Marine Biology category: 435 books
Evolutionary Transitions to Multicellular Life
Principles and mechanisms
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
The book integrates our understanding of the factors and processes underlying the evolution of multicellularity by providing several complementary perspectives (both theoretical and experimental) and using examples from various lineages in which multicellularity evolved. Recent years marked an increased...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2009
In this book, scientists from eleven countries summarize the results of an EU project (CLIME) that explored the effects of observed and projected changes in the climate on the dynamics of lakes in Northern, Western and Central Europe. Historical measurements from eighteen sites were used to compare...
Limnology of the Red Lake, Romania
An Interdisciplinary Study
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
The Red Lake is a natural barrier lake at the foot of the Hasmasu Mare Mountains in the Eastern Carpathian Range in Romania. It was formed when the Bicaz River was blocked by a natural dam resulting from two landslides during an extreme heavy storm in 1837. This book presents an interdisciplinary...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Stream Ecosystems in a Changing Environment synthesizes the current understanding of stream ecosystem ecology, emphasizing nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics, and providing a forward-looking perspective regarding the response of stream ecosystems to environmental change. Each chapter includes a...
Multifunctional Wetlands
Pollution Abatement and Other Ecological Services from Natural and Constructed Wetlands
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book describes how natural or constructed wetlands can be used to reduce pollution of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, while still preserving their biodiversity and ecological functions. Through a series of case histories described in 10 chapters in the monograph, the readers will gain an understanding...
Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceans
causal explanations and adaptive significances
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Whatever theory may be advanced to explain diurnal migration, the underlying reactions involved must be demonstrated conc- sively in the laboratory before the explanation can be ?nally accepted George L. Clarke 1933 p. 434 In oceans and lakes, zooplankton often make diel vertical migrations (DVM),...
by Richard Peirce
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Sharks are among the most persecuted animals on Earth. Nicole’s block-buster story lifts the lid on the shocking details of the trade in shark fins, and raises awareness of the plight of sharks in the 21st century. In November 2003 a female Great White Shark was tagged near Dyer Island in South...
Freshwater Algae of North America
Ecology and Classification
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification, Second Edition is an authoritative and practical treatise on the classification, biodiversity, and ecology of all known genera of freshwater algae from North America. The book provides essential taxonomic and ecological information about...
Crustacean Issues 3
Factors in Adult Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
First published in 1985. CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis.
Coral Reef Fishes
Dynamics and Diversity in a Complex Ecosystem
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2002
Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new edition includes provocative reviews covering the major areas of reef fish ecology. Concerns about the future health of coral reefs, and recognition that reefs and their fishes are economically important components...
An Introduction to the Study of Zoology (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Illustrated By the Crayfish
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
This classic introduction to zoology isolates a single creature, the crayfish, in order to instruct the reader in the general principles of morphology, physiology, and the behavior of the animal. Huxley hoped that this monograph would show how his description of one animal could provide the “foundation for the whole of biological science.”
Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth
The mammal behind the myth
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
How intelligent are dolphins? Is their communication system really as complex as human language? And are they as friendly and peaceful as they are made out to be? The Western world has had an enduring love affair with dolphins since the early 1960s, with fanciful claims of their 'healing powers' and...
Salmon
A Scientific Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Salmon: A Scientific Memoir investigates a narrative that is important to the identity of the Pacific Northwest Coast – the salmon as an iconic species. Traditionally it’s been a narrative that is overwhelmingly about conflict. But is that always necessarily the case?
The story follows...
by Per Jahren, Tongbo Sui
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
This beautifully illustrated book explains how water influences our culture; the many phases of water from ice to gas, its simple but still so unpredictable nature, and water resources on Earth; how water is distributed in ice, oceans, rivers, lakes and more; how it creates transport possibilities;...