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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Peter Castro, Michael E. Huber. The Continental Shelf . The shallowest part of the continental margin is the continental shelf . Though they make up only about 8 % of the ocean's surface area , continental shelves are the biologically ...
Peter Castro, Michael E. Huber. The Continental Shelf . The shallowest part of the continental margin is the continental shelf . Though they make up only about 8 % of the ocean's surface area , continental shelves are the biologically ...
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Peter Castro, Michael E. Huber. Life on on the Continental Shelf 12 E or ages the submerged edge of the continents , the continental shelf , was considered the beginning of the unknown blue sea . But when the shelf came under scrutiny ...
Peter Castro, Michael E. Huber. Life on on the Continental Shelf 12 E or ages the submerged edge of the continents , the continental shelf , was considered the beginning of the unknown blue sea . But when the shelf came under scrutiny ...
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... shelf's fundamental characteristics : its relatively shallow water and its proximity to land . Because the bottom is shallow , temperature varies more from place to place in the subtidal zone than on the deeper bottom beyond the shelf ...
... shelf's fundamental characteristics : its relatively shallow water and its proximity to land . Because the bottom is shallow , temperature varies more from place to place in the subtidal zone than on the deeper bottom beyond the shelf ...
Contents
The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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