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 133
... produce a variety of asexual , single - celled stages . These stages , named spores , are cells specialized in ... produce identical diploid cells by the process of mitosis . Seaweeds may also produce haploid cells by meiosis . The ...
... produce a variety of asexual , single - celled stages . These stages , named spores , are cells specialized in ... produce identical diploid cells by the process of mitosis . Seaweeds may also produce haploid cells by meiosis . The ...
Page 462
... produces bioluminescence to match the background light intensity . Shrimp having both eyes covered with blinders ( lower line ) did not produce any light , no matter how much outside light there was . Those with clear blinders ( upper ...
... produces bioluminescence to match the background light intensity . Shrimp having both eyes covered with blinders ( lower line ) did not produce any light , no matter how much outside light there was . Those with clear blinders ( upper ...
Page 463
... produce light . Photophores , as we have seen , are common . In some species the light is produced by the ani- mals own specialized tissue . In other species , symbiotic bacteria live inside the light organ and produce the light . In ...
... produce light . Photophores , as we have seen , are common . In some species the light is produced by the ani- mals own specialized tissue . In other species , symbiotic bacteria live inside the light organ and produce the light . In ...
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The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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