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 122
... diatoms is due to yellow and brown carote- noid pigments present in addition to two types of chlorophyll , a and c ( see Table 5-1 ) . Diatoms are efficient photosynthetic factories , producing much needed food ( the food being the diatoms ...
... diatoms is due to yellow and brown carote- noid pigments present in addition to two types of chlorophyll , a and c ( see Table 5-1 ) . Diatoms are efficient photosynthetic factories , producing much needed food ( the food being the diatoms ...
Page 123
... diatoms is by cell division . Most , but not all , frustules get smaller with time . Resistant auxospores are pro- duced two ways : directly from the expansion of a smaller frustule or by sexual re- production when an egg is fertilized ...
... diatoms is by cell division . Most , but not all , frustules get smaller with time . Resistant auxospores are pro- duced two ways : directly from the expansion of a smaller frustule or by sexual re- production when an egg is fertilized ...
Page 405
... diatoms , they are important in both coastal and oceanic waters . They are found throughout the oceans but tend to prefer warm areas . In the tropics they may replace diatoms as the most abundant members of the phy- toplankton ...
... diatoms , they are important in both coastal and oceanic waters . They are found throughout the oceans but tend to prefer warm areas . In the tropics they may replace diatoms as the most abundant members of the phy- toplankton ...
Contents
The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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