ocean Caspian Sea is largest lake.
bathymetry Siberian Shelf Arctic Ocean: 1500 km(930 mi). Avg width 80 km (50 mi), wider at Atlantic. Aleutian Islands.
current density, heat, gravity, wind; also CORIOLIS. Note Pacific Gyre.
ENSO PREVAILING chap 17 trade winds. Indonesia water 0.5 m. high: disrupt convective loop. Rain, higher temp upper plains (dry winter) colder in south US (wet winter). Visualizing El Nino (NASA Scientific Visualization Studio)
photic Daphnia, copepods
coral atoll=ring around submerged island; CO₂->acidify Coral Bleaching: symbiotic zooxanthallae like it warm - well, not TOO warm
kelp cosmetics, paints, paper, soap.
salt_marsh Hurricane Katrina Louisiana levees direct water away from marshes & swamps; shellfish(clams)
factory Groundfish=sole, flounder, halibut, cod. Trawling: cut tree for flower.
cod Grand: S. of Newfoundland, Georges Cape Cod. Culver's north of Arctic Circle. 1977 US & Canada claimed 200 mile exclusive economic zones. Northeast Atlantic cod EU.
choices Marine Stewardship Council? Black Sea Bass recovering except South Atlantic
debris Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic An ocean of plastic (Charles Moore on CBS March 4, 2012)
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