Reading Suggestions
The INCT on the Biodiversity of the Blue Amazon recommends some relevant publications to understand the fascinating marine world.
Notions of Oceanography
Aline Maria Soares, Graciéle Cunha Alves de Menezes e Luiz Henrique Rosa.
The book includes 37 chapters, totaling more than 900 pages, distributed in: History of Oceanography, Geological Oceanography, Physical Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, Biological Oceanography, Oceanography in Practice and the Professional Oceanographer. Therefore, the book covers practically all the most important topics in modern Oceanography, with the aim of enabling the appreciation of a large number of areas of activity in this science. Readers will find very well designed and illustrated texts about the beginning and
development of Oceanographic Science, the composition of the Earth's interior, the oceanic relief, sediments on the sea floor, Marine Geophysics, fluid dynamics and marine circulation, waves and tides, physical characteristics of the Southern Ocean, the composition of sea water, organic and metal pollution, marine bioluminescence, life in the sea, its inhabitants and ecosystems, the profile and work of the oceanographer, among others.








