Continental Shelves

by H. Postma

Although continental shelves take up only a small part of the ocean's surface, they have their own economic importance. This book describes the biological characteristics of continental shelves between land masses on one side and the open ocean on the other. The influence of the land often causes increased fertility of inner shelf water, including a higher production, but can also increase environmental stress which on marine organisms. Tidal currents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444426094
• ISBN13: 9780444426093
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company
• Length: 432 Pages