Experimental biology at sea
By: edited by A.G. Macdonald and I.G. Priede.
Contributors: Macdonald, A. G.; Priede, I. G.; Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Marine biology -- Congresses.; Marine biology -- Technique -- Congresses.; Biology, Experimental -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Based on papers presented at a meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology held at Aberdeen in 1980.
Table of contents: title: Use of satellites in marine biology / I.G. Priede; title: Determining the abundance of fish / M.P. Sissenwine, T.R. Azarovitz, and J.B. Suomala; title: Tracking fish in the sea / A.D. Hawkins and G.G. Urquhart; title: Fish reactions to towed fishing gears / C.S. Wardle; title: Two recently developed recorders for monitoring diving activity in marine birds and mammals / G.L. Kooyman, J.O. Billups, and W.D. Farwell; title: Bioluminescence and vision / W.R.A. Muntz; title: Techniques for experiments with deep-sea organisms at high pressure / I. Gilchrist and A.G. Macdonald; title: Primary production / T.C. Lederman; title: Benthic metabolism and the supply of organic material to the sea-bed / J.W. Patching and R.C.T. Raine; title: Bacterial process in marine sediments / C.M. Brown and J.N. Wardell; title: Divers, submersibles, and unmanned vehicles / I. Gilchrist, A.G. Macdonald, and I.G. Priede; title: Research ship design and logistics / R.I. Currie.