Peter Castro, Michael E Huber

Marine Biology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 9th edition
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780076637775
• ISBN-10: 0076637778
• Artikelnr.: 43850226

Autorenporträt

Peter Castro a Professor of Biological Sciences at the California State Polytechnic University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Principles of Marine Science
1 The Science of Marine Biology
2 The Sea Floor
3 Chemical and Physical Features of Seawater and the World Ocean
Part 2 Life in the Marine Environment
4 Some Basics of Biology
5 The Microbial World
6 Multicellular Primary Producers: Seaweeds and Plants
7 Marine Animals without a Backbone
8 Marine Fishes
9 Marine Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
Part 3 Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems
10 An Introduction to Marine Ecology
11 Between the Tides
12 Estuaries: Where Rivers Meet the Sea
13 Life on the Continental Shelf
14 Coral Reefs
15 Life Near the Surface
16 The Ocean Depths
Part 4 Humans and the Sea
17 Resources from the Sea
18 The Impact of Humans on the Marine Environment
19 The Oceans and Human Affairs
Appendix A Units of Measurement
Appendix B The World Ocean
Appendix C Major Coastal Communities of North America