Synopses & Reviews
The new, sixth edition of Marine Biology covers the basics of marine biology and takes a global, non-regional perspective, emphasizing that the worlds 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.
Table of Contents
1 Principles of Marine Science1 The Science of Marine Biology2 The Sea Floor3 Chemical and Physical Features of Seawater and the World Ocean 4 Fundamentals of Biology2 The Organisms of the Sea 5 The Microbial World6 Multicellular Primary Producers: Seaweeds and Plants7 Marine Animals without a Backbone8 Marine Fishes9 Marine Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals3 Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems10 An Introduction to Marine Ecology11 Between the Tides 12 Estuaries: Where Rivers Meet the Sea13 Life on the Continental Shelf14 Coral Reefs15 Life Near the Surface16 The Ocean Depths4 Humans and the Sea17 Resources from the Sea18 The Impact of Humans on the Marine Environment19 The Oceans and Human AffairsAppendix A Units of MeasurementAppendix B Selected Field Guides and Other Useful References for the Identification of Marine Organisms