(Hardback)

Offers readers a voyage to the world of sea creatures, with a look at their habitats, their beauty and, yes, even their sex lives. This title takes us to oceans across the world to experience the lives of their inhabitants, from the horribly grotesque to the exquisitely beautiful.

(Hardback)

An account of the marine green and brown algae of north-western Australia, covering 68 genera and 171 species.

(Hardback)

The first of two volumes describing Australia's 1200 known species of bryozoans.

(Hardback)

A comprehensive, illustrated resource for the identification, evolution and ecology of echinoderms.

(Paperback)

Will familiarize amateur naturalists, beachcombers, divers and others who have an interest in the marine environment with crabs, hermit crabs and their close relatives.

(Paperback)

The latest scientific knowledge from CSIRO and other agencies to describe what we know about our oceans.

(Hardback, Second Edition)

A fully updated introduction to the biology, ecology and identification of plankton.

(Paperback)

Marine biologist and underwater cameraman Richard Shark Tracker Fitzpatrick wrangles sharks and other deadly marine creatures for a living. From the coral gardens of the Great Barrier Reef to the murky depths of the Amazon, Fitzpatrick shares his real-life experiences with predators of the deep from sharks and box jellyfish to sea snakes.

(Paperback, Second Edition)

Describes the animals, plants and other organisms of the reef, and the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them.

(Hardback)

In this guide to new Zealand lichens, keys to genera are preceded and described, covering foliose, squamulose, fruticose, filamentous and crustose life forms. Species keys and descriptions follow, giving thalline, apothecial and chemical characters when known.

(Paperback, Export/Airside)

An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.

(Hardback)

Drawing on history, myth and legend, but always grounded in science, The Eloquence of the Sardine will change the way you think about the sea in the most poetic of ways.

(Hardback, Main)

An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.

(Hardback)

The three main missions of any organism - growing, reproducing, and surviving - depend on encounters with food and mates, and on avoiding encounters with predators. This book offers a mechanistic approach to the study of ocean ecology by exploring biological interactions in plankton at the individual level.

(Hardback)

This introductory volume to the Algae of Australia series includes essays, keys and an extensive bibliography.

(Hardback)

The marine algae are plants of considerable biological and economic importance. The Nemaliales, one of the most diverse and significant orders of red algae in Australian waters, is found on shores, in rockpools and in the subtidal on all coasts of Australia. These beautiful and unusual plants offer a spectacular range of form and colour.

(Hardback)

This comprehensive, authoritative work provides the definitive overview of marine parasites worldwide. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers in parasitology and marine biology and will also be of interest to ecologists, aquaculturists and invertebrate biologists.

(Hardback)

The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. This book takes readers to the absolute limits of the aquatic world - the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans.

(Hardback)

What once lived in the global ocean What is living there now What will live there in the future The answers to these questions are at the heart of World Ocean Census, which also explores the great adventures experienced during the books research.

(Hardback, UK ed.)

A modern, comprehensive account of this well knowngroup of fungi.