ridge.- Upper ocean variability associated with fronts.- Summary of Session 3.- Session 4 Coupling acoustic and oceanographic models.- A mixed-layer model for predicting the acoustic structure of shallow seas.- The use of coupled ocean-acoustic models in the design of naval forecast systems.- The Environmental Acoustic Tactical Support System: low frequency mesoscale ocean feature environmental acoustic results.- Environmental focusing and source localization in the ocean.- Refraction of acoustic modes in very long-range transmissions.- Environmental sensitivity studies with an interfaced ocean-acoustics system.- Simulating temperature, salinity and currents in the ocean.- A numerical investigation of semi-diurnal fluctuations in acoustic intensity at a shelf edge.- Summary of Session 4.- List of Participants.- Author Index.

Theory and Practice of GNSS Reflectometry (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Kegen Yu Theory and Practice of GNSS Reflectometry (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Kegen Yu
R4,650 Discovery Miles 46 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first authored English book completely focused on global navigation satellite system reflectometry (GNSS-R). It consists of two main parts: the fundamental theory; and major applications, which include ocean altimetry, sea surface wind speed retrieval, snow depth measurement, soil moisture measurement, tsunami detection and sea ice detection. Striking a healthy balance between theory and practice, and featuring in-depth studies and extensive experimental results, the book introduces beginners to the fundamentals, while preparing experienced researchers to pursue advanced investigations and applications in GNSS-R.

Computational Wave Dynamics (Hardcover): Hitoshi Gotoh, Akio Okayasu, Yasunori Watanabe Computational Wave Dynamics (Hardcover)
Hitoshi Gotoh, Akio Okayasu, Yasunori Watanabe
R1,393 Discovery Miles 13 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a comprehensive description of the latest theory-supported numerical technologies, as well as scientific and engineering applications for water surface waves. Its contents are crafted to cater to a step-by-step learning of computational wave dynamics and ocean wave modeling. It provides a comprehensive description from underlying theories of free-surface flows, to practical computational applications for coastal and ocean engineering on the basis of computational fluid dynamics (CFD).The text may be used as a textbook for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students to understand the theoretical background of wave computations, and the recent progress of computational techniques for free-surface and interfacial flows, such as Volume of Fluid (VOF), Constrained Interpolation Profile (CIP), Lagrangian Particle (SPH, MPS), Distinct Element (DEM) and Euler-Lagrange Hybrid Methods.It is also suitable for researchers and engineers who wish to apply CFD techniques to ocean modeling and practical coastal problems involving sediment transport, wave-structure interaction and surf zone flows.

Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review, Volume 51 (Hardcover, New): R. N Hughes, D.J. Hughes, I P Smith Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review, Volume 51 (Hardcover, New)
R. N Hughes, D.J. Hughes, I P Smith
R5,800 Discovery Miles 58 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ever-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and their relevance to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarising the results of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review has catered to this demand since its founding by the late Harold Barnes fifty years ago. Its objectives are to consider, annually, the basic areas of marine research, returning to them when appropriate in future volumes; to deal with subjects of special and topical importance; and to add new subjects as they arise. The favourable reception accorded to all the volumes shows that the series is fulfilling a very real need: reviews and sales have been gratifying. The fifty-first volume follows closely the objectives and style of the earlier volumes, continuing to regard the marine sciences-with all their various aspects-as a unity. Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of marine science are dealt with by experts actively engaged in these fields. The series is an essential reference text for researchers and students in all fields of marine science and related subjects, and it finds a place in libraries of not only marine stations and institutes, but also universities. It is consistently among the highest ranking impact factors for the marine biology category of the citation indices compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information.

Towards Principled Oceans Governance - Australian and Canadian Approaches and Challenges (Paperback): Donald R. Rothwell, David... Towards Principled Oceans Governance - Australian and Canadian Approaches and Challenges (Paperback)
Donald R. Rothwell, David L. VanderZwaag
R1,320 Discovery Miles 13 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Australia and Canada have been at the forefront of efforts to operationalize integrated oceans and coastal management. Throughout the 1990s both countries devoted considerable effort to developing strategies to give effect to international ocean management obligations. This key book focuses on principles of marine environmental conservation and management, maritime regulation and enforcement, and regional maritime planning and implementation. With contributions from respected scholars, this informative book collectively assesses the obligations, compliance, implementation and trends in international ocean law, particularly in giving effect to an Oceans Policy, regional maritime planning, international oceans governance, and maritime security. This book will be of interest to all academics involved with maritime studies and international law.

Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Michel E. Hendrickx Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Michel E. Hendrickx
R4,381 Discovery Miles 43 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Among the deep-sea marine invertebrates, pycnogonids and crustaceans represent ecologically important and most diverse groups of species. Yet both are still poorly understood. Sampling and exploring operations off the west and east coast of the Americas has significantly increased in the last two decades. However such operations are very costly and limited in number and frequency. In countries like Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, the United States of America, and El Salvador a large effort has been made to explore the deep-sea resources and the rich diversity of the communities, resulting in a better understanding of the natural ecosystems on both coasts of America. Pycnogonids and many groups of deep-sea crustaceans have been intensively studied, from the smallest animals, like the mostly unknown benthic copepods to the largest decapods. This book presents new and updated information on various groups of deep-sea pycnogonids and crustaceans occurring off the American continent. Offering a valuable reference resource for scientists interested in this fascinating fauna, it includes review papers and new data on the deep-sea communities occurring off the USA, Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Argentina, as well as in larger areas in both the East Pacific and the West Atlantic. As such it covers most of the current deep-water research in Latin America.

Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics And Prediction (2nd Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Stanislaw Ryszard Massel Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics And Prediction (2nd Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Stanislaw Ryszard Massel
R5,960 Discovery Miles 59 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

New Edition: Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics and Prediction (3rd Edition)The book is an extended and updated edition of the book published in 1996 under the same title (World Scientific, ISBN 9810216866). It contains a very comprehensive and extensive study on surface ocean waves induced by wind, earthquakes and possible landslides and asteroids impacts. The basic mathematical principles, physical description of the observed phenomena, practical forecasting techniques of the various wave parameters and extended application in ocean and coastal engineering, are discussed from the stochastic point of view.All chapters were completely rewritten and supplemented with many new discoveries which were published since the first edition in 1996. In particular, new chapters are added on very interesting and contemporary topics such as: wave breaking mechanisms in deep- and shallow water, freak waves, tsunami, water circulation in porous sea bottom induced by surface waves, and waves propagation through mangrove forests.In terms of numerical modeling, the state of the art of the modern methodology of wave prediction models WAM and SWAN, as well as of the high sophisticated satellite methods of waves measurement and modern methods of signal processing, including wavelets approach and Hilbert Transform approach are presented. The book is supplemented with an extended list of relevant and extended, contemporary bibliography, subject index and author index.

Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics And Prediction (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Stanislaw Ryszard Massel Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics And Prediction (2nd Edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Stanislaw Ryszard Massel
R2,212 Discovery Miles 22 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

New Edition: Ocean Surface Waves: Their Physics and Prediction (3rd Edition)The book is an extended and updated edition of the book published in 1996 under the same title (World Scientific, ISBN 9810216866). It contains a very comprehensive and extensive study on surface ocean waves induced by wind, earthquakes and possible landslides and asteroids impacts. The basic mathematical principles, physical description of the observed phenomena, practical forecasting techniques of the various wave parameters and extended application in ocean and coastal engineering, are discussed from the stochastic point of view.All chapters were completely rewritten and supplemented with many new discoveries which were published since the first edition in 1996. In particular, new chapters are added on very interesting and contemporary topics such as: wave breaking mechanisms in deep- and shallow water, freak waves, tsunami, water circulation in porous sea bottom induced by surface waves, and waves propagation through mangrove forests.In terms of numerical modeling, the state of the art of the modern methodology of wave prediction models WAM and SWAN, as well as of the high sophisticated satellite methods of waves measurement and modern methods of signal processing, including wavelets approach and Hilbert Transform approach are presented. The book is supplemented with an extended list of relevant and extended, contemporary bibliography, subject index and author index.

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