The marine world : a natural history of ocean life

Dipper, Frances 1951- (Author). Dando, Marc, (illustrator.).

Summary: "For everyone with an interest in the ocean, such as marine biologists, students, naturalists, and divers. Encompasses organisms that live in, on, and around the ocean. Includes color illustrations, line drawings, and over 1,500 color photographs, and information on identification, distribution, structure, biology, ecology, classification, and conservation"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781501709890
ISBN: 1501709895
Physical Description: print
544 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: Ithaca, New York : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2016 by Wild Nature Press"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part I: The Physical Ocean -- Ocean Research -- The Marine Environment -- Part II: The Living Ocean -- Environments and Ecosystems -- Part III: Marine Life -- Ocean Life -- Bacteria and Archaea -- Marine Plants and Chromists -- Marine Fungi -- Protozoa -- Microanimals -- Sponges -- Cnidarians -- Annelid Worms -- Other Worms -- Molluscs -- Brachiopods -- Arthropods -- Bryozoans -- Echinoderms -- Hemichordates -- Chordates -- Marine Fishes -- Marine Reptiles -- Marine Mammals -- Marine Birds -- Interrelationships -- Marine Protected Areas.