Hydrobiology

Herbal medicines have been used as prophylactic measures and curative treatments throughout human history, and crude herbal extracts are commonly used in pharmaceutical research.

This book provides the first global synthesis of the biology of disturbed habitats and offers readers both the conceptual underpinnings and practical advice required to comprehend and address the unprecedented environmental challenges facing humans.

Plastics last for centuries in the natural environment and are found nearly everywhere on our planet.

Among all the large whales on Earth, the most unusual and least studied is the narwhal, the northernmost whale on the planet and the one most threatened by global warming.

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

Seagrasses are becoming widely used as in situ indicators of the relative health and condition of subtropical and tropical estuarine ecosystems.

From the bestselling author of Breath, a fascinating, informative, exhilarating voyage from the oceans surface to its darkest trenches (Wall Street Journal)New York Times Book ReviewEditors ChoiceAn Amazon Best Science Book of 2014Scientific AmericanRecommended ReadFascinatedby the sport of freedivingin which competitors descendgreat depths on a single breathJames Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers.

Wyl Menmuir's The Draw of the Sea is a beautifully written and deeply moving portrait of the Cornish Coast and the people who make their livings there, examining the ephemeral but universal pull the sea holds over the human imagination.

The congress "e;Arsenic in the Environment"e; offers an international, multi- and interdisciplinary discussion platform for arsenic research aimed at short-term solutions of problems with considerable social impact, rather than only focusing on cutting edge and breakthrough research in physical, chemical, toxicological, medical and other specific issue

This volume contains papers highlighting the diverse interests of modern ecologists.

Advances in Marine Biology

Marine resources and their exploitation, recovery and economic networks they generate are here from the perspective now inevitable growing environmental constraints, policy management and technical innovation.

Life in the World's Oceans: Diversity, Abundance and Distribution is a true landmark publication.

This book aims at providing students and researchers an advanced integrative overview on zooplankton ecology, covering marine and freshwater organisms, from microscopic phagotrophic protists, to macro-jellyfishes and active fish larvae.

This thorough revision of the classic Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals brings this authoritative book right up-to-date.

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

Fisheries supply a critically important ecosystem service by providing over three billion people with nearly 20% of their daily animal protein intake.

This book is perhaps the first attempt to comprehensively project the uniqueness of molluscs, covering almost all aspects of reproduction and development from aplacophorans to vampyromorphic cephalopods.

The core of a multibillion dollar sport fishing industry, tarpon and bonefish, two of the earth's oldest creatures, are experiencing obvious and precipitous population decline.

The farming and cultivation of algae can provide sustainable solutions for issues like food security-related problems, costly health-related products, sustainable fuels, and more.

This series fills immense gaps in knowledge of issues related to early life development of fishes in the Ohio basin.

Cetaceans are one of the most unknown groups in the animal kingdom.

Mudskippers are amphibious fishes native to the Indo-West Pacific and tropical western Africa.

Flowing Water Fish Culture provides an in-depth discussion of the husbandry of fin fish in a stream of water.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Mangroves and seagrasses form extensive and highly productive ecosystems that are both biologically diverse and economically valuable.

This seven-volume series is the most extensive treatise on early life histories of the freshwater fishes of North America.

Ecology of Estuaries represents the most definitive and comprehensive source of reference information available on the human impact on estuarine ecosystems.

Advances in Marine Biology

Volume 44 is an eclectic volume with timely reviews on invertebrate zooplankton growth rates and movements on marine fish and decapod crustaceans.

Aquaculture technology has been evolving rapidly over the last two decades, led by an increasingly skilled cadre of researchers in developing countries.

This volume of Advances in Marine Biology contains four eclectic reviews on topics ranging from marine mollusc mucus to deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna.

There is now an increased awareness of the importance of polar regions in the Earth system, as well as their vulnerability to anthropogenic derived change, including of course global climate change.

This extensive handbook presents up-to-date coverage of significant developments in estuarine and marine pollution.

Pinnipeds are a fascinating group of marine mammals that play a crucial role as apex predators and sentinels of the functioning and health of marine ecosystems.

Estuarine and coastal waters are acknowledged centres for anthropogenic impacts.

CHEMOMETRICS AND CHEMINFORMATICS IN AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY Explore chemometric and cheminformatic techniques and tools in aquatic toxicology Chemometrics and Cheminformatics in Aquatic Toxicology delivers an exploration of the existing and emerging problems of contamination of the aquatic environment through various metal and organic pollutants, including industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, biocides, nanomaterials, pesticides, surfactants, dyes, and more.

Amphibians of Ecuador: Craugastoridae.

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.

Cyprinids rank as one of the most commercially important groups of freshwater fishes and are exploited for many purposes; as a human food source, especially in Europe and Asia; as sport fish; and as ornamental fish for ponds and aquaria.

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

Global Change in Marine Systems analyses and appraises societal and governing responses to change affecting marine social and ecological systems around the world.

Advances in Marine Biology

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

Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review considers basic areas of marine research, returning to them when appropriate in future volumes, and deals with subjects of special and topical importance in the field of marine biology.

This new edition of the best-selling book describes the main types of fishways and fish facilities used around the world to assist the passage of fish over dams and other obstructions to their migration.

Describes recent advances in the study and use of phytoplankton pigments for students, researchers and professionals in aquatic science, biogeochemistry and remote sensing.

Parrotfish are found on almost every coral reef in the world.

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