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040			_aBUL _cBUL _dBUL _beng _erda
082	0	0	_a578.77 _223 _bCAS
100	1		_aCastro, Peter
245	1	0	_aMarine biology / _cPeter Castro, Michael E. Huber
250			_a5th edition
260			_aBoston : _bMcGraw-Hill, _cc2005.
300			_axii, 452 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c29 cm.
500			_aContents; Part One Principles of Marine Science 1 1 The Science of Marine Biology 3 The Science of Marine Biology 3 The Scientific Method 12 Boxed Readings Eyes (and Ears) in the Ocean 11 John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts 16 Interactive Exploration19 2 The Sea Floor 21 The Water Planet 21 The Origin and Structure of the Ocean Basins 24 The Geological Provinces of the Ocean 35 Boxed Reading Hot Spots and the Creation of the Hawaiian Islands 40 Interactive Exploration 41 3 Chemical and Physical Features of Seawater and the World Ocean 43 The Waters of the Ocean 43 Motion in the Ocean 52 Vertical Motion and the Three-Layered Ocean 63 Boxed Readings Tall Ships and Surface Currents 59 Waves That Kill 60 Interactive Exploration 65 Part Two Life in the Marine Environment 67 4 Some Basics of Biology 69 The Ingredients of Life 69 Living Machinery 74 Challenges of Life in the Sea 77 Perpetuating Life 81 The Diversity of Life in the Sea 84 Boxed Reading From Snack to Servant: How Complex Cells Arose 77 Interactive Exploration 90 5 The Microbial World 91 Prokaryotes 92 Unicellular Algae 96 Protozoans: The Animal-like Protists 100 Fungi 102 Boxed Readings Symbiotic Bacteria-The Essential Guests 94 Tiny Cells, Big Surprises 99 The Bay of Fire 100 Interactive Exploration 103 6 Multicellular Primary Producers: Seaweeds and Plants 105 Multicellular Algae: The Seaweeds 106 Flowering Plants 114 Boxed Reading Seaweeds for Gourmets 113 Interactive Exploration 116 7 Marine Animals without a Backbone 117 Sponges 118 Cnidarians: A Radially Symmetrical Body Plan 120 Comb Jellies: Radial Symmetry One More Time 123 Bilaterally Symmetrical Worms 124 Molluscs: The Successful Soft Body 130 Arthropods: The Armored Achievers 135 Lophophorates 139 Arrow Worms 141 Echinoderms: Five-Way Symmetry 142 Hemichordates: A "Missing Link"? 146 Chordates without a Backbone 146 Boxed Readings The Case of the Killer Cnidarians 123 How to Discover a New Phylum 129 Interactive Exploration 150 8 Marine Fishes 153 Vertebrates: An Introduction 154 Types of Fishes 154 Biology of Fishes 160 Boxed Readings Shark! 158 A Fish Called Latimeria 170 Interactive Exploration 177 9 Marine Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals 179 Marine Reptiles 181 Seabirds 183 Marine Mammals 187 Boxed Readings The Endangered Sea Turtles 182 The Whales That Walked to Sea 192 The Other "Big Bang Theory" 200 How Intelligent Are Cetaceans? 203 Interactive Exploration 210 Part Three Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems 213 10 An Introduction to Ecology 215 The Organization of Communities 215 The Flow of Energy and Materials 221 Ecological Zonation of the Marine Environment 229 Boxed Readings Cleaning Associations 224 Biodiversity: All Creatures Great and Small 232 Interactive Exploration 233 11 Between the Tides 235 Rocky Shore Communities 236 Soft-Bottom Intertidal Communities 252 Boxed Reading Transplantation, Removal, and Caging Experiments 246 Interactive Exploration 258 12 Estuaries: Where Rivers Meet the Sea 259 Origins and Types of Estuaries 259 Physical Characteristics of Estuaries 260 Estuaries as Ecosystems 262 Boxed Reading Fiddler on the Mud 269 Interactive Exploration 276 13 Life on the Continental Shelf 277 Physical Characteristics of the Subtidal Environment 277 The Continental Shelf as an Ecosystem 279 Boxed Readings Under the Antarctic Ice 279 Life in Mud and Sand 283 Interactive Exploration 295 14 Coral Reefs 297 The Organisms That Build Reefs 297 Kinds of Coral Reefs 305 The Ecology of Coral Reefs 311 Boxed Readings Coral Reproduction 299 "Must Have Been Something I Ate" 319 Interactive Exploration 321 15 Life Near the Surface 323 The Organisms of the Epipelagic 324 Living in the Epipelagic 333 Epipelagic Food Webs 341 Boxed Readings Red Tides and Harmful Algal Blooms 326 Swimming Machines 340 Interactive Exploration 355 16 The Ocean Depths 357 The Twilight World 359 The World of Perpetual Darkness 367 The Deep-Ocean Floor 371 Hot Springs, Cold Seeps, and Dead Bodies 377 Boxed Readings Biodiversity in the Deep Sea 372 The Chambered Nautilus 376 Interactive Exploration 379 Part Four Humans and the Sea 381 17 Resources from the Sea 383 The Living Resources of the Sea 383 Non-Living Resources from the Sea Floor 401 Non-Living Resources from Seawater 403 Boxed Readings Of Fish and Seabirds, Fishers and Chickens 393 Take Two Sponges and Call Me in the Morning 401 Interactive Exploration 405 18 The Impact of Humans on the Marine Environment 407 Modification and Destruction of Habitats 407 Pollution 409 Threatened and Endangered Species 419 Conserving and Enhancing the Environment 423 Boxed Readings Living in a Greenhouse: Our Warming Earth 410 Biological Invasions: The Uninvited Guests 420 Sand on the Run, or What to Do with Our Shrinking Beaches 424 Five Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Oceans 426 Interactive Exploration 427 19 The Oceans and Human Affairs 429 Oceans as Barriers and Avenues 429 Oceans and Cultures 430 Oceans and Recreation 434 Prospects for the Future 435 Boxed Reading Marine Archaeology 433 Interactive Exploration 437
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aMarine biology
700	1		_aHuber, Michael E.
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