Marine biology : A functional approach to the oceans and their organisms /
Edited by Jerónimo Pan, & Paula D. Pratolongo.
- First edition.
- BOCA RATON: CRC Press, 2022.
- x, 382 p
- Marine science .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the Marine Environment from a Geological Perspective / Pratolongo, P.D., Pan, J. and Cuadrado, D.G. -- Introduction to the Marine Environment from a Physical and Chemical Perspective / Paula Pratolongo and Jerónimo Pan -- Marine Phytoplankton Diversity and Ecology / Jerónimo Pan -- Planktonic Metabolism and Primary Production in the Oceans / Regaudie-de-Gioux, Aurore and Ciotti, Aurea M. -- Microzooplankton: Functionally Diverse Protists in the Pelagic Realm / López-Abbate M.C. -- Zooplankton: The Ocean Drifters / Danilo Luis Calliari Cuadro, Anabela Anahí Berasategui and María Clara Menéndez -- Gelatinous Zooplankton / Miodeli Nogueira Júnior, Everton Giachini Tosetto, Letícia Cazarin Baldoni, Sofia Dutto, Mitsuko Hidaka, Dhugal J. Lindsay and Renato Mitsuo Nagata -- Soft-bottom Marine Benthos / Jerónimo Pan and Paula D. Pratolongo -- Salt Marshes and Mangroves: Tidal Saline Wetlands Dominated by Vascular Plants / Paula Pratolongo -- Marine Hard Substrate Communities / Jorge L. Gutiérrez, Sally D. Hacker, Martin A. Coombes, Christian Wild, Guilherme H. Pereira-Filho and Gabriela Palomo M. -- Fish Ecology / Hannes Baumann -- Marine Megafauna: Sea Turtles, Seabirds and Marine Mammals / Mariano Jelicich R., Berón P., Copello S., Dellabianca N.A., García G., Labrada-Martagón V., Paso Viola M.N., Paz J.A., Riccialdelli L., San Martin A., Seco Pon J.P., Torres M.A. and Favero M. -- Thermal Plasticity in Marine Organisms / Santiago Salinas and Nishad Jayasundara -- Climate Variability and Change, Their Impact on Marine Life and Ecosystems / Jerónimo Pan and Reinaldo A. Maenza.
"Marine Biology: a functional approach to the oceans and their organisms is a comprehensive book describing the different functional groups of living organisms in marine ecosystems. This book is aimed at graduate students from a range of interdisciplinary courses and degree programs focusing on marine sciences. Early-career researchers and professionals in the field of marine biology and oceanography will also benefit from this updated reference book, which covers different ecological processes central to understanding the functions of biota on coastal and oceanic systems"--