Seamanship Techniques, since its first publication in 1987, has now evolved to this fifth edition and is available in all the maritime nations of the world. The text, being changed considerably over the years, meets increased technology and safety…
Aquatic ecosystems provide several services for producing, regulating and structuring. Wetlands improve water quality by trapping sediments, filtering pollutants and absorbing nutrients. They play also a key role in the control of floods and…
The Photografic ATlas of Marine Biology is designed to supplement a college-level marine biology text. It presents photographs of living organism in their natural habitat and in public and private aquaria, preserved specimens, taxidermy specimens,…
This open access book is an original contribution to the knowledge on fishing and research associated with one of the most enigmatic fish of our seas: bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (L.). Based on available evidence, it reconstructs the possible…
This open access book, written by world experts in aquaponics and related technologies, provides the authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key aquaculture and hydroponic and other integrated systems, socio-economic and environmental…
The aim of this open access book is to review and analyse the goods and services of bivalve shellfish. How they are defined, what determines the ecological functions that are the basis for the goods and services, what controversies in the use of…