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Call Numbers for Marine Science

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Call Numbers for Marine Sciences & Oceanography

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Subclass GC OCEANOGRAPHY
GC1-1581        Oceanography
GC63                 Oceanographic expeditions
GC65-78                 Underwater exploration
GC83-87.6                 Submarine topography
GC96-97.8                 Estuarine oceanography
GC100-103                 Seawater
GC109-149                Chemical oceanography
GC150-182                 Physical oceanography
GC151-155                       Density
GC160-177                       Temperature
GC177.6-182                       Optical oceanography
GC190-190.5                 Ocean-atmosphere interaction
GC200-376                 Dynamics of the ocean
GC205-227                       Waves
GC228.5-228.6                       Ocean circulation
GC229-296.8                       Currents
GC297-299                       Water masses and oceanic
                      mixing
GC300-376                       Tides
GC377-399                 Marine sediments
GC401-881                 Oceanography. By region
GC1000-1023                 Marine resources. Applied 
                oceanography
GC1080-1581                 Marine pollution. Sea water
                pollution

 

Subclass SH

 

AQUACULTURE. Fisheries. Angling

SH1-691      Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH20.3-191            Aquaculture
SH33-134.6                 By region or country
SH138                 Mariculture
SH151-179                 Fish culture
SH171-179                        Diseases and adverse factors
SH185-191                 Frogs, leeches, etc.
SH201-399            Fisheries
SH213-216.55                 By oceans and seas
SH219-321                 By region or country
SH327.5-327.7                 Fishery resources. Fishery
                conservation
SH328-329                 Fishery management. Fishery
                policy
SH334                 Economic aspects. Finance
SH334.5-334.7                 Fishery technology
SH334.9-336.5                 Fishery processing
SH337                 Packing, transportation, and
                storage
SH337.5                 Fishing port facilities
SH343.2-343.3                 Fishery oceanography. Fishery
                meteorology
SH343.8                 Navigation
SH343.9                 Safety measures
SH344-344.8                 Methods and gear. Catching of 
                fish
SH346-351                 Fishery for individual species
SH360-363                 Seal fisheries. Fur sealing
SH364                 Sea otter
SH365-380.92                 Shellfish fisheries. Shellfish 
                culture
SH381-385                 Whaling
SH387                 Porpoises. Dolphins
SH388.7-391.5                 Algae culture
SH393                 Seagrasses
SH396                 Sponge fisheries
SH400-400.8           Seafood gathering
SH401-691           Angling
                       Including tackle, casting,
                     methods of angling, angling 
                     for special kinds of fish
   

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