Marine Biology

Ecosystem services are emerging as a key driver of conservation policy and environmental management. Delivery of ecosystem services depends on the ...

The local diversity and global richness of coral reef fishes, along with the diversity manifested in their morphology, behaviour and ecology, provi...

In coastal seas, from the tropics to the poles, seaweeds supply the energy required to support diverse coastal marine life and provide habitat for ...

Do intertidal organisms simply respond to the rise and fall of tides, or do they possess biological timing and navigation mechanisms that allow the...

Brown Seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) of Britain and Ireland provides the first complete, up-to-date, detailed illustrated guide and keys to the nearly 200...

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...

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...

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...