Title:
The marine world : a natural history of ocean life / Frances Dipper ; illustrated by Marc Dando.
Author:
Dipper, Frances, 1951- author.
Dando, Marc, illustrator.
Publication Information:
Ithaca, New York : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Call Number:
QH541.5.S3 D57 2017
Abstract:
"For everyone with an interest in the ocean, such as marine biologists, students, naturalists, and divers. Encompasses organisms that live in, on, and around the ocean. Includes color illustrations, line drawings, and over 1,500 color photographs, and information on identification, distribution, structure, biology, ecology, classification, and conservation"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781501709890
Physical Description:
544 pages : illustrations (chielfy color), color maps ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Wild Nature Press"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Part I: The Physical Ocean -- Ocean Research -- The Marine Environment -- Part II: The Living Ocean -- Environments and Ecosystems -- Part III: Marine Life -- Ocean Life -- Bacteria and Archaea -- Marine Plants and Chromists -- Marine Fungi -- Protozoa -- Microanimals -- Sponges -- Cnidarians -- Annelid Worms -- Other Worms -- Molluscs -- Brachiopods -- Arthropods -- Bryozoans -- Echinoderms -- Hemichordates -- Chordates -- Marine Fishes -- Marine Reptiles -- Marine Mammals -- Marine Birds -- Interrelationships -- Marine Protected Areas.
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