Marine Biology Function, Biodiversity, Ecology with CD-ROM

by Levinton, Jeffrey S.

• ISBN13: 9780195141726
• ISBN10: 0195141725
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new and revised second edition of Jeffrey S. Levinton's Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology promises to be as fascinating and informative as the first, with additions that bring it up-to-date on current research issues. Designed for one-semester junior/senior courses, thisestablished volume stands as one of the most current and thorough resources for students in the multidisciplinary field of marine biology. The new edition includes significantly expanded coverage of marine mammals and hypothesis testing and offers entirely new sections on subtidal rocky reefs,metapopulations, marine invasions, marine protected areas and no-take fishery zones, and molecular approaches to marine biology and fisheries. It emphasizes the relationship of the functional ecology of organisms to higher levels of organization, including major marine habitats and ecosystems. Iteffectively describes a variety of current research areas, conveying the dynamic range of activity in the field, and uses "Hot Topics" Essays to teach students that scientific study is an active and ongoing process. Complementing the text are a wealth of pedagogical features including: BL 32 full-color plates BL Expanded text boxes that highlight important and current research topics BL A self-test keyed to the chapters and bound into the back of the book BL The CD-ROM, "Marine Biology Explorations." This in-text CD takes students on a guided tour of marine environments and animals with approximately 450 full-color photographs and illustrations, annotated with informative descriptions. Images are from both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of NorthAmerica, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica. Each subject area allows students to wander in new environments and encounter new organisms and ecological features. BL A Website maintained by the author: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/mbweb.html. This useful website provides links to other sites such as college marine biology programs, careers and jobs in marine biology and oceanography, reference sites, organism pages, marine biology researchliterature, and worldwide marine laboratories. BL Ancillary PowerPointRG Overheads. These elaborate overheads include most of the pictures from the text and are available free to adopters on a CD-ROM (call 1-800-280-0280) or from the Internet: http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195141725.html. BL An associated laboratory manual: Exploring Marine Biology by Paul Haefner. This book is the only manual of its kind with exercises that apply to all of the diverse marine habitats of North America. It meets the needs of any beginning marine biology student with little to no background in thebiological sciences. Each unit includes a broad range of exercises, allowing instructors to select those that best match their needs. The manual is also unique in providing extensively illustrated identification keys for three of the major marine lifeforms: invertebrates, plankton, and fishes. 1996 272pp.; 101 illus. 0-19-51417-7 paper APS HAEFN

Author Biography

Jeffrey S. Levinton is a professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
I PRINCIPLES OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE BIOLOGY
Sounding the Deep	3	(14)
The Oceanic Environment	17	(21)
Ecological and Evolutionary Principles	38	(41)
II MARINE ORGANISMS: FUNCTION AND ENVIRONMENT
The Chemical and Physical Environment	79	(21)
Reproduction, Dispersal, and Migration	100	(37)
Life in a Fluid Medium	137	(14)
III ORGANISMS OF THE OPEN SEA
The Water Column: Plankton	151	(17)
The Water Column: Nekton	168	(33)
IV PROCESSES IN THE OPEN SEA
Critical Factors in Plankton Abundance	201	(22)
Productivity and Food Webs in the Sea	223	(14)
V ORGANISMS OF THE SEABED
The Diversity of Benthic Marine Invertebrates	237	(32)
Seaweeds, Sea Grasses, and Benthic Microorganisms	269	(8)
Benthic Life Habits	277	(32)
VI COASTAL BENTHIC ENVIRONMENTS
The Tidelands: Rocky Shores, Soft-Substratum Shores, Marshes, Mangroves, and Estuaries	309	(39)
Sea Grass Beds, Kelp Forests, Rocky Reefs, and Coral Reefs	348	(39)
VII PROCESSES ON THE SEABED, FROM THE SHELF TO THE DEEP SEA
From the Continental Shelf to the Deep Sea	387	(23)
Biodiversity and Conservation of the Ocean	410	(29)
VIII HUMAN IMPACT ON THE SEA
Food from the Sea	439	(31)
Marine Pollution	470	(25)
Glossary	495	(9)
Marine Biology Journals	504	(1)
Index	505