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  • Doing Science

    Design, Analysis, and Communication of Scientific Research

    by Ivan Valiela ...
    Doing Science, second edition, offers a rare compendium of practical advice based on how working scientists pursue their craft. It covers each stage of research, from formulating questions and gathering data to developing experiments and analyzing results and finally to the many ways for presenting results. Drawing on his extensive experience both as a researcher and a research mentor, Ivan ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Marine Ecological Processes

    by Ivan Valiela ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The oceans represent a vast, complex and poorly understood ecosystem. Marine Ecological Processes is a modern review and synthesis of marine ecology that provides the reader with a lucid introduction to the intellectual concepts, approaches, and methods of this evolving discipline. Comprehensive in its coverage, this book focuses on the processes controlling marine ecosystems, communities, and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

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  • Bad Pharma

    How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

    by Ben Goldacre ...
    We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to cancer drugs to heart medication are familiar with the research literature about a drug, when in reality much of the research is ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • Ecology of Australian Freshwater Fishes

    Edited by Keith Walker, Paul Humphries ...
    This edited volume reviews our past and present understanding of the ecology of Australian freshwater fishes. It compares patterns and processes in Australia with those on other continents, discusses the local relevance of ecological models from the northern hemisphere and considers how best to manage our species and their habitats in the face of current and future threats. In view of these ... Read more

    $92.99 USD

  • Ebola

    The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus

    by David Quammen ...
    “A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting that reads like a detective story.” —Walter IsaacsonIn 1976 a deadly virus emerged from the Congo forest. As swiftly as it came, it disappeared, leaving no trace. Over the four decades since, Ebola has emerged sporadically, each time to devastating effect. It can kill up to 90 percent of its victims. In between these outbreaks, it is ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Diel Vertical Migration of Zooplankton in Lakes and Oceans

    causal explanations and adaptive significances

    by Joop Ringelberg ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Whatever theory may be advanced to explain diurnal migration, the underlying reactions involved must be demonstrated conc- sively in the laboratory before the explanation can be ?nally accepted George L. Clarke 1933 p. 434 In oceans and lakes, zooplankton often make diel vertical migrations (DVM), descending at dawn and coming up again in late afternoon and evening. The small animals cover ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Biological Materials of Marine Origin

    Vertebrates

    by Hermann Ehrlich ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This is the second monograph by the author on biological materials of marine origin. The initial book is dedicated to the biological materials of marine invertebrates. This work is a source of modern knowledge on biomineralization, biomimetics and materials science with respect to marine vertebrates. For the first time in scientific literature the author gives the most coherent analysis of the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • So You Want to be a Scientist?

    by Philip A. Schwartzkroin ...
    What does it take to be a scientist? Equally important, what does it take to be happy as a scientist? Drawing on thirty years of experience, Philip Schwartzkroin offers the budding scientist an invaluable glimpse into the day-to-day life of the researcher, filling a huge hole in the education of most would-be scientists--whether undergraduates or high school seniors. As Schwartzkroin points out, ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Ecological Connectivity among Tropical Coastal Ecosystems

    Edited by Ivan Nagelkerken ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Mangrove forests, seagrass beds, and coral reefs are circumtropical ecosystems that are highly productive, and provide many important biological functions and economic services. These ecosystems cover large surface areas in the shallow tropical coastal seascape but have suffered from serious human degradation, especially in the last few decades. Part of their diversity, productivity, and ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Foundations of Biophilosophy

    by Martin Mahner, Mario Bunge ...
    Over the past three decades, the philosophy of biology has emerged from the shadow of the philosophy of physics to become a respectable and thriving philosophical subdiscipline. The authors take a fresh look at the life sciences and the philosophy of biology from a strictly realist and emergentist-naturalist perspective. They outline a unified and science-oriented philosophical framework that ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Health of Antarctic Wildlife

    A Challenge for Science and Policy

    Edited by Martin Riddle, Knowles R. Kerry ...
    comprehensively up to date. We are most grateful to these authors and to those we recruited to write the additional chapters necessary to fill the significant gaps. We acknowledge also the sacrifice of some who presented results of original research and have thus suffered a longer time than usual to publication. The timing of publication however has provided the opportunity to highlight recent ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Freshwater Crustacean Zooplankton of Europe

    Cladocera & Copepoda (Calanoida, Cyclopoida) Key to species identification, with notes on ecology, distribution, methods and introduction to data analysis

    by Jan Igor Rybak, Leszek A. Bledzki ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This work provides a user-friendly, species level taxonomic key based on morphology, current nomenclature, and modern taxonomy using molecular tools which fulfill the most pressing needs of both researchers and environmental managers. This key arms the reader with the tools necessary to improve their species identification abilities. This book resolves another issue as well: the mix of female and ... Read more

    $287.09 USD