| Description |
xix, 361 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm |
| 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." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Census of Marine Life (Program)
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Marine animals.
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Marine ecology.
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Biodiversity.
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Oceanography.
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| Genre/Form |
Zoological surveys.
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| Author |
McIntyre, A. D.
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Census of Marine Life (Program)
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| LC no. |
2010005814 |
| ISBN |
9781405192972 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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1405192976 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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