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 largest living invertebrate . The giant squid is a deep - water species known ... squid . Other deep- water cephalopods are il- lustrated in Figures 15-7 , 15-8 , and 15-19 . ( C ) Mat- ing squids ...
Peter Castro, Michael E. Huber. the largest living invertebrate . The giant squid is a deep - water species known ... squid . Other deep- water cephalopods are il- lustrated in Figures 15-7 , 15-8 , and 15-19 . ( C ) Mat- ing squids ...
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... squid every day , gaining weight at the rate of 1 kg ( 2.2 pounds ) an hour ! The roughly 80 remaining species of cetaceans are toothed whales that lack baleen . Their teeth are adapted for a diet of fish , squid , and other prey . They ...
... squid every day , gaining weight at the rate of 1 kg ( 2.2 pounds ) an hour ! The roughly 80 remaining species of cetaceans are toothed whales that lack baleen . Their teeth are adapted for a diet of fish , squid , and other prey . They ...
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... Squid taken from the stomach of captured and stranded whales often show no tooth marks or scars of any kind . In fact , live squid have been known to swim out of the stomachs of freshly caught whales ! It seems that sperm whales have a ...
... Squid taken from the stomach of captured and stranded whales often show no tooth marks or scars of any kind . In fact , live squid have been known to swim out of the stomachs of freshly caught whales ! It seems that sperm whales have a ...
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The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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