Marine Biology Function, Biodiversity, Ecologywith CD-ROM

Name: Marine Biology Function, Biodiversity, Ecologywith CD-ROM
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ISBN: 9780195141726

ISBN-10: 0195141725

ISBN-13: 9780195141726

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Jeffrey S. Levinton

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For this new edition, Levinton has updated throughout, and added all-new boxes to highlight research topics of current interest. The coverage of marine mammals and on hypothesis testing have been expanded significantly, and new sections have been added on subtidal rocky reefs, metapopulations, marine invasions, marine protected areas and no-take zones for fishery, and molecular approaches to marine biology and fisheries. The CD-ROM "Marine Biology Explorations" currently availableas a supplement, will be revised to include the guided tour environments (about 180 color slides) and a self-test keyed to the chapters, and bound into the back of each copy (to encourage student use and to hamper…

Book details

List price: $110.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 10.31" wide x 8.27" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 3.542
Language: English



Preface



Principles of Oceanography and Marine Biology



Sounding the Deep



The Oceanic Environment



Ecological and Evolutionary Principles



Marine Organisms: Function and Environment



The Chemical and Physical Environment



Reproduction, Dispersal, and Migration



Life in a Fluid Medium



Organisms of the Open Sea



The Water Column: Plankton



The Water Column: Nekton



Processes in the Open Sea



Critical Factors in Plankton Abundance



Productivity and Food Webs in the Sea



Organisms of the Seabed



The Diversity of Benthic Marine Invertebrates



Seaweeds, Sea Grasses, and Benthic Microorganisms



Benthic Life Habits



Coastal Benthic Environments



The Tidelands: Rocky Shores, Soft-Substratum Shores, Marshes, Mangroves, and Estuaries



Sea Grass Beds, Kelp Forests, Rocky Reefs, and Coral Reefs



Processes on the Seabed, From the Shelf to the Deep Sea



From the Continental Shelf to the Deep Sea



Biodiversity and Conservation of the Ocean



Human Impact on the Sea



Food from the Sea



Marine Pollution


Glossary


Marine Biology Journals


Index