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Author Lalli, Carol M., author.

Title Biological oceanography : an introduction / Carol M. Lalli and Timothy R. Parsons, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Publication Info. Oxford [England] ; Burlington, MA : Butterworth Heinemann, 1997
©1997

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Edition Second edition
Description 1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations (some color)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Open University oceanography series
Open University oceanography series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 269) and index
Contents Introduction -- The abiotic environment -- Phytoplankton and primary production -- Zooplankton -- Energy flow and mineral cycling -- Nekton and fisheries oceanography -- Benthos -- Benthic communities -- Human impacts on marine biota -- Appendices -- Further reading -- Answers and comments to questions -- Glossary -- Index
Summary This popular undergraduate textbook offers students a firm grounding in the fundamentals of biological oceanography. As well as a clear and accessible text, learning is enhanced with numerous illustrations including a colour section, thorough chapter summaries, and questions with answers and comments at the back of the book. The comprehensive coverage of this book encompasses the properties of seawater which affect life in the ocean, classification of marine environments and organisms, phytoplankton and zooplankton, marine food webs, larger marine animals (marine mammals, seabirds and fish), life on the seafloor, and the way in which humans affect marine ecosystems. The second edition has been thoroughly updated, including much data available for the first time in a book at this level. There is also a new chapter on human impacts - from harvesting vast amounts of fish, pollution, and deliberately or accidentally transferring marine organisms to new environments. This book complements the Open University Oceanography Series, also published by Butterworth-Heinemann, and is a set text for the Open University third level course, S330. A leading undergraduate text New chapter on human impacts - a highly topical subject. Expanded colour plate section
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 1, 2021)
Subject Marine biology -- Textbooks.
Marine ecology -- Textbooks.
Oceanography -- Textbooks.
Marine ecology.
Marine biology.
Oceanography.
Marine Biology
Oceanography
Écologie marine.
Biologie marine.
Océanographie.
marine biology.
oceanography.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Marine Biology.
Marine biology
Marine ecology
Oceanography
Ecologia marinha.
Oceanografia.
Genre/Form Textbooks
Textbooks.
Added Author Parsons, Timothy Richard, 1932- author.
Other Form: Print version: Lalli, Carol M. Biological oceanography. 2nd ed. Oxford [England] : Butterworth Heinemann, ©1997 0750627425 9780750627429 (DLC) 96042139 (OCoLC)35298677
ISBN 9780080527994 (electronic bk.)
008052799X (electronic bk.)
0750633840
9780750633840
9780750633840
0750633840
9780750627429 (pbk.)
0750627425 (pbk.)
9780750633840 (pbk.)
0750633840 (pbk.)
Standard No. 9780750633840
Music No. 9786611795894
Standard No. AU@ 000048130194
CHBIS 005655535
CHDSB 005988997
CHVBK 167271555
DEBBG BV039831795
DEBBG BV042309040
DEBBG BV043044336
DEBSZ 367773155
DEBSZ 422086789
NLGGC 317206567
NZ1 12433210
NZ1 15191576
UKMGB 017584145

 
    
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