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Title: Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach (5th Edition) by James W. Nybakken ISBN: 0-321-03076-1 Publisher: Benjamin Cummings Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $97.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great text
Comment: Most marine biology texts on the market are designed to support lower division courses for non-majors. Nybakken's text, however, is designed with the upper division biology major as its primary audience. This book is, in my opinion, the best book on the market to support an undergraduate course in marine biology for majors.
Nybakken takes a community ecology approach to his discussions of the marine environment. There are chapters that address communities of the plankton, nekton, deep sea, nearshore subtidal regions, intertidal habitats, estuaries and marshes, the tropics and the poles, and so forth.
The photographs and illustrations are good, the text is well written, and examples are widely known. It may be true that Nybakken tends to pull more heavily on examples from the West Coast of the USA, but there are also ample numbers of examples from other areas of the world that support the text.
Each chapter is supported by a list of references from the professional (primary) scientific literature -- something a serious biology student would appreciate and use.
This is an easy book to teach from and to learn from. The information is excellent, the examples are clear, and the supporting graphics are good.
It is also notable that Nybakken not only discusses the biology of marine organisms, but he addresses the stewardship we have to conserve the planet's vital assemblage of marine resouces and biodiversity.
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Title: Marine Biology : Function, Biodiversity, Ecology by Jeffrey S. Levinton ISBN: 0195141725 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $84.95 |
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Title: The Enchanted Islands: The Galapagos Discovered by John Hickman ISBN: 0880720611 Publisher: Hollowbrook Pub Pub. Date: 01 May, 1985 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: Flowering Plants of the Galapagos by Conley K. McMullen ISBN: 0801486211 Publisher: Cornell University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Ocean's End: Travels through Endangered Seas by Colin Woodard ISBN: 0465015719 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 19 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Elements of Ecology (5th Edition) by Robert L. Smith, Thomas M. Smith ISBN: 0321068785 Publisher: Benjamin Cummings Pub. Date: 29 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $101.00 |
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