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Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Marine Zoology of Tropical Central Pacific
Marine Zoology of Tropical Central Pacific
Author: Charles Howard Edmondson
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Marine Zoology of Tropical Central Pacific
Marine Zoology of Tropical Central Pacific
Author: Charles Howard Edmondson
Publisher: Corinthian Press
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher: Corinthian Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Report of the Subcommittee on the Ecology of Marine Organisms
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on the Ecology of Marine Organisms
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Category : Marine animals
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Publisher:
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Category : Marine animals
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Biology of the Pacific Ocean: Bogorov, V.G. Plankton
Marine Species Survey of Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean, June 2000
Author: Stephen Lee Coles
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Category : Marine organisms
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Publisher:
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Category : Marine organisms
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Marine Biodiversity of Costa Rica, Central America
Author: Ingo S. Wehrtmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402082789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Life began in the sea, and even today most of the deep diversity of the planet is marine. This is often forgotten, especially in tropical countries like Costa Rica, renowned for their rain forests and the multitude of life forms found therein. Thus this book focusing on marine diversity of Costa Rica is particularly welcome. How many marine species are there in Costa Rica? The authors report a total of 6,777 species, or 3. 5% of the world’s total. Yet the vast majority of marine species have yet to be formally described. Recent estimates of the numbers of species on coral reefs range from 1–9 million, so that the true number of marine species in Costa Rica is certainly far higher. In some groups the numbers are likely to be vastly higher because to date they have been so little studied. Only one species of nematode is reported, despite the fact that it has been said that nematodes are the most diverse of all marine groups. In better studied groups such as mollusks and crustaceans, reported numbers are in the thousands, but even in these groups many species remain to be described. Indeed the task of describing marine species is daunting – if there really are about 9 million marine species and Costa Rica has 3. 5% of them, then the total number would be over 300,000. Clearly, so much remains to be done that new approaches are needed. Genetic methods have en- mous promise in this regard.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402082789
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Life began in the sea, and even today most of the deep diversity of the planet is marine. This is often forgotten, especially in tropical countries like Costa Rica, renowned for their rain forests and the multitude of life forms found therein. Thus this book focusing on marine diversity of Costa Rica is particularly welcome. How many marine species are there in Costa Rica? The authors report a total of 6,777 species, or 3. 5% of the world’s total. Yet the vast majority of marine species have yet to be formally described. Recent estimates of the numbers of species on coral reefs range from 1–9 million, so that the true number of marine species in Costa Rica is certainly far higher. In some groups the numbers are likely to be vastly higher because to date they have been so little studied. Only one species of nematode is reported, despite the fact that it has been said that nematodes are the most diverse of all marine groups. In better studied groups such as mollusks and crustaceans, reported numbers are in the thousands, but even in these groups many species remain to be described. Indeed the task of describing marine species is daunting – if there really are about 9 million marine species and Costa Rica has 3. 5% of them, then the total number would be over 300,000. Clearly, so much remains to be done that new approaches are needed. Genetic methods have en- mous promise in this regard.
Report of the Committee on Marine Ecology as Related to Paleontology
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Marine Ecology as Related to Paleontology
Publisher:
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Category : Marine animals
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Marine animals
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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The Pacific Ocean
Author: Institut okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova
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Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Publisher:
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Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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