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Between Pacific Tides: Fifth Edition de Edward Ricketts

Between Pacific Tides: Fifth Edition

Autor Edward Ricketts, Jack Calvin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 1992

Considerăm acest volum ca fiind un text de referință pentru nivelul de licență și master în biologia marină, dar și o resursă esențială pentru profesioniștii din domeniu. Between Pacific Tides, scris de Edward Ricketts și Jack Calvin, reprezintă una dintre cele mai longevive și respectate lucrări dedicate ecologiei zonei intertidale de pe coasta de Pacific a Statelor Unite. Această a cincea ediție, publicată de Stanford University Press, rafinează structura clasică a lucrării prin adăugarea unui conținut suplimentar de 20%, integrând date recente de cercetare fără a altera spiritul observației directe care a consacrat textul.

Abordarea autorilor este una ecologică și nu doar taxonomică: animalele nu sunt prezentate într-o ordine filogenetică rigidă, ci sunt grupate în funcție de habitatele lor specifice, precum bazinele de maree sau pilonii de debarcader. Această metodă facilitează înțelegerea relațiilor comunitare și a modului în care șocul valurilor și fluctuațiile mareelor modelează fiziologia speciilor. Recomandăm acest titlu deoarece extinde cadrul propus de Coastal Life of the Pacific Coast de Stephanie Panlasigui prin profunzimea analizei științifice și complexitatea aparatului bibliografic, care numără acum 2.300 de referințe. În timp ce ghidul lui Panlasigui este ideal pentru identificarea rapidă pe teren, lucrarea lui Ricketts și Calvin oferă contextul biologic și istoria naturală necesară unei înțelegeri academice.

Un element distinctiv al acestei ediții este capitolul nou despre distribuția organismelor, care oferă o perspectivă sintetică asupra factorilor de mediu. De asemenea, prezența prefeței lui John Steinbeck subliniază valoarea culturală a cărții, amintind de colaborarea strânsă dintre literatură și știință în explorarea oceanului.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780804720687
ISBN-10: 0804720681
Pagini: 680
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.91 kg
Ediția:Adnotată
Editura: Stanford University Press
Colecția Stanford University Press

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Recomandăm această ediție oricărui student la biologie sau ecologist care dorește să înțeleagă dinamica habitatelor marine. Veți câștiga acces la o bază de date bibliografică masivă și la descrieri detaliate ale proceselor de viață din zonele intertidale. Este o piesă fundamentală de bibliotecă ce îmbină rigoarea academică a Stanford University Press cu observația de teren pasionată, oferind instrumentele necesare pentru studiul comparat al faunei de coastă.

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One of the classic works of marine biology, a favorite for generations, has now been completely revised and expanded. Between Pacific Tides is a book for all who find the shore a place of excitement, wonder, and beauty, and an unsurpassed introductory text for both students and professionals.

This book describes the habits and habitats of the animals that live in one of the most prolific life zones of the world—the rocky shores and tide pools of the Pacific Coast of the United States. The intricate and fascinating life processes of these creatures are described with affectionate care. The animals are grouped according to their most characteristic habitat, whether rocky shore, sandy beach, mud flat, or wharf piling, and the authors discuss their life history, physiology, and community relations, and the influence of wave shock and shifting tide level.

Though the basic purpose and structure—and much of the text—of the book remain the same, content has been increased by about 20 percent; a multitude of changes and additios has been made in the text; the Annotated Systematic Index and General Bibliography have been updated and greatly expanded (now almost 2,300 entries); more than 200 new photographs and drawings have been incorporated; and an entirely new chapter has been added—a topical presentation of the several factors influencing distribution of organisms along the shore. This edition also includes John Steinbeck's Foreword to the 1948 edition.

Recenzii

"John Steinbeck himself wrote the Foreword to the revised edition for Ricketts and his co-author Jack Calvin."—Palo Alto Times

"Ritchie Lovejoy's exquisite line drawings, 100 pages of them form a treasure trove both for the scientist and the lover of nature who is not scientifically trained. The general reader may take refuge here on hot days. To the scientist the book is a must."—The Book Shelf

"The book is filled with interesting information on familiar acquaintances, from crabs and limpets to the toredo, and many less familiar."—CTA Journal

"This revised edition of Between Pacific Tides, is an intensely interesting account, for laymen and beginners, about . . .strange and unusual animals and plants."—Long Beach (Calif) Press

"As Steinbeck says in his foreword: "There are good things to see in the tidepools and there are exciting and interesting thoughts to be generated from the seeing." This is the book to introduce one to these forms, and, certainly, to generate those thoughts."—Nature Magazine
"That Between Pacific Tides will become a classic of western American marine ecology is unquestioned."—Pacific Discovery
"New and revised edition of th best and most complete guide to the invertebrate animals of the Pacific Coast. Invaluable for anyone who wants to identify what he sees along the beach. Well illustrated."—Los Angeles News
"Both the ecologist who would like to familiarize himself with some of the common invertebrates of the Pacific Coast, and the invertebrate specialist who needs to get away from the phylogenetic viewpoint and look upon invertebrates in relation to habitat and as members of a community, will want to have this book."—Ralph Buchsbaum, The University of Chicago
"The book is written with grace and gusto, and is generously and delightfully illustrated."—The Rotarian

"That <I>Between Pacific Tides</I> will become a classic of western American marine ecology is unquestioned."—<I>Pacific Discovery</I>

"New and revised edition of th best and most complete guide to the invertebrate animals of the Pacific Coast.  Invaluable for anyone who wants to identify what he sees along the beach.  Well illustrated."—<I>Los Angeles News</I>

"Both the ecologist who would like to familiarize himself with some of the common invertebrates of the Pacific Coast, and the invertebrate specialist who needs to get away from the phylogenetic viewpoint and look upon invertebrates in relation to habitat and as members of a community, will want to have this book."—Ralph Buchsbaum, The University of Chicago

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“John Steinbeck himself wrote the Foreword to the revised edition for Ricketts and his co-author Jack Calvin.”—Palo Alto Times
“Ritchie Lovejoy’s exquisite line drawings, 100 pages of them form a treasure trove both for the scientist and the lover of nature who is not scientifically trained. The general reader may take refuge here on hot days. To the scientist the book is a must.”—The Book Shelf