Life in the world's oceans : diversity, distribution, and abundance / edited by Alasdair D. McIntyre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Census of Marine Life (Program)

Class of 1924 Book Fund. PU

Contributor:

Census of Marine Life (Program)

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

McIntyre, A. D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine animals.

Marine ecology.

Biodiversity.

Census of Marine Life (Program).

Zoological surveys.

Oceanography.

Physical Description:

xix, 361 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2010.

Contents:

Part I: Oceans past

Marine animal populations: a new look back in time

Part II: Oceans present - geographic realms

Surveying nearshore biodiversity

Biodiversity knowledge and its application in the Gulf of Maine area

Coral reef biodiversity

New perceptions of continental margin biodiversity

Biodiversite patterns and processes on the Mid-Atlantic range

Life on seamounts

Diversity of abyssal marine life

Biogeography, ecology, and vulnerability of chemosynthetic ecosystems in the deep sea

Marine life in the Arctic

Marine life in the Antarctic

Part III: Oceans present - global distributions

A global census of marine microbes

A census of zooplankton of the global ocean

Part IV: Oceans present - animal movements

Tracking fish movements and survival on the Northwest Pacific shelf

A view of the ocean from Pacific predators

Part V: Oceans future

The future of marina animal populations

Part VI: Using the data

Data integration: the ocean biogeographic information system.

Notes:

"Census of Marine Life."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781405192972

1405192976

OCLC:

551196135

Publisher Number:

99940287183