The new, sixth edition of Marine Biology covers the basics of marine biology and takes a global, non-regional perspective, emphasizing that the world’s oceans and seas are an integrated system that cannot be understood by looking in any one person's own backyard. For many students this is a new perspective. This introductory, one-semester text is designed for non-majors.
Taking an ecological approach and intended for non-science majors, the text provides succinct coverage of the content while the photos and art clearly illustrate key concepts.
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We have written Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life to engage introductory, college-level students in the excitement and challenge of understanding marine organisms and the environments in which they live.
This latest addition to the series includes updates on many topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, and biological oceanography.
Covers the basics of marine biology with a global approach, using examples from numerous regions and ecosystems worldwide. This text is designed for non-majors.
(2003) identified the characteristics of a metapopulation as: (a) a system of local populations having their own dynamics, (b) some local populations are so ... The gene flow patterns of marine metapopulations are not straightforward.
This new book overcomes that imbalance, bringing these disparate marine science text formats closer together, giving them more equal weight, and introducing more effectively the physical sciences by showing students with everyday examples ...
Manuscripts continue to be submitted to this series of Annual Reviews. Thedesire to publish in it must reflect its importance and value to marine scientists ingeneral.
Describes the work of a marine biologist.
"Written for the upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course, Marine Environmental Biology and Conservation provides an introduction to the environmental and anthropogenic threats facing the world's oceans and outlines the steps that ...