Marine BiologyThe new, sixth edition of Marine Biology covers the basics of marine biology and takes a global, non-regional perspective, emphasizing that the world's oceans and seas are an integrated system that cannot be understood by looking in any one person's own backyard. For many students this is a new perspective. This introductory, one-semester text is designed for non-majors. |
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Page 408
... zooplankton are the main grazers of phytoplankton in the epipelagic . Very few zooplankton are strict vegetarians . The ones that do eat phy- toplankton also eat other zooplankton occasionally . Most zooplankton spe- cies are primarily ...
... zooplankton are the main grazers of phytoplankton in the epipelagic . Very few zooplankton are strict vegetarians . The ones that do eat phy- toplankton also eat other zooplankton occasionally . Most zooplankton spe- cies are primarily ...
Page 412
... zooplankton that eat nanoplankton . Discarded larvacean houses can be an important source of detritus in the epipelagic . Arrow worms , or chaetognaths , are extremely important predators in the zooplankton . They feed mostly on ...
... zooplankton that eat nanoplankton . Discarded larvacean houses can be an important source of detritus in the epipelagic . Arrow worms , or chaetognaths , are extremely important predators in the zooplankton . They feed mostly on ...
Page 427
... zooplankton are relatively safe from the many predators that use vision . At night , the zooplankton swim up into the surface layers to feed on phytoplankton and other zooplankton . Vertically migrating zooplankton stay below the photic ...
... zooplankton are relatively safe from the many predators that use vision . At night , the zooplankton swim up into the surface layers to feed on phytoplankton and other zooplankton . Vertically migrating zooplankton stay below the photic ...
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The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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