Marine Biology

Jeffrey S. Levinton is Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University.

I. PRINCIPLES OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE BIOLOGY; 1. Sounding the Deep; 2. The Oceanic Environment; 3. Ecological and Evolutionary Principles; II. MARINE ORGANISMS: FUNCTION AND ENVIRONMENT; 4. The Chemical and Physical Environment; 5. Life in a Fluid Medium; 6. Reproduction, Dispersal, and Migration; III. ORGANISMS OF THE OPEN SEA; 7. The Water Column: Plankton; 8. The Water Column: Nekton; IV. PROCESSES IN THE OPEN SEA; 9. Critical Factors in Plankton Abundance; 10. Productivity in the Sea; V. ORGANISMS OF THE SEA BED; 11. The Diversity of Benthic Marine Invertebrates; 12. Seaweeds, Sea Grasses, and Benthic Microorganisms; 13. Benthic Life Habits; VI. COASTAL BENTHIC ENVIRONMENTS; 14. The Tidelands: Rocky Shores, Soft-Substratum Shores, Marshes, Mangroves, and Estuaries; 15. Sea Grass Beds, Kelp Forests, Rocky Reefs, and Coral Reefs; VIII. PROCESSES ON THE SEA BED, FROM THE SHELF TO THE DEEP SEA; 16. From the Continental Shelf to the Deep Sea; 17. Biodiversity and Conservation of the Ocean; VIII. HUMAN IMPACT ON THE SEA; 18. Food from the Sea; 19. Marine Pollution; Glossary; Marine Biology Journals