St. Croix Educational Complex

Marine Science Textbook

Title: An Introduction to the Biology of Marine Life

Author:

James L. Sumich, Grossmont College

ISBN:

0-697-34541-6

Description:

© 1999 / Hardcover / 496 pages

 

 
Textbook Chapters
Introductory Concepts
1

The Ocean as a Habitat

 
2
Some Ecological and Biological Concepts
Marine Primary Producers
3
Phytoplankton
 
4
Marine Plants
 
5
Primary Production in the Sea
Diversity of Marine Animals
6
Protozoans and Invertebrates
 
7
Marine Vertebrates
Benthic Communities
8
The Intertidal Zone
 
9
Estuaries
 
10
Coral Reefs
 
11
Below the Tides
The Pelagic Realm
12

The Zooplankton

 
13
Nekton - Distribution, Locomotion, and Feeding
 
14
Nekton - Migration, Sensory Reception, and Reproduction
Human Intervention in the Sea
15

Food from the Sea

 
16

Ocean Pollution