Ocean - The Secret of Planet Earth
暫譯: 海洋 - 地球的秘密

Duarte, Carlos M.

Ocean - The Secret of Planet Earth
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-05-07
  • 售價: $1,670
  • 貴賓價: 9.8 折 $1,636
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 235
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 3031559789
  • ISBN-13: 9783031559785

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商品描述

The ocean characterises planet Earth and differentiates it from the more than 5000 known planets. It is also the habitat where life emerged as a singularity in the universe. However, we know less about the oceans than we do about some remote planets such as Mars.
This book provides basic facts for understanding the oceans, their properties and their importance to mankind through the ages. The long relationship between the ocean and humanity, which permeates all areas of our culture, is at a crossroads where human activity is profoundly affecting its functioning and the integrity of marine ecosystems. However, the intelligent and rational use of the ocean holds, in large part, the key to providing the resources needed to sustain our quality of life in the future. Unlocking, through scientific research, the secrets that the ocean still holds is an essential challenge for humanity. This book informs the reader about all these aspects of the ocean through a text that combines scientific rigour with personal reflections based on the author's own experiences, dedicated to exploring and learning more about the ocean.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

海洋是地球的特徵，使其與超過5000顆已知行星區別開來。它也是生命作為宇宙中的一個奇點出現的棲息地。然而，我們對海洋的了解遠不及對某些遙遠行星（如火星）的了解。

本書提供了理解海洋的基本事實，包括其特性及其對人類歷史的重要性。海洋與人類之間的長期關係滲透到我們文化的各個領域，正處於一個十字路口，人類活動深刻影響著海洋的運作及海洋生態系統的完整性。然而，智慧和理性的利用海洋在很大程度上掌握著提供未來維持我們生活品質所需資源的關鍵。通過科學研究揭開海洋仍然隱藏的秘密，是人類面臨的一項重要挑戰。本書通過結合科學嚴謹性與基於作者自身經驗的個人反思的文本，向讀者介紹海洋的所有這些方面，致力於探索和學習更多有關海洋的知識。

作者簡介

Prof. Carlos Duarte is a world-wide leader in multiple branches of biological oceanography and marine ecology. He established himself very early in his career as the world-wide leading authority on the ecology of seagrass meadows. He published on all aspects of seagrass ecology, from population biology to genetics, from depth and geographical distribution patterns to their role in biogeochemical cycles, and from conservation strategies to their sensitivity towards climate change. Prof. Carlos Duarte is probably the most versatile aquatic ecologist of his generation: he works from the tropics to polar ecosystems, from macrophytes to microbes, from coastal systems to open ocean gyres using all type of approaches. Many of his synthesis papers have set the stage for the field; e.g. his work initiated the discussion on the heterotrophic nature of oligotrophic systems and identified the role of hypoxia thresholds for marine biodiversity, and the blue carbon strategy to mitigate climate change through the conservation and restoration of marine ecosystems. His research is characterized by independence, creativity, serendipity and interdisciplinary linking, as well as the capacity to organize and collaborate with large interdisciplinary teams. Prof. Duarte's research is also characterized by versatility addressing marine ecosystems from the tropics to polar ecosystems, from macrophytes to microbes, and from coastal systems to open ocean gyres using a broad range of approaches.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

卡洛斯·杜阿特教授是生物海洋學和海洋生態學多個領域的全球領導者。他在職業生涯早期就確立了自己作為海草草甸生態學的全球權威。他在海草生態學的各個方面發表了研究，包括種群生物學、遺傳學、深度和地理分佈模式、海草在生物地球化學循環中的角色，以及保護策略和對氣候變化的敏感性。卡洛斯·杜阿特教授可能是他那一代中最具多才多藝的水生生態學家：他從熱帶到極地生態系統，從大型植物到微生物，從沿海系統到開放海洋旋渦，使用各種方法進行研究。他的許多綜合性論文為該領域奠定了基礎；例如，他的研究啟動了對貧營養系統異營性質的討論，並確定了缺氧閾值對海洋生物多樣性的影響，以及通過保護和恢復海洋生態系統來減緩氣候變化的藍碳策略。他的研究特點在於獨立性、創造力、偶然性和跨學科的聯繫，以及組織和與大型跨學科團隊合作的能力。杜阿特教授的研究同樣以多樣性為特徵，涵蓋從熱帶到極地生態系統、從大型植物到微生物、以及從沿海系統到開放海洋旋渦，使用廣泛的方法。

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