*Knauss, John. 1996. Introduction to Physical Oceanography. 2nd Edition. Prentice-Hall, NJ.

Reference for: Chapter 8, Figures 8-13, 8-14, The Coriolis Effect

Pond, S. and G. L. Pickard. 2003. Introductory Dynamical Oceanography. Butterworth-Heiemann. Elsevier: Oxford, UK, 329pp.

Reference for: Chapter 9, World Ocean Circulation.
Reference for: Chapter 10, Wave Theory

Tomczak, Matthias, and J. Stuart Godfrey. 2003. Regional Oceanography: An Introduction, 2nd Edition.

Reference for: Chapter 9, Table 9.3, Equatorial Currents, Monsoonal Circulation

*Earle, Sylvia. National Geographic Atlas of the Ocean. Washington, DC: National Geographic. 2001.

Mellor G. L. 1996. Introduction to Physical Oceanography. American Institute of Physics: NY. 260pp.

*Mann, K. H., and J. R. N. Lazier. 1996. Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems: Biological-Physical Interactions in the Oceans, 2nd Edition. Blackwell Science: MA

*Anikouchine, W.A. and R. W. Sternberg. 1973. The World Ocean: An Introduction to Oceanography. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.  

This introductory oceanography textbook introduces the Principle of Unity, the idea that there is but one ocean, the world ocean.

Reference for: Chapter 1, A World Ocean Perspective

The Endless Voyage: The Water Planet (Episode 1) & First Steps (Episode 2). 2002 (VHS and DVD). Intelecom.

Professor Sean appeared in several of the episodes of this series and helped develop learning activities to support it. While some episodes are better than others, The Endless Voyage provides one of the most complete and up-to-date series on oceanography available

*Dailey, Murray, Donald Reisch, and Jack Anderson. 1993. Ecology of the Southern California Bight: A Synthesis and Interpretation. University of California Press: Berkeley, CA.

This compilation includes articles from some of the most prominent oceanographers in this business.

Stewart, Robert. 2005. Introduction to Physical Oceanography.

Ocean World web site, Texas A&M University, (CD-ROM) .

Reference for: Chapter 8, Figure 8-25
Reference for: Chapter 9, Figure 9-19, General Patterns of Surface Circulation, The Antarctic Circumpolar Current

*Taber, Robert W., and Harold W. Dubach. 1972. 1001 Questions Answered About the Oceans and Oceanography. Dodd, Mead, and Company: NY

Defant, A. 1961. Physical Oceanography, Volume 2. Pergamon Press: NY.

Reference for: Chapter 9, Table 9.3.

Sverdrup, H.V., M.V. Johnson, and R.H. Fleming. 1942. The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Prentice-Hall: NJ. 1060pp.

The “father of oceanography textbooks”, this book remains an invaluable source of information on the world ocean. Comprehensive in scope and highly detailed in its content, its as much as study in the history of oceanography as it is a compendium of the state of oceanographic knowledge circa 1940.

Reference for: Chapter 9, Table 9.3

*Coker, R. E. 1962. This Great and Wide Sea: An Introduction to Oceanography and Marine Biology, Illustrated Edition. Harper Torchbooks: NY

This is one of the first books on oceanography that Professor Sean read when he was a larvae. These kinds of books are fascinating as a historical snapshot of the state of the science in a particular era and for their “personal” narratives. As an illustrated edition, it doesn’t have many illustrations, certainly not compared to modern books!

*Segar, D.A. 1998. Introduction to Ocean Sciences. Wadsworth: MA

Reference for: Chapter 13, Figure 13-14

*Steele, John H. The Structure of Marine Ecosystems. 1974. Harvard University Press: MA

Reference for: Chapter 14, The Foundations of Ecology, A Tale of Two Food Webs

*Long, Captain E. John, editor. 1964. Ocean Sciences. United States Naval Institute: MD

*Behrman, Daniel. 1969. The New World of the Oceans: Men and Oceanography. Little, Brown, and Company: MD

Reference for: Chapter 14, Fisheries Oceanography