CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Michael A. Castellini, Jo-Ann Mellish

Suppose you were designing a marine mammal. What would you need to think about to allow it to live in the ocean? How would you keep it warm? What would you design to allow it to dive for very long periods to extreme depths? Where would it find water to drink? How would you minimize the cost of…

Hardback – 2015-12-11
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Susan L. Edwards, Gregory G. Goss

With over 70 species still populating the world’s oceans after approximately 500 million years, hagfishes are essential benthic organisms that play a vital role in understanding the evolutionary origins of vertebrate life and the maintenance of the oceanic ecosystem. Hagfish Biology is a long…

Hardback – 2015-09-14
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by J. Brian Alford, Mark S. Peterson, Christopher C. Green

At an increasingly global scale, aquatic scientists are heavily entrenched in understanding the fate of marine ecosystems in the face of human-altered environments. Oil spill disasters, especially large-scale ones like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy, have left uncertain and indelible marks on…

Hardback – 2014-10-29
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Stephen A. Bortone, Ph.D.

Interrelationships Between Corals and Fisheries is derived from a workshop held by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council in Tampa, Florida in May 2013, where world authorities came together to discuss the current problems in managing tropical fisheries and offered suggestions for future…

Hardback – 2014-07-17
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by David H. Evans, James B. Claiborne, Suzanne Currie

Following the success of the bestselling third edition, this newly updated and completely revised fourth edition of The Physiology of Fishes provides comprehensive coverage of the most important aspects of the form and function of fishes. It covers the most recent advances as well as fundamental…

Hardback – 2013-11-25
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Kenneth J. Lohmann, John A. Musick

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles was published in 1997, the field has grown and matured in ways few of the authors would have predicted—particularly in the areas of physiology, behavior, genetics, and health. Volume III presents timely coverage of emerging areas as well as the…

Hardback – 2013-03-25
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, Michael R. Heithaus

Virtually every area of research associated with sharks and their relatives has been strongly impacted by the revolutionary growth in technology. The questions we can now ask are very different than those reported even two decades ago. Modern immunological and genetic techniques, satellite…

Hardback – 2012-04-09
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Stephen A. Bortone, Frederico Pereira Brandini, Gianna Fabi, Shinya Otake

While artificial reefs may have much to offer, they remain an anecdote in the greater scheme of fisheries management, primarily due to the lack of data specific to validating their use. Based on papers presented at the 9th Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats (CARAH) and also…

Hardback – 2011-05-09
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, Michael R. Heithaus

Since the award-winning first volume, The Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, published in 2004, the field has witnessed tremendous developments in research, rapid advances in technology, and the emergence of new investigators beginning to explore issues of biodiversity, distribution, physiology…

Hardback – 2010-03-09
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Elsa Cabrita, Vanesa Robles, Paz Herraez

The large amount of information on fish reproduction available is not always readily accessible to all interested parties. Written to appeal to aquaculturalists, conservation managers, and scientific researchers, Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture provides an overview of available techniques and…

Hardback – 2008-08-22
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Jerald S. Ault

The core of a multibillion dollar sport fishing industry, tarpon and bonefish, two of the earth’s oldest creatures, are experiencing obvious and precipitous population decline. Experienced anglers in the Florida Keys suggest a drop of approximately 90-95 percent for the bonefish population over the…

Hardback – 2007-10-01
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Sara Ostlund-Nilsson, Ian Mayer, Felicity Anne Huntingford

Highlighting the growing importance of the sticklebacks as a model species in emerging fields such as molecular genetics, genomics, and environmental toxicology, Biology of the Three-Spined Stickleback examines data from researchers who use studies of the stickleback to address a wide range of…

Hardback – 2006-12-15
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CRC Marine Biology Series

By George A. Knox

First published in 1993, The Biology of the Southern Ocean has been referred to as international research at its best and an invaluable reference. Drawing on the considerable volume of information published in the last ten years, this second edition retains the format that made the first edition a…

Hardback – 2006-12-13
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Peter L. Lutz, John A. Musick, Jeanette Wyneken

The success of the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles revealed a need for broad but comprehensive reviews of major recent advances in sea turtle biology. Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume II emphasizes practical aspects of biology that relate to sea turtle management and to changes in marine…

Hardback – 2002-12-17
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by Stephen A. Bortone

The spotted seatrout is an important species not only for recreational and commercial fisheries, but also as an integral part of many estuarine ecosystems. As one of the few fishes that live its entire life within an estuarine system, the species has tremendous potential as a monitor or sentinel…

Hardback – 2002-07-30
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CRC Marine Biology Series

Edited by E. A. Schreiber, Joanna Burger

Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It both summarizes and analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation. The book covers four orders of marine birds:…

Hardback – 2001-08-16
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CRC Marine Biology Series