Advances in Marine Biology
1st Edition
Published on 28. September 2011
272 pages
978-0-12-385530-5 (ISBN)
Description
Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 -- over 45 years of outstanding coverage! The series is well-known for both its excellence of reviews and editing. Now edited by Michael Lesser, with an internationally renowned Editorial Board, the serial publishes in-depth and up-to-date content on a wide range of topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, and biological oceanography.
- Advances in Marine Biology has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963 -- over 45 years of outstanding coverage!
- The series is well-known for both its excellence of reviews and editing
- Now edited by Michael Lesser, with an internationally renowned Editorial Board, the serial publishes in-depth and up-to-date content on a wide range of topics that will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, and biological oceanography
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Content
Part 1. Learning to Read the Oceans1. Introduction2. Marine Cyanobacterial Genomics3. Eukaryotic Genomics4. Conclusions AcknowledgementsPart 2. Biology of Deep-Water Octocorals1. Introduction2. Classification3. Phylogenetic Relationships4. Biogeography5. Distribution of the Three Major Deep-Sea Families6. Symbionts7. Predators8. Food9. Reproduction10. Growth and Age11. Dispersal12. Threats and Conservation Issues AcknowledgementsPart 3. Tipping Points, Thresholds and the Keystone Role of Physiology in Marine Climate Change Research1. Introduction2. Weather, Climate and Climate Change from the Viewpoint of a Non-Human Organism3. Physiological Response Curves4. Indirect Effects of Climate Change: Species Interactions and Tipping Points5. Putting the Pieces Together: Where Do We Go from Here? AcknowledgementsPart 4. Social Aggregation in the Pelagic Zone with Special Reference to Fish and Invertebrates1. Introduction2. Aggregation Principles and Features in Pelagic Ecosystems3. Technology Breakthroughs in Experimental and Observational Methods4. Theoretical Developments in Social Aggregation5. Social Aggregation, Climate Change and Ocean Management6. Conclusion Acknowledgements
