Marine biology

The Australasian region is home to the greatest diversity of cephalopods — squid, cuttlefish, octopuses — in the world.

As well as being a culture environment for fish and crustaceans, an aquaculture pond is a rich and complex ecosystem that is dominated by the microbial community.

The world’s most isolated continent has spawned some of the most unusual words in the English language.

Reef and Rainforest is a photographic portrayal of marine and terrestrial life in one of the world's most biodiverse regions – the tropics of north-eastern Australia, together with the South Pacific nations of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

The accurate identification of fish 'ear-bones', known as otoliths, is essential to determine the fish prey of marine and terrestrial predators.

Australian Saltmarsh Ecology presents the first comprehensive review of the ecology and management of Australian saltmarshes.

Whales are mysterious and fascinating creatures.

Most albatrosses range across the Southern Hemisphere from Antarctica to Australia and from South Africa to South America.

This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date work provides the definitive overview of marine parasites worldwide.

Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs.

Staghorn corals (genus Acropora) are the most obvious and important corals on coral reefs throughout the world, providing much of the beauty and variety seen on the reefs.

This comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date work provides the definitive overview of marine parasites worldwide.

Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs.

Whales are mysterious and fascinating creatures.

Australian Saltmarsh Ecology presents the first comprehensive review of the ecology and management of Australian saltmarshes.

Most albatrosses range across the Southern Hemisphere from Antarctica to Australia and from South Africa to South America.

The accurate identification of fish ‘ear-bones’, known as otoliths, is essential to determine the fish prey of marine and terrestrial predators.

Marine Flatworms provides a fascinating introduction to the intriguing world of polyclad flatworms, a group of large, free-living marine Platyhelminthes, which are found throughout the world but are most colourful in tropical waters.

Everything the first time fish-keeper needs to know to set up a tank.

Dr Alverson's story covers his early life experiences, through high school, World War II, his education and his involvement in State, Federal and International fisheries science and management.

In the last two decades since publication of the first edition, substantial advancements have been made in the science, the need for transdisciplinary approaches to coral reef protection greater than ever before.

The author makes an eloquent plea for marine biodiversity conservation.

The author makes an eloquent plea for marine biodiversity conservation.

This pioneering volume provides a blueprint for managing the challenges of ocean conservation using marine historical ecology-an interdisciplinary area of study that is helping society to gain a more in-depth understanding of past human-environmental interactions in coastal and marine ecosystems and of the ecological and social outcomes associated with these interactions.

A unique, concise, beautifully-illustrated guide to both identification and biology of common and widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore.

The Hudson River Estuary, first published in 2006, is a scientific biography with relevance to similar natural systems.

A unique, concise, beautifully-illustrated guide to both identification and biology of common and widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore.

A critique of the central assumption that marine ecosystems produce surplus fish that can be taken by commercial fishing.

A thrilling tour of the sea's most extreme species, coauthored by one of the world's leading marine scientistsThe ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments.

Describes biological rhythms and clocks evolved by marine organisms in relation to tidal, daily, lunar and seasonal life cycle events.

This book provides a highly illustrated synthesis of research on cold-water corals worldwide.

A critique of the central assumption that marine ecosystems produce surplus fish that can be taken by commercial fishing.

Covers two important aspects of large-scale ocean circulation – wind-driven circulation, and thermohaline-driven circulation caused by changes in water density.

Describes biological rhythms and clocks evolved by marine organisms in relation to tidal, daily, lunar and seasonal life cycle events.

This book provides a highly illustrated synthesis of research on cold-water corals worldwide.

Algal Culturing Techniques is a comprehensive reference on all aspects of the isolation and cultivation of marine and freshwater algae, including seaweeds.

A textbook on chemical oceanography with full coverage of the marine carbon cycle.

A researcher and graduate student reference on benthic foraminifera and climate in Earth and Environmental Sciences, first published in 2006.

A review of Lagrangian techniques for researchers and graduate students in physical systems and biological modelling.

Describes seabed fluid flow processes for research scientists and professionals in the marine environment.

An encyclopaedia of ichthyology, ecology, and evolution, based upon everything that Darwin ever wrote about fish.

An examination of how studying marine predators can identify changes in and help manage marine ecosystems.

Comprehensive review of the ecology of freshwater bivalves and gastropods worldwide.

Recent studies have increasingly demonstrated the widespread existence of spatio-temporal variations in the abundance and distribution of species of freshwater fishes, previously assumed not to move between habitats.

The impact of pollution on fisheries and the potential health implications of eating contaminated fish are areas of considerable concern for the fishing and aquaculture communities, government bodies and the general public.

This landmark publication collates information and studies on the use of estuaries, and specific habitats within them, as nursery, feeding and refuge areas, and migration routes of marine and other fish, many of which are of commercial and conservation importance.

Positive Displacement Pumps is a current reference guide for positive displacement pumps for both traditional and state-of-the-art testing methods, and serves as a bridge between textbooks and manufacturer's literature by providing equipment testing practices based on technical know-how, practical experience, and academic theory.

The importance of copepods in aquaculture has long been recognized, especially in the larval rearing of many marine fishes.

Quantitative methods specifically tailored for the marine biologist While there are countless texts published on quantitative methods and many texts that cover quantitative terrestrial ecology, this text fills the need for the special quantitative problems confronting marine biologists and biological oceanographers.

Introduction to the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems, Second Edition provides foundational information on the construction of chemical and biological models - from simple cases to more complex biogeochemical models and life cycle resolving model components.