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

Format:

• Book

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

Online:

The Class of 1924 Book Fund Home Page