Marine biology

Introduction to the General Principles of Aquaculture provides novice aquaculturists with an overview of the aquaculture industry so you may proceed successfully in academic studies or commercial ventures.

Crustaceans adapt to a wide variety of habitats and ways of life.

This book presents a broad overview of pollution issues facing climatic, economic, and legal globalization.

A significant component of many different ecosystems, cyanobacteria occupy almost every niche of the earth, including fresh and salt waters, rice fields, hot springs, arid deserts, and polar regions.

Fish form an extremely diverse group of vertebrates.

This new edition of Marine Mammals of the World describes and illustrates newly discovered and rarely photographed species, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date identification guide available.

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Mullets (grey mullets) are a family (Mugilidae) and order of ray-finned fish found in temperate and tropical waters worldwide.

The activities of modern society have unleashed a range of toxic chemicals into the global environment.

Healthy waterways and oceans are essential for our increasingly urbanised world.

The present work evaluates the toxic effects of some environmental stressors on fish eggs and larvae and describes the biomarker responses of fish from locations with varying levels of pollution.

Handbook of Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology is the first comprehensive compilation of 85 fundamental methods in modern aquatic microbial ecology.

A significant component of many different ecosystems, cyanobacteria occupy almost every niche of the earth, including fresh and salt waters, rice fields, hot springs, arid deserts, and polar regions.

Marine eutrophication has been recognized as a global problem with adverse effects on ecosystem's health and the economies of coastal states.

Over the past ten years, a number of new large-scale oceanographic programs have been initiated.

Harvest of Fish and Wildlife: New Paradigms for Sustainable Management unites experts in wildlife and fishery sciences for an interdisciplinary overview of harvest management.

This book gathers current data on the two types of fish metamorphoses and their endocrine controls.

Sitting squarely at the interface between earth and life sciences, palaeobiogeographic information is scattered throughout many publications.

This part completes the review of the largest and economically richest order of fishes, Perciformes, begun in Part 3.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der Meeresriffe – die "Regenwälder der Meere", in denen sich biologische Vielfalt, geologische Pracht und ökologische Bedeutung vereinen.

Birds of prey spend most of their time in flight and, when viewed from the ground, they are notoriously hard to identify.

It is perhaps because fishes live in a buoyant medium, whether it be fresh or sea water, that they show a diversity in body shapes that is unparalleled by other vertebrates.

Key features:Captures the historic context and recent developments in science and policy arenas that address the potential for coastal wetlands to be considered as significant contributors to carbon sequestrationLinks multiple levels of science (biogeochemistry, geomorphology, paleoclimate, etc.

In this lively history and celebration of the Pacific razor clam, David Berger shares with us his love affair with the glossy, gold-colored Siliqua patula and gets into the nitty-gritty of how to dig, clean, and cook them using his favorite recipes.

This book contains full papers of both oral and poster presentations of the international symposium 'Marine Bioprocess Engineering' which was held in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 1998.

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 82, the latest release in a series that has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963, updates on many topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology and biological oceanography.

A global blue economy is an economic arena that depends on the benefits and values realized from the coastal and marine environments.

Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas.

The heavily-revised Practical Handbook of Marine Science, Fourth Edition continues its tradition as a state-of-the-art reference that updates the field of marine science to meet the interdisciplinary research needs of physical oceanographers, marine biologists, marine chemists, and marine geologists.

>The rich fossil record of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the United States is a gold mine for interested scientists.

This landmark scientific reference for scientists, researchers, and students of marine biology tackles the monumental task of taking a complete biodiversity inventory of the Gulf of Mexico with full biotic and biogeographic information.

Damselfishes (Pomacentridae) are highly conspicuous, diurnal inhabitants of mainly reef areas, capturing the attention of many scientists.

This book discusses how to use the wastewaters, liquid biowastes and soils unfit for agriculture to economically viable aquaculture practices; and putting the emphasis on, aquaculture posology, the science of quantification and administration of doses in aquatic health and aquaculture management.

Sea turtle populations around the world are endangered, and in recent years tourism has been a critical element in worldwide efforts to save them.

This is a basic guide on how to find and identify fossil shark teeth from the coast of the Carolinas.

This book is an outcome of the second European conference on Echinoderm brussels held in Belgium in 1989.

European Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises: Marine Mammal Conservation in Practice presents an intimate view of the workings of international conservation agreements to protect marine mammals, detailing achievements over the last 25 years, identifying weaknesses and making recommendations that governments, scientists, marine stakeholders and the public can take to improve conservation efforts.

Handbook of Microalgae: Biotechnology Advances offers complete coverage of marine microalgae, including biology, production techniques, biotechnological applications, economic perspectives of applications, and environmental effects of marine microalgae blooms.

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted-particularly in the areas of physiology, behavior, genetics, and health.

Covering 71 percent of the planet, these saline bodies of water provided the unique conditions necessary for the building blocks of life to form billions of years ago.

Compared to other arthropods, crustaceans are characterized by an unparalleled disparity of body plans.

Fur seals and sea lions are charismatic, large carnivores that engage us with both their skill and playful antics.

Fish constitute an important natural renewable resource and any reduction in their ability to propagate as a result of human interference may have significant socioeconomic consequences.

Comprehensive handbook of seafood information!

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

This book presents a comprehensive review of the most recent studies on the impact of contaminants on the marine environment.

Fish Physiology: Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes, Volume 34B is a useful reference for fish physiologists, biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists.

Biology Trending is a truly innovative introductory biology text.

During the past 20 years, marine chemical ecology has emerged as a respected field of study providing a better understanding of the role natural products play in organisms and their environments.

This is the second volume of a two-volume, comprehensive treatment of the methodologies used in researching the zebrafish, an emerging vertebrate model system.