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Chemical Investigations of Boston Harbor

Undergraduate · Historical course

January IAP 2006

This is an undergraduate introductory laboratory subject in ocean chemistry and measurement. There are three main elements to the course: oceanic chemical sampling and analysis, instrumentation development for the ocean environment, and the larger field of ocean science. This course is offered through The {{% resource_link "da598699-7718-4dfa-8b96-e723b09f013f" "MIT/WHOI Joint Program" %}}. The MIT/WHOI Joint Program is one of the premier marine science graduate programs in the world. It draws on the complementary strengths and approaches of two great institutions: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).

Readings

  • TOPICS: Physical Oceanography · READINGS: Turekian, Karl. “The oceans in motion.” Chapter 5 in Oceans . Edited by A. Lee McAlester. Foundations of Earth Science Series . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1976, pp. 73-87. ISBN: 9780136304265.
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  • TOPICS: Nutrient Cycles · READINGS: Valiela, Ivan. “Nutrient Cycles and Ecosystem Stoichiometry.” Chapter 14 in Marine Ecological Processes . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer, 1995, pp. 425-466. ISBN: 9780387943213.
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  • TOPICS: Carbon Cycle · READINGS: Valiela, Ivan. “The Carbon Cycle: Production and Transformations of Organic Matter.” Chapter 13 in Marine Ecological Processes . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer, 1995, pp. 385-423. ISBN: 9780387943213.
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  • TOPICS: Trace Metals · READINGS: Morel, F. M. M., A. J. Milligan, and M. A. Saito. “Marine Bioinorganic Chemistry: The Role of Trace Metals in the Oceanic Cycles of Major Nutrients.” In Treatise on Geochemistry. Volume 6: The Oceans and Marine Geochemistry . Edited by H. Elderfield. Executive editors: H. D. Holland and K. K. Turekian. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd, 2003, pp. 113-143. ISBN: 9780080437514.
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  • TOPICS: Sensors · READINGS: DeGranpre, M. D., and R. G. J. Bellerby. “Chemical Sensors in Marine Science.” Oceanus 38, no. 1 (1995): 30-32.
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  • Daly, K. L., et al. “Chemical and biological sensors for time-series research: current status and new directions.” MTS Journal 38, no. 2 (2004): 121-143.
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  • TOPICS: Engineering for The Marine Environment · READINGS: Fornari, D. “Realizing the dreams of da Vinci and Verne.” Oceanus 42, no. 2 (2004): 20-24.
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