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Preface to the Third Edition
This third edition of the book has been updated based on recent literature. It is still
based on undergraduate and graduate courses I have taught for the past 39 years at the
University of Miami. Over the past 10 years a number of large-scale oceanographic programs have been completed. These programs have examined the physical, chemical,
and biological systems in the oceans. These include the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
(JGOFS) and the World Ocean Climate Experiment (WOCE). These studies have provided
a wealth of maps and sections of properties of the oceans and are available on the web.
Some of the sections for nutrients and carbonate parameters have been given. A number of iron addition experiments have been made in the southern ocean in recent years
(SOIREE, Southern Ocean Iron RElease Experiment, EisenEx, “Iron” Experiment, and
the SOFEX, Southern Ocean Iron Experiment). These studies have led to a vast amount
of new data that have been used to examine the biogeochemical processes occurring in
the oceans. In the new revision, I have attempted to discuss some of this latest material.
The section of the book on the carbonate system in the oceans has been expanded to
examine the input of fossil fuel CO 2 into the oceans and the effect it will have on the pH
of the world oceans.
As with earlier editions of the book, several students and coworkers have helped to
redo a number of the figures and proof the text. Much of this was done by Mr. Taylor
Graham, who has been with my group as an undergraduate from the University of Miami
and has stayed on as a research assistant before he enters graduate school. I also wish to
acknowledge the help of Gay Ingram, my secretary, as well as my student Hector Bustos
Serrano, who did some proofreading of the book. A number of readers have sent me corrections for typos in the last edition. I have attempted to correct all of these errors as well
as others pointed out by my students taking my undergraduate class in chemical oceanography. Over the years much of the content of the book has been put into PowerPoint
presentations. I hope to make these presentations available to those using the book as a
text. I also have a number of Quick Basic programs that can be used to calculate the properties of seawater, carbonate parameters, and the speciation of metals in natural waters
that are available upon request.
Preface to the Third Edition
This third edition of the book has been updated based on recent literature. It is still
based on undergraduate and graduate courses I have taught for the past 39 years at the
University of Miami. Over the past 10 years a number of large-scale oceanographic programs have been completed. These programs have examined the physical, chemical,
and biological systems in the oceans. These include the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
(JGOFS) and the World Ocean Climate Experiment (WOCE). These studies have provided
a wealth of maps and sections of properties of the oceans and are available on the web.
Some of the sections for nutrients and carbonate parameters have been given. A number of iron addition experiments have been made in the southern ocean in recent years
(SOIREE, Southern Ocean Iron RElease Experiment, EisenEx, “Iron” Experiment, and
the SOFEX, Southern Ocean Iron Experiment). These studies have led to a vast amount
of new data that have been used to examine the biogeochemical processes occurring in
the oceans. In the new revision, I have attempted to discuss some of this latest material.
The section of the book on the carbonate system in the oceans has been expanded to
examine the input of fossil fuel CO 2 into the oceans and the effect it will have on the pH
of the world oceans.
As with earlier editions of the book, several students and coworkers have helped to
redo a number of the figures and proof the text. Much of this was done by Mr. Taylor
Graham, who has been with my group as an undergraduate from the University of Miami
and has stayed on as a research assistant before he enters graduate school. I also wish to
acknowledge the help of Gay Ingram, my secretary, as well as my student Hector Bustos
Serrano, who did some proofreading of the book. A number of readers have sent me corrections for typos in the last edition. I have attempted to correct all of these errors as well
as others pointed out by my students taking my undergraduate class in chemical oceanography. Over the years much of the content of the book has been put into PowerPoint
presentations. I hope to make these presentations available to those using the book as a
text. I also have a number of Quick Basic programs that can be used to calculate the properties of seawater, carbonate parameters, and the speciation of metals in natural waters
that are available upon request.