Marine Ecology
Processes, Systems, and Impacts
ISBN13: 9780199249756ISBN10: 019924975X
Paperback,
580 pages
Jan 2006,
In Stock
Price:
$57.95 (04)Description
This book offers a carefully balanced, stimulating survey of marine ecology that introduces the key processes and systems that form the marine environment and examines the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation. Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts is ideal for undergraduate courses in marine biology or marine ecology. A companion website: http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199249756/ offers downloadable images from the text and a library of weblinks for students. An Instructor's Manual is available to adopters.·Employs many examples from around the world to put concepts and issues in a real-world context
·Presents detailed case studies throughout the text
Features
- Written by a team of authors whose diverse research interests bring authoritative coverage to the subject
- Draws on examples from around the world
- In-text learning features and illustrated examples make the book easy to understand
- A modern perspective places emphasis on those factors impacting upon the marine environment which are of particular global importance and concern so that students become familiar with those issues which most concern marine ecologists today
Reviews
"...Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts is a refreshing textbook that could also serve well as a general reference and learning resource for educators, naturalists, and even politicians."--The Quarterly Review of Biology
About the Author(s)
Michel J. Kaiser, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor , Martin J. Attrill, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth , Simon Jennings, Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Lowestoft Laboratory , David N. Thomas, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor , David K. A. Barnes, Andrew S. Brierly, Nicholas V. Polunin, David G. Raffaelli, and Peter J. le B. Williams
