Marine Insects
Marine Insects

Author: Lanna Cheng

Publisher: North-Holland

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 606

ISBN-13:

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This is the first exhaustive review of literature on marine insects, which are defined in this volume as those that spend at least part of their life in association with the marine environment. Not only are true insects, such as the Collembola and insect parasites of marine birds and mammals, considered, but also other kinds of intertidal air-breathing arthropods, notably spiders, scorpions, mites, centipedes and millipedes, which live and feed with, or even on, the insects of marine habitats. The chapters, written by leading authorities, are divided into two sections, the first treating primarily ecological aspects, the second dealing with major groups of insects in marine environments.

Ecology of the Southern California Bight
Ecology of the Southern California Bight

Author: Murray D. Dailey

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 952

ISBN-13: 9780520075788

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Here is a benchmark study of one significant stretch of the Pacific Ocean, the Southern California Bight. Extending from Point Conception to the Mexican border and out to the 200-mile limit, these waters have never before been investigated in such detail, from so many points of view, by such an eminent group of scientists. The twenty-five expert contributors summarize everything known about the physical, chemical, geological, and biological characteristics of the area in individual chapters; the volume concludes with a synthesis of the information presented. In addition, chapters are devoted to the influence of humans on the marine environment and to the various laws and governmental agencies concerned with protecting it. Because Southern California is so heavily populated and because the ocean is a major recreational area for its people, the information in this unique volume will be invaluable for the region's planners and decisionmakers as well as for all those who study the globe's marine resources and ecology.

Marine and Coastal Systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick
Marine and Coastal Systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick

Author: Martin Lewis Hall Thomas

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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The book describes the main marine and coastal biological systems of Passamaquoddy Bay and adjacent waters and the oceanographic and meteorological characteristics of the area. Subject areas begin with meteorolgy and oceanography. The second group covers the intertidal systems with chapters on rocky intertidal shores, rock pools, coarse sedimentary shores and salt marshes. The third general section covers hard and sedimentary sublittoral habitats. Following chapters discuss pelagic systems under the headings fishes, phytoplankton, larger zooplankton, and microzooplankton. Three chapters deal with the birds, amphibians and reptiles, and marine mammals. Finally coastal vegetation is described.

The Generals
The Generals

Author: Nancy S. Anderson

Publisher: Wings

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9780517118856

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Dual biography of the two greatest generals of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.