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The Marine World : A Natural History of Ocean Life.
The Marine World is a book for everyone with an interest in the ocean, from the marine biologist or student wanting expert knowledge of a particular group to the naturalist or diver exploring the seashore and beyond.With colour illustrations, line drawings, more than 1,500 colour photographs, and wi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Wild Nature Press Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I: The Physical Ocean
- Ocean Research
- Going down
- From the surface
- Satellites
- The Marine Environment
- Light
- Salinity
- Density and viscosity
- Water pressure
- Dissolved gases and acidity
- Sea temperature
- Ocean currents
- Tides
- Waves
- The main divisions of the marine environment
- Part II: The Living Ocean
- Environments and Ecosystems
- Open water (pelagic environments)
- Seabed (benthic environments)
- Sea shore (intertidal)
- Sublittoral
- Deep seabed
- Part III: Marine Life
- Ocean Life
- Distribution of ocean life
- Past ocean life: marine fossils
- Classification
- Bacteria and Archaea
- Marine Plants and Chromists
- Seaweeds (macroalgae)
- Marine microalgae
- Marine flowering plants
- Marine Fungi
- Lichens
- Protozoa
- Microanimals
- Comb jellies
- Arrow worms
- Water bears
- Gastrotrichs
- Goblet worms
- Rotifers
- Placozoans
- Cycliophorans
- Sponges
- Cnidarians
- Hydroids
- Jellyfish
- Soft corals and sea fans (Octocorals)
- Stony corals and anemones (Hexacorals)
- Annelid Worms
- Polychaetes
- Oligochaetes
- Leeches
- Other Worms
- Flatworms
- Ribbon worms
- Nematodes
- Peanut worms
- Spoon worms
- Cephalorhyncha
- Phoronids
- Xenacoelomorpha
- Molluscs
- Gastropods
- Bivalves
- Cephalopods
- Chitons
- Minor molluscs
- Brachiopods
- Arthropods
- Horseshoe crabs and sea spiders
- Crustaceans
- Bryozoans
- Echinoderms
- Starfish
- Brittlestars
- Sea urchins
- Sea cucumbers
- Featherstars
- Hemichordates
- Chordates
- Non-vertebrate chordates
- Marine Fishes
- Jawless fishes
- Cartilaginous fishes
- Ray-finned fishes
- Lobe-finned fishes
- Marine Reptiles
- Crocodiles
- Sea turtles
- Sea snakes
- Marine Iguana
- Marine Mammals by Robert Irving
- Whales and dolphins
- Dugong and manatees
- Seals and Walrus
- Marine otters
- Polar Bear
- Marine Birds by Marianne Taylor
- Seabirds
- Waders
- Marine wildfowl
- Other marine birds
- Interrelationships
- Defence, attack and camouflage
- Symbiosis
- Marine Protected Areas
- Ocean sanctuaries
- Marine reserves
- Marine parks
- Appendices
- Appendix I: Organisations and recording schemes
- Appendix II: Metric and imperial measurements and SI units
- Appendix III: Prefixes and suffixes
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Image credits
- Index