| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Life in the World's Oceans; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Contributors; The Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of Marine Life; PART I: Oceans Past; Chapter 1: Marine Animal Populations: A New Look Back in Time; PART II: Oceans Present-Geographic Realms; Chapter 2: Surveying Nearshore Biodiversity; Chapter 3: Biodiversity Knowledge and its Application in the Gulf of Maine Area; Chapter 4: Coral Reef Biodiversity; Chapter 5: New Perceptions of Continental Margin Biodiversity; Chapter 6: Biodiversity Patterns and Processes on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
| Summary |
Life in the World's Oceans: Diversity, Abundance and Distribution is a true landmark publication. Comprising the synthesis and analysis of the results of the Census of Marine Life this most important book brings together the work of around 2000 scientists from 80 nations around the globe. The book is broadly divided into four sections, covering oceans past, oceans present, oceans future and a final section covering the utilisation of the data which has been gathered, and the coordination and communication of the results. Edited by Professor Alasdair Mcintyre, Marine Life is a book which should |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Census of Marine Life (Program)
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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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Zoological surveys.
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Oceanography.
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oceanography.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Marine Life.
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Biodiversity
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Marine animals
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Marine ecology
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Oceanography
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Zoological surveys
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| Genre/Form |
Zoological surveys
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Zoological surveys.
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Inventaires fauniques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McIntyre, A. D., editor
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| ISBN |
9781444325515 |
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1444325515 |
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9781444396201 |
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144439620X |
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1444325507 |
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9781444325508 |
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9781405192972 |
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1405192976 |
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9786612783692 |
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6612783699 |
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1282783696 |
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9781282783690 |
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1444348094 |
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9781444348095 |
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