Peter Castro,
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Michael E. Huber,
Sinclair Knight Merz, Brisbane, Australia
ISBN: 0073524166 Copyright year: 2010
Table of Contents
Part One Principles of Marine Science
1 The Science of Marine Biology
2 The Sea Floor
3 Chemical and Physical Features of Seawater and the World Ocean
4 Fundamentals of Biology
Part Two The Organisms of the Sea
5 The Microbial World
6 Multicellular Primary Producers: Seaweeds and Plants
7 Marine Animals Without a Backbone
8 Marine Fishes
9 Marine Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals
Part Three Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems
10 An Introduction to Marine Ecology
11 Between the Tides
12 Estuaries: Where Rivers Meet the Sea
13 Life on the Continental Shelf
14 Coral Reefs
15 Life Near the Surface
16 The Ocean Depths
Part Four Humans and the Sea
17 Resources from the Sea
18 The Impact of Humans on the Marine Environment
19 The Oceans and Human Affairs