Marine Biology category: 435 books
Underwater Seascapes
From geographical to ecological perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
While the European Landscape Convention adopted in Florence in 2000 by the European Council offers a public-action framework through a normative definition, the marine and submarine dimensions of landscapes are attracting growing interest from researchers worldwide. At a time when marine-conservation...
by R. Sluys
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
A biosystematic study of one of three major groups of planarian flatworms, the marine triclads, or Maricola.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2018
This volume describes and explores the emerging discipline of conservation paleobiology, and addresses challenges faced by established and young Conservation Paleobiologist's alike. In addition, this volume includes applied research highlighting how conservation paleobiology can be used to understand...
by Carl J. Sindermann
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
This is the 24th book about science and scientists published by Carl J. Sindermann, Ph.D. It describes in some detail many places in the world that he visited in connection with his roles as government science administrator and scientific authority in marine pathology during a long career as a research...
by Robin and the Honey Badger
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2012
Robin and the Honey Badger’s mission is to recharge biology with originality for you, the non-specialist reader. Exploring the Bio-edge is a series of e-essays presenting lateral thoughts in search of ever more interesting stories from biology. In this e-essay: we discuss sargassum, a ‘seaweed’...
Coral Reefs of the Gulf
Adaptation to Climatic Extremes
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Coral Reefs of the Gulf: Adaptation to Climatic Extremes is a complete review and reference for scientists, engineers and students concerned with the geology, biology or engineering aspects of coral reefs in the Middle East. It provides for the first time a complete review of both the geology and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Squat lobsters of the superfamilies Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea are highly visible crustaceans on seamounts, continental margins, shelf environments, hydrothermal vents and coral reefs. About 1000 species are known. They frequently feature in deep-sea images taken by submersibles and are caught in...
by Pilar Rodriguez, Trefor B. Reynoldson
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
In aquatic ecosystems, the oligochaetes are often a major component of the community. Their relevance in sediment quality assessment is largely related to their benthic and detritivorous life habit. In this book, we aim to present the state of the art of Pollution Biology using oligochaete worms in...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Damselfishes (Pomacentridae) are highly conspicuous, diurnal inhabitants of mainly reef areas, capturing the attention of many scientists. Their high diversity and the many interesting characteristics dealing with their way of life (sound production, breeding biology, sex change, farming and gregarious...
Physiology of Molluscs
A Collection of Selected Reviews, Two-Volume Set
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Physiology of Molluscs: A Collection of Selected Reviews is an informative two-volume sent that brings together some of the most important recent and unique developments in molluscan physiology.
Volume One focuses on shell structure, mineralization, the dynamics of calcium transport, shell...
Voices in the Ocean
A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wave and The Devil’s Teeth, a breathtaking journey through the extraordinary world of dolphins
Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness, sociability,...
Shark Drunk
The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
A salty story of friendship, adventure, and the explosive life that teems beneath the ocean
The Lofoten archipelago, just North of the Arctic Circle, is a place of unsurpassed beauty—the skyline spikes with dramatic peaks; the radiant greens and purples of the Northern Lights follow summers...
Octopus
The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The visually arresting and often misunderstood octopus has long captured popular imagination. With an alien appearance and an uncanny intellect, this exceptional sea creature has inspired fear in famous lore and legends—from the giant octopus attack in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to Ursula the...
Secrets of the Seas
A Journey into the Heart of the Oceans
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Our seas are host to an extraordinary variety of plant and animal life, but much of it remains mysterious and great imagery is surprisingly hard to find. Alex Mustard is one of the world's leading underwater photographers and his images are so crisp and immediate that the animals seem to swim out...