Description:
Written by two leading oceanographers, Introducing Oceanography has rapidly established itself as a key introductory overview of its subject.
Brief description: David N. Thomas is based at the University of Helsinki in Finland, where he is Professor of Arctic Ecosystem Research in the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Previously he was at Bangor University, where he held the Chair of Marine Biology in the School of Ocean Sciences. He also held an Academy of Finland Distinguished Professorship at the Finnish Environment Institute (2009-13).
Review Quotes:
'I would thoroughly recommend this book to any aspiring oceanographer or serious amateur. This is a very wide and complex subject that has been covered very well indeed and very attractively in such a short volume.' --International Journal of the Society for Underwater Technology