Marine Biology category: 435 books
Extremophiles
From Biology to Biotechnology
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Highly recommended by CHOICE, Oct 2018
Extremophiles are nature’s ultimate survivors, thriving in environments ranging from the frozen Antarctic to abyssal hot hydrothermal vents. Their lifeforms span bacteria to fishes, and are categorized as halophiles from hypersaline environments, acidophiles...
Sea Urchins
Biology and Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
This fully revised and expanded edition of Sea Urchins provides a wide-ranging understanding of the biology and ecology of this key component of the world's oceans. Coverage includes reproduction, metabolism, endocrinology, larval ecology, growth, digestion, carotenoids, disease and nutrition. Other...
by Martin A. Moe Jr
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
The book that helped launch 1000 marine aquariums (and many more) is coming back greatly expanded in five ebook volumes. Martin A. Moe, Jr. is releasing The (New) Marine Aquarium Reference Volume I: The Chemical Environment in May of 2014. The original Marine Aquarium Reference: Systems and Invertebrates...
Dolphin Confidential
Confessions of a Field Biologist
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Who hasn’t fantasized about the unique thrill of working among charismatic and clever dolphins in the wild? We need not live this solely in our imaginations anymore. With Dolphin Confidential Maddalena Bearzi invites all of us shore-bound dreamers to join her and travel alongside the dolphins. In...
The Odyssey of KP2
An Orphan Seal and a Marine Biologist's Fight to Save a Species
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
When a two day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup is attacked and abandoned by his mother on a beach in Kauai, environmental officials must decide if they should save the newborn animal or allow nature to take its course. But as a member of the most endangered marine mammal species in U.S. waters, Kauai Pup...
by Michael P. Lesser
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
One of two special issues of Advances in Marine Biology focusing on sponge science, it features comprehensive reviews of the latest studies that are advancing our understanding of the fascinating marine phylum Porifera. The selected contributors are internationally renowned researchers in their respective...
A Sea of Glass
Searching for the Blaschkas' Fragile Legacy in an Ocean at Risk
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
"The author makes an eloquent plea for marine biodiversity conservation."—Library Journal
"Harvell seems to channel the devotion that motivated the Blaschkas."—The Guardian
Winner of the 2016 National Outdoor Book Award, Environment Category
It started with a glass...
Loricate Ciliate Tintinnids in a Tropical Mangrove Wetland
Diversity, Distribution and Impact of Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
This book is an integrated approach to present a detailed case study in order to address the taxonomic and ecological features of this planktonic choreotrich protists in an iconic tropical mangrove wetland - Sundarban. To identify each tintinnid species, emphasis is given with regards to taxonomic...
Tropical Pinnipeds
Bio-Ecology, Threats and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
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. They are found in the most extreme environments from the Polar regions to the tropics. Pinnipeds are comprised of about 34 species, and of...
by Mikel Becerro
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
On of two special issues of Advances in Marine Biology focusing on sponge science it features comprehensive reviews of the latest studies that are advancing our understanding of the fascinating marine phylum Porifera. The selected contributors are internationally renowned researchers in their respective...
by Winston Menzel
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
This book presents the biology, culture techniques, research and development, and future of the fishery of some of the most important bivalve mollusks cultured throughout the world. The book emphasizes those species that are truly cultured during some part of their life cycle rather than those that...
by Thanumalaya Subramoniam
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Sexual Biology and Reproduction in Crustaceans covers crustacean reproduction as it deals with the structural morphology of the gamete-producing primary sex organs, such as the testis and ovary, the formation and maturation of gametes, their fusion during fertilization, and embryonic development that...
Marine Ecotoxicology
Current Knowledge and Future Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Marine Ecotoxicology: Current Knowledge and Future Issues is the first unified resource to cover issues related to contamination, responses, and testing techniques of saltwater from a toxicological perspective. With its unprecedented focus on marine environments and logical chapter progression, this...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Marine environment is the largest habitat covering approximately 70% of the total earth surface. Oceans are the main regulatory agent of earth’s climate and harbour a huge diversity of living organisms. Marine environment provide a unique ecological niche to different microbes which play a significant...