Marine Biology

by Castro, Peter; Huber, Michael E.

• ISBN13: 9780072509342
• ISBN10: 0072509341
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Castro/Huber Marine Biology, 3rd edition

Principles of Marine Science The Science of Marine Biology The Sea Floor Chemical and Physical Features of Seawater and the World Ocean

Life in the Marine Environment The Business of Life Marine Prokaryotes, Protists, Fungi, and Plants Marine Animals Without a Backbone Marine Fishes Marine Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems An Introduction to Ecology Between the Tides Estuaries: Where Rivers Meet the Sea Life on the Continental Shelf Coral Reefs Life Near the Surface The Ocean Depths

Humans and the Sea Resources from the Sea The Impact of Humans on the Marine Environment The Oceans and Human Affairs

Answers to the Do-It-Yourself Summaries

Units of Measurement

The World Ocean

Major Coastal Communities of North America

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