Hydrobiology

Vegetation communities in Australia's riverine landscapes are ecologically, economically and culturally significant. They are also among the most t...

Distribution and Transformation of Nutrients and Eutrophication in Large-scale Lakes and Reservoirs: The Three Gorges Reservoir presents key findin...

Growing human populations and higher demands for water impose increasing impacts and stresses upon freshwater biodiversity. Their combined effects ...

Providing a comprehensive account of marine conservation, this book examines human use and abuse of the world's seas and oceans and their marine li...

A marvelously illustrated natural history of the worlds mollusksMollusks are invertebrate animals with a remarkable natural history and a rich foss...

Discover over 500 species of sea shell from around the world with this pocket visual guide! This comprehensive handbook combines authoritative text...

Annelids (the segmented worms) exist in a remarkably diverse range of mostly marine but also freshwater and terrestrial habitats, varying greatly i...

The California Current-part of the large, swirling North Pacific gyre-flows slowly southward along the west coast of North America, stretching near...

Since the Viking ascendancy in the Middle Ages, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend upon it for survival. And just as surely, pe...

Equal parts memoir, adventure tale, and call to action, Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans has become a classic of environmental literature, at on...

Wise, compassionate, and urgent. Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland A Bookseller Nonfiction Editors Choice for March 2024 Plunge into the depth...

The presence of concentrations of organic substances and cations in sea water is a matter of increasing concern to the water industry, environmenta...

Geoinformatics for Marine and Coastal Management provides a timely and valuable assessment of the current state of the art geoinformatics tools and...

Ammonia oxidising bacteria (AOB) and archaea are ubiquitous microorganisms, but their abundance and diversity vary widely across environments and p...

Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology, Second Edition is a comprehensive, introductory-level reference work that aims to unite readers in the wonders of ...

This book is a concise informative elucidation of all aspects of reproduction and development in annelids covering from arenicola to tubifex. Annel...

The iconic and beautiful Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Marine Park is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. With contributions from i...

This is the sixteenth issue in the FAO series of worldwide annotated and illustrated catalogues of major groups of organisms that enter marine fish...

Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind exp...

Pressure on large fluvial lowlands has increased tremendously during the past twenty years because of flood control, urbanization, and increased de...

Marine sediments dominate the global seabed, creating the largest ecosystem on earth. Seafloor biodiversity is a key mediator of ecosystem function...

Marine sediments dominate the global seabed, creating the largest ecosystem on earth. Seafloor biodiversity is a key mediator of ecosystem function...