Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota

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Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota

Volume I, Biodiversity

Marine biology Biodiversity Sea life and the seashore: general interest

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Collection: Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Series, Sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Language: English

Published by: Texas A&M University Press

Published on: 26th June 2009

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 261 Mb

ISBN: 9781603442695


Book Description

This landmark scientific reference for scientists, researchers, and students of marine biology tackles the monumental task of taking a complete biodiversity inventory of the Gulf of Mexico with full biotic and biogeographic information. Presenting a comprehensive summary of knowledge of Gulf biota through 2004, the book includes seventy-seven chapters, which list more than fifteen thousand species in thirty-eight phyla or divisions and were written by 138 authors from seventy-one institutions in fourteen countries.

Volume Details

This first volume of Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, a multivolumed set edited by John W. Tunnell Jr., Darryl L. Felder, and Sylvia A. Earle, provides information on each species' habitat, biology, and geographic range, along with full references and a narrative introduction to the group, which opens each chapter.

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