Marine Biology

Highlighting the growing importance of the sticklebacks as a model species in emerging fields such as molecular genetics, genomics, and environment...

Seagrasses are becoming widely used as in situ indicators of the relative health and condition of subtropical and tropical estuarine ecosystems. To...

Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand: to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. He kno...

The large amount of information on fish reproduction available is not always readily accessible to all interested parties. Written to appeal to aqu...

The Ecology of Seashores explores the complex shore environment. It covers the ways in which representative species have adapted to life in a const...

Did you know an octopus can fit through a gap as small as a penny, but some can grow longer than a bus? Or that some species pack enough poison to ...

This enlightening new volume details over 200 species of bioluminescent marine fishes along with their biotechnological and therapeutic application...

The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most p...

Marine biology involves the research of life in the seas, oceans and saline waters, which form the habitat for organisms like corals on the seafloo...

We are just beginning to discover the importance of vitamin C in the health of natural and man-made ecosystems. Synthesis of ascorbic acid is well ...

With species existing in all subpolar seas, king crabs are one of the most valuable seafoods. Major fluctuations in their abundance have stimulated...

Acting as titans in global control of the biosphere and colonizing virtually all corners of the earth, algae, extremely diverse and numerous oxygen...

The Marlin's Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine Fishes dives into the mystery and wonder of the daily lives of saltwa...

Featuring in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, the Biology of Turtles provides the first comprehensive review of the Testu...

A richly illustrated birding guide to the wetlands and developed areas of the California Delta.From Sacramento to Stockton, the Delta gathers the w...

Marine environments have long been places of exploration, subsistence, transport and trade, but it is only recently that marine tourism has extende...

With increasing interest in the field and its relevance in global environmental issues, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review provides ...

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

Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It analyzes their breeding biology, ec...

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

A comprehensive study of sex differentiation gonochoric and hermaphroditic fishes, this book examines sex chromosomes and sex determining genes, em...

The Third Edition of Biology of Fishes is chiefly about fish as remarkably efficient machines for coping with the many problems that life in water ...

An understanding of gonorynchiform morphology and systematic inter- and intra-relationships has proven vital to a better understanding of the evolu...

Ocean Pollution provides a unique look at the effects of estuarine and coastal pollution on resource species. One of the primary objectives of the ...

The importance of molecular approaches for comparative biology and the rapid development of new molecular tools is unprecedented. The extraordinary...

This reference work is designed to provide background information on an array of northeastern Pacific marine invertebrate species so that they can ...

One of the classic works of marine biology, a favorite for generations, has now been completely revised and expanded. Between Pacific Tides is a bo...

Now in its second edition and further expanded by 15%, this encyclopedic work is one of the largest resources on marine natural products. It conta...

In most habitats, adaptations are the single most obvious aspects of an organism’s phenotype. However, the most obvious feature of many subterranea...

Kerr and Dickie propose the development of a new ecological theory, one that can lead to a more effective remedy for the drastic effects of heavy f...

Kerr and Dickie propose the development of a new ecological theory, one that can lead to a more effective remedy for the drastic effects of heavy f...

This book is perhaps the first attempt to comprehensively project the uniqueness of molluscs, covering almost all aspects of reproduction and devel...

This established textbook continues to provide a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to marine ecological concepts and processes. Based on a...

The importance of copepods in aquaculture has long been recognized, especially in the larval rearing of many marine fishes. This timely publicatio...

The success of the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles revealed a need for broad but comprehensive reviews of major recent advances in sea t...

Recent studies have increasingly demonstrated the widespread existence of spatio-temporal variations in the abundance and distribution of species o...

This landmark publication takes the 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal paper by the Danish scientist, Einer Steemann Nielsen, as an...

The impact of pollution on fisheries and the potential health implications of eating contaminated fish are areas of considerable concern for the fi...

Begins with a brief overview of the insect orders with aquatic representatives. Continues with evolutionary considerations, habitat occurrences of ...

"There is a word for what Darwin and the rest of us have felt whenin the presence of the reef: 'awe.' Confronted with the reef, aweis the most appr...

Silicon is among the most abundant elements on earth. It plays a key but largely unappreciated role in many biogeochemical processes, including tho...

Expanding the coverage of its preceding volume (2004), this new book considers how elasmobranch fishes, the sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras' su...