Life in the Open Ocean
The Biology of Pelagic Species
$162.39
- Hardcover
1008 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2022
Summary
Life in the Open Ocean
Life in the Open Ocean: The Biology of Pelagic Species provides in-depth coverage of the different marine animal groups that form the communities inhabiting the ocean’s pelagic realm. This comprehensive resource explores the physical environment, foraging strategies, energetics, locomotion, sensory mechanisms, global and vertical distributions, special adaptations, and other characteristics of a wide array of marine taxa.
Bringing together the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405145299 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405145293 |
| Author: | Joseph J. Torres, Thomas G. Bailey |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1008 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.61kg |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 175mm x 246mm |

Joseph J. Torres
Joseph J. Torres is Emeritus Professor of Marine Science, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL, USA. He is an internationally-renowned marine biologist with research interests in the physiological ecology of the deep- and open-oceanic realms.
Thomas G. Bailey is retired director of NOAA’s Caribbean Marine Research Center following a long career in deep-ocean science at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution as head of the Department of Zooplankton Ecology. He is a highly respected in-situ marine scientist known for innovative techniques in capturing and experimenting with delicate sea creatures at great depth.
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