张曼霞主编的《海洋科学专业英语》一书主要为读者提供了海洋科学领域的专业英语文章和词汇，用以提高读者对海洋科学英文文献及技术资料的阅读理解能力和翻译能力，提升他们的科技论文写作水平和科研工作交流能力，是从事海洋科学研究的学生、教师和其他学者系统学习专业英语的一本十分有用的专业书。

本书主要从海洋学的发展史、地球表面水资源的分布和循环、海底沉积物的分类与特性、海水的物理和化学性质、海洋的结构与循环特点、海洋环境热点问题、海洋生物以及海洋生物的生长环境等八个章节进行系统的介绍。每个章节还对相关的专业词汇和术语进行了总结和阐述。此外，本书针对理工领域的研究特点，还列举了实验室常用玻璃仪器与化学试剂的英文名称，以及数学公式与术语的英文表达。

Chapter 1 The History of Oceanography

 1.1 Ocean science begins

 1.2 Oceanography as science

 1.3 Oceanography in the twentieth century

 1.4 The recent past, the present, and the future of oceanography

 Vocabularies

 Tips

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Chapter 2 Earth: The Water Planet

 2.1 Water on Earth' s surface

 2.2 Hydrologic cycle

 2.3 Reservoirs and residence time

 2.4 Oceans

 Vocabularies

 Tips

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Chapter 3 Sediments on the Sea Floor

 3.1 Particle size

 3.2 Location

 3.3 Rates of deposit

 3.4 Source and chemistry

 3.5 Patterns of deposit on the sea floor

 Vocabularies

 Tips

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Chapter 4 The Properties of Seawater

 4.1 The water molecule

 4.2 The pH of seawater

 4.3 Salts

4.3.1 Ocean salinities

4.3.2 Dissolved salts

4.3.3 Sources of salt

4.3.4 Regulating the salt balance

 4.4 Gases

4.4.1 Distribution with depth

4.4.2 The carbon dioxide cycle

4.4.3 The oxygen balance

4.4.4 Measuring the gases

 4.5 Other substances

4.5.1 Nutrients

4.5.2 Organics

 Vocabularies

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Chapter 5 Circulation and Ocean Structure

 5.1 Density structure

5.1.1 Surface processes

5.1.2 Changes with depth

5.1.3 Densitydriven circulation

 5.2 Upwelling and downwelling

 5.3 The layered oceans

5.3.1 The Atlantic Ocean

5.3.2 The Pacific Ocean

5.3.3 The Indian Ocean

5.3.4 The Arctic Ocean

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Chapter 6 Environmental Issues and Concerns

 6.1 Water and sediment quality

6.1.1 Solid waste dumping

6.1.2 Sewage effluent

6.1.3 Toxicants

 6.2 Plastic trash

 6.3 Ocean waste management proposals

 6.4 Oil spills

 6.5 Marine wetlands

 6.6 Biological invaders

 6.7 Overfishing and incidental catch

 Vocabularies

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Chapter 7 Ocean Biology

 7.1 Groups of organisms

 7.2 Environmental zones

 7.3 Buoyancy, flotation, and viscosity

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Chapter 8 Marine Environment for Organisms

 8.1 Salinity and osmosis

 8.2 Temperature

 8.3 Pressure

 8.4 Gas

 8.5 Nutrients

 8.6 Light and color

 8.7 Circulation patterns

 8.8 Bottom environments

 8.9 Barriers and boundaries

 Vocabularies

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Appendix

 Appendix I English Terms for General Apparatus and Instruments in the Lab

 Appendix II English Terms for Commonly Used Reagents

 Appendix III English Expression for Mathematical Formula

 Appendix IV English Expression for Mathematical Terms

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