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biological oceanography [¦bī·ə¦läj·ə·kəl ‚ō·shə′näg·rə·fē] (oceanography) The study of the flora and fauna of oceans in relation to the marine environment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This work will include physical oceanography, biological oceanography, veterinary medicine and help from the college of engineering to discover how these animals make a living. The largest we sunk was about 30 tons, and that was a gray whale, and very challenging," recalls Smith, a professor of biological oceanography at the University of Hawaii. In spite of their abundance in the upper reaches of the ocean, the plankton have escaped scientific scrutiny until now because they are minuscule and barely fluorescent -- characteristics that render them almost invisible to the epifluorescent microscope that has become the standard tool in biological oceanography within the last decade. |
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