Books in the CRC Marine Biology Series series

Covers phytoplankton and primary production, the sea ice microbial communities, and the secondary consumers, the zooplankton. This book describes the biology and ecology of Antarctic krill that highlights its central position in the Southern Ocean food web.

Providing an overview of techniques for fish farmers and researchers, this guide addresses ways to improve depleted stocks of endangered fish and other species. It focuses on sperm and egg quality characteristics before presenting information on the materials and facilities required for gamete preparation and freeze-thawing procedures.

Offers a summary of information about marine birds. This work analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation. It covers four orders of marine birds and includes two chapters that address the biology of shorebirds and wading birds and their lives in the marine environment.

Emphasizes aspects of biology that relate to sea turtle management and to changes in marine and coastal ecosystems. This book contains topics including the interactions of humans and sea turtles. It also presents an introduction to sea turtle anatomy, sensory and reproductive biology, sea turtle habitat use and ecology, and stress and health.

Examines how elasmobranch fishes - the sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras - successfully survive in a wide range of habitats. This title explores the physiological adaptations that make these animals particularly well suited for the range of habitats where they are found, in both oceanic and freshwater realms.

Based upon papers presented at the 9th Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats (CARAH), this reference offers a timely compilation of information to increase management options for fishery and natural resource managers. Highlighting the role of artificial reefs in fisheries management, the book discusses theoretical concepts as well as practical, worldwide applications of the use of artificial reefs in fisheries management. It also provides guidance for implementing more effective fisheries management programs in the future to stem the tide of declines in fishery stocks.

The spotted seatrout is an important species not only for recreational and commercial fisheries, but also as an integral part of many estuarine ecosystems. This book presents a summary of the basic biology of this important species.

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. Volume III presents timely coverage of emerging areas as well as the integration of approaches and information that did not exist even a decade ago. The book assembles the foremost experts in each topic to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive book on sea turtles available today. New areas covered include in vivo imaging of structure, spatial distributions of marine turtles at sea, epibiosis, imprinting, parasitology, and climatic effects.

Marine Mammal Physiology: Requisites for Ocean Living explores the essential aspects of what makes a marine mammal different from terrestrial mammals, beyond just their environment. Unlike many publications and books that cover these species from almost all perspectives, this textbook takes a step back to focus on the physiological and biochemical characteristics that have allowed these mammals as a group to effectively exploit the marine environment that is so hostile to humans.

Written by the world's leading experts in whale shark biology, ecology, and conservation, this book is the first definitive volume about the world's biggest fish.

Written by the world¿s leading experts in whale shark biology, ecology, and conservation, this book is the first definitive volume about the world's biggest fish.

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives is an award winning exploration of the fundamental elements of the taxonomy, systematics, physiology, and ecology of sharks, skates, rays, and chimera. This edition presents current research as well as traditional models, with two new editors and 90 contributors from around the world.

This book provides an avenue of synergy between scientists interested in hagfish physiology, molecular and evolutionary biology, morphology, and protection. It compiles scientific information on hagfishes that builds on previous knowledge while encouraging further expansion of scientific interest and learning about this fascinating yet understud