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 164
... shells or brachiopods ( phylum Brachiopoda ) . Thousands of other species are known only as fossils . Lamp shells have a shell with two parts , or valves , like the unrelated clams . It is only when the hard shell is opened that the ...
... shells or brachiopods ( phylum Brachiopoda ) . Thousands of other species are known only as fossils . Lamp shells have a shell with two parts , or valves , like the unrelated clams . It is only when the hard shell is opened that the ...
Page 165
... shell . The body is covered by a mantle , a thin layer of tissue that produces the shell ( Figure 6-26 ) . The unsegmented body is bilaterally symmetric . There is a ventral , muscular foot , typically used in locomotion . Most molluscs ...
... shell . The body is covered by a mantle , a thin layer of tissue that produces the shell ( Figure 6-26 ) . The unsegmented body is bilaterally symmetric . There is a ventral , muscular foot , typically used in locomotion . Most molluscs ...
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... shell that aids in buoyancy . The shell is the " cuttlebone " sold as a source of calcium for cage birds . An unusual external shell characterizes the chambered nautilus ( Nau- tilus ; see Box 15-1 ) . The impressive shell is smooth ...
... shell that aids in buoyancy . The shell is the " cuttlebone " sold as a source of calcium for cage birds . An unusual external shell characterizes the chambered nautilus ( Nau- tilus ; see Box 15-1 ) . The impressive shell is smooth ...
Contents
The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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