Environmental Biology

Name: Environmental Biology
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ISBN: 9780521679824

ISBN-10: 0521679826

ISBN-13: 9780521679824

Edition: 2009

Authors: Michael Calver, Alan Lymbery, Jennifer McComb, Mike Bamford, Mike Calver

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List price: $119.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/18/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 744
Size: 7.52" wide x 10.08" long x 1.54" tall
Weight: 3.432
Language: English

Alan Lymbery is Associate Professor of Parasitology in the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences at Murdoch University.

Jennifer McComb is Emeritus Professor in the School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at Murdoch University.

Dr Michael Bamford is Consulting Ecologist at Bamford Consulting.

Mike Calver is Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at Murdoch University.



List of contributors


Preface


Acknowledgements



What is Environmental Biology?



Environmental biology and our time




The Scientific Method and the Unifying Theories of Modern Biology



Science and the environment




Cell theory I - the cellular basis of life




Cell theory II - cellular processes and the environment




Cell theory III - the cell cycle




Evolutionary theory - the origin and fate of genetic variation




The history of life on Earth




Applying Scientific Method - Understanding Biodiversity



Coping with cornucopia - classifying and naming biodiversity




Microscopic diversity - the prokaryotes and viruses




Mysterious diversity - the protists and the fungi




The greening of the land - plant diversity I




The greening of the land - plant diversity II




Life on the move: introducing animal diversity




Life on the move - the spineless majority




Life on the move - vertebrates and other chordates




Boom and bust - population ecology




Living together: communities and ecosystems




Marine habitats




Marine lifestyles




Inland aquatic environments: wetland diversity, physical and chemical processes




Inland aquatic environments: the ecology of lentic and lotic waters




Terrestrial habitats




Terrestrial lifestyles




The Future - Applying Scientific Method to Conserving Biodiversity and Restoring Degraded Environments



The science of conservation biology




Cultural conservation biology




Redressing the problem - environmental restoration




A natural legacy



Glossary


Index