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 218
... migrate to sea at all . The Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) breeds on both sides of the north At- lantic . It migrates across the ocean before returning to rivers from New En- gland to Portugal . Atlantic salmon may survive after ...
... migrate to sea at all . The Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) breeds on both sides of the north At- lantic . It migrates across the ocean before returning to rivers from New En- gland to Portugal . Atlantic salmon may survive after ...
Page 254
... migrate at all , though they may move about in search of food . The migrations of the great whales are by far the most remarkable . Many baleen whales congregate to feed during the summer in the produc- tive waters of the polar regions ...
... migrate at all , though they may move about in search of food . The migrations of the great whales are by far the most remarkable . Many baleen whales congregate to feed during the summer in the produc- tive waters of the polar regions ...
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... migrate north are the newly pregnant females that did not give birth . They will return 12 months later to give birth . Mothers with calves leave last . On the way north the whales tend to stay farther from the coast and move slower ...
... migrate north are the newly pregnant females that did not give birth . They will return 12 months later to give birth . Mothers with calves leave last . On the way north the whales tend to stay farther from the coast and move slower ...
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The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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