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 117
... plants is based mostly on things like trees , ferns , and mushrooms . The oceans are populated by a fascinating group of plants and plantlike organisms that are very different from the plants that surround us . The world of marine plants ...
... plants is based mostly on things like trees , ferns , and mushrooms . The oceans are populated by a fascinating group of plants and plantlike organisms that are very different from the plants that surround us . The world of marine plants ...
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... PLANTS The 250,000 species of flowering plants or angiosperms ( division Antho- phyta ) are the dominant plants on land . They have true ... plants adapted to live CHAPTER 5 MARINE PLANTS AND OTHER PLANTLIKE ORGANISMS 137 Flowering plants.
... PLANTS The 250,000 species of flowering plants or angiosperms ( division Antho- phyta ) are the dominant plants on land . They have true ... plants adapted to live CHAPTER 5 MARINE PLANTS AND OTHER PLANTLIKE ORGANISMS 137 Flowering plants.
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... plants and thus is more stable . The salt - marsh community is dominated by a few hardy grasses and other salt - tolerant land plants . These plants thrive in the marsh , though the environment is too harsh for most other land plants ...
... plants and thus is more stable . The salt - marsh community is dominated by a few hardy grasses and other salt - tolerant land plants . These plants thrive in the marsh , though the environment is too harsh for most other land plants ...
Contents
The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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