Marine Biology

by Jeffrey S. Levinton

Levinton's Marine Biology is highly acclaimed and regarded by many as the best, most authoritative text for the sophomore/junior/senior marine biology course. The text is characterized by its exceptionally clear and conversational writing style, comprehensive coverage, and sophisticated presentation featuring organismal and ecosystem ecology topics from an evolutionary perspective. Over the course of five editions, Jeff Levinton has balanced his organismal and ecological focus by including the latest developments from the world of molecular biology, global climate change, and oceanic processes.

Genres: Biology, Science, Read For School

608 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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