Hydrobiology

The billfish is fixed at the apex of the oceanic food chain. Composed of sailfish, marlin, spearfish, and swordfish, they roam the pelagic waters o...

This book explores the sea and its meanings from ancient myths to contemporary geopolitics, from Atlantis to the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Rich...

Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2021The story of one woman''s passion for glaciersAs one of the world''s leading glaciologists, Professor Jemma...

Most species of anurans require ponds for reproduction. This book discusses the attributes likely to influence a pond''''s suitability as a spawnin...

Echinoderms play an important ecological role in marine communities, especially in relation to food chains, occupying diverse trophic levels such a...

The deep-sea ecosystems include waters and sediments at the lowest layer in the ocean, existing below the thermocline and above the seabed, at a de...

In areas where toxic algal blooms occur, the main affected organisms are shellfish, which, because of their high levels of filtration (clearance ra...

Biofouling is usually defined as an especially economically significant process that occurs on ships'''' hulls, where high levels of fouling can re...

The authors begin this compilation by analyzing catalase and peroxidase enzymes in different Black Sea teleosts related to their taxonomic, physiol...

This book focuses on global aspects of common carps biological features, ecology and diseases. Common carp have a high adaptive capacity in a wide ...

This book is composed of two sections, Ecological and Fundamental Researches and Approach to Antifouling. Both sections contain research trends on ...

In this compilation, the authors examine a plant dealing with mussel shell waste as input in its valorisation process, which is considered a priori...

Lobsters are marine decapod crustaceans belonging to a diverse array of taxa, many of which support major fisheries of great socioeconomic importan...

Advances in Marine Biology. Volume 3 begins by focusing on some novel compounds having antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer an...

Jellyfish are, like the mythical Medusa, both beautiful and potentially dangerous. Found from pole to tropic, these mesmeric creatures form an impo...

Throughout British history rivers have been of profound economic, social and cultural importance yet as we see with increasing frequency they have...

As the demand for space availability in marine environments increases due to the upward trend and intensity of human activities, Marine Spatial Pla...

This practical manual of freshwater ecology and conservation provides a state-of-the-art review of the approaches and techniques used to measure, m...

This practical manual of freshwater ecology and conservation provides a state-of-the-art review of the approaches and techniques used to measure, m...

During the last decades there has been an increasing evidence of drastic changes in marine ecosystems due to human-induced impacts, especially on b...

Essential Fish Biology provides an introductory overview of the functional biology of fish and how this may be affected by the widely contrasting h...