Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology

by Jeffrey S. Levinton

With its clear and conversational writing style, comprehensive coverage, and sophisticated presentation, Marine Function, Biodiversity, Ecology , Fifth Edition, is regarded by many as the most authoritative marine biology text. Over the course of five editions, Jeffrey Levinton has
balanced his organismal and ecological focus by including the latest developments on molecular biology, global climate change, and ocean processes.

Genres: Biology, Science, Read For School

592 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 1995

Reviews

[Rachael Colwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very comprehensive. Overall they seem to alternate the chapters so the topics feel a bit varied, alternating the more technical chapters with more fauna/ecosystem heavy chapters - I feel like 85% of stuff was familiar honestly from just reading news articles and watching lots of documentaries over the years, and going to aquariums a lot, but learned more about the interplay of plankton, benthic substrata, etc and the many variables that come into play to create certain systems -

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

the classic uni text book from my degree. good for an introduction but many topics need further reading.

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

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