The diversity of marine life is being affected dramatically by fishery operations, chemical
pollution and eutrophication, alteration of physical habitat, exotic species invasion, and …

Despite universal recognition of coral reefs as the'ocean's rainforest,'the focus of
conservation is largely restricted to cnidarians, fish, larger sponges, and macroalgae. These …

Marine biodiversity of the United States (US) is extensively documented, but data assembled
by the United States National Committee for the Census of Marine Life demonstrate that …

The first edition of The Living Ocean, published in 1991 by Island Press in association with
Friends of the Earth, was widely praised by scientists, policymakers, instructors, and general …

Marine and coastal biological diversity (biodiversity) encompasses the enormous variety of
marine and coastal species and their genetic variety, the global ocean's cornucopia of living …

The diversity of life in the sea is critical to the health of ocean ecosystems that support living
resources and therefore essential to the economic, nutritional, recreational, and health …

" With its clear and conversational writing style, comprehensive coverage, and sophisticated
presentation," Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology", Sixth Edition, is regarded by …

This textbook examines selected groups of marine organisms within a framework of basic
biological principles and processes. With attention to taxonomic, evolutionary, ecological …

Although the need to maintain biological diversity has received increasing attention from
scientists and politicians in the last decade, little effort has been devoted to conserving the …

G. Carleton Ray and J. Frederick Grassle arine systems are extraordinarily diverse in all as-
pects, from genetic to tax-onomic to ecological. As diversity is becoming widely recognized …