Full title: An introduction to marine ecology / R.S.K. Barnes, R.N. Hughes ; with contributions from John Field, Dan Baird & Michel Kaiser.

Author/creator: Hughes, R. N, Barnes, R. S. K. (Richard Stephen Kent).

Date: 1999..

Call Numbers: G 2013/8110

Record Identifier: 74VvWv4QmXrO

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: vii, 286 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm., 1. The nature and global distribution of marine organisms, habitats and productivity -- 2. The planktonic system of surface waters -- 3. The benthos of continental shelf and littoral sediments -- 4. Salt-marshes, mangrove-swamps and sea-grass meadows -- 5. Rocky shores and kelp forests -- 6. Coral reefs -- 7. Pelagic and benthic systems of the deep sea -- 8. Fish and other nekton -- 9. Ecology of life histories -- 10. Speciation and biogeography -- 11. The marine ecosystem as a functional whole -- 12. Human interference and conservation.

Publishers: Oxford [England] ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 1999.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-269) and index. State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N577.7/3.

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DDC: 577.7

MMS ID: 991011907019702626