<Li> Biological oceanography, or marine biology, investigates the ecology of marine organisms in the context of the physical, chemical, and geological characteristics of their ocean environment and the biology of individual marine organisms . </Li> <Li> Chemical oceanography and ocean chemistry, are the study of the chemistry of the ocean . Whereas chemical oceanography is primarily occupied with the study and understanding of seawater properties and its changes, focuses ocean chemistry primarily on the geochemical cycles . </Li> <Li> Geological oceanography, or marine geology, is the study of the geology of the ocean floor including plate tectonics and paleoceanography . </Li> <Li> Physical oceanography, or marine physics, studies the ocean's physical attributes including temperature - salinity structure, mixing, surface waves, internal waves, surface tides, internal tides, and currents . </Li>

Who is considered to be the father of physical oceanography