Marine Biology Reference
Resources
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This guide selectively lists print and Internet reference
resources in marine biology.
See also the two related research guides on Fisheries
and Oceanography.
The Oceanography guide in particular includes broader works that
include information on marine biology, e.g. the Encyclopedia
of Ocean Sciences.
There are two excellent starting places for identifying the key
literature of a
particular specialty in marine biology:
- MBREF: A
Reference Source For Marine Biology Student Research (Levinton)
Includes references on over 40 topics. Some topics include a list of key
books and papers, classic papers and recent papers; other topics provide
access to extensive web-accessible bibliographies on the specific subject.
- EReFs
(Estuarine Research Federation) Provides over 20 guides in estuarine and
coastal ocean science, prepared by
experts, that list summary papers, classic papers, and recent
contributions to help direct students, teachers, and new researchers to
the key literature.
For a list of key journals in marine biology see Journals
Ranked by Impact: Marine and Freshwater Biology (Institute
for Scientific Information) and Aquatic
Science (SCImago Journal and Country Rank).
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (Steele, Turekian and Thorpe)
2001 (Ref GC 9 E58 2001) (6 volumes)
- Glossary
(State of the Bay: A Characterization of the Galveston Bay Ecosystem) Includes
terms and definitions related to marine ecology.
- Glossary of
Marine Biology - Derived from Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity,
Ecology by Jeffrey Levinton.
Treatises, Reviews, & Comprehensive Databases
- The HSU Library has three annually issued publications that contain collections
of review papers in marine biology.
- Advances in Marine Biology (QH 91 A1 A22)
- Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review (GC
1 O32)
- Progress in Phycological Research (QK 564 P76)
- Biology of Crustacea (Bliss) 1982-1986 (QL 435 B48) 10 volumes
- Ecological Characterization of the Central & Northern California
Coastal Region (Jones & Stokes Associates) 1981 (FWS/OBS-80/46.2)
(QH 105 C2 E36 1981 Hum Co Coll) Five volume work in eight parts. Prepared
for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management as
a compilation and synthesis of existing information that can be used to evaluate
potential ecological consequences of urban, industrial and commercial development
in the area. The bibliography is intended to be a guide to additional environmental
information. The five volumes cover:
Vol. 1: Basic Ecological Concepts
Vol. 2.1: Regional Characterization
Vol. 2.2: Species - contains species accounts for 200 plant and animal species
that live within the central and northern California coastal region.
Vol. 3.1: Habitats - contains ecological characterizations of 45 marine,
estuarine, riverine, lacustrine (lakes), palustrine (ponds) and terrestrial
habitats.
Vol. 3.2: Community Composition Lists - contains extensive listings of species
for each habitat type.
Vol. 4: Watersheds and Basins - contains site specific information on the
physical, biological, and cultural resources of 22 watersheds, e.g., Mad
River Watershed unit, and five ocean basins.
Vol. 5: Data Source Appendix
- Marine Ecology: A Comprehensive Integrated Treatise on Life in the
Oceans and Coastal Waters (Kinne) 1970-1984 (5 vols. in 13 parts)
(QH 541.5 S3 K5)
- Mollusca (Wilbur) 1983-1988) (QL402 M57 1983) 12 volume set.
- Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates (Giese and Pearse) 1974
- (QP 251 G437) 7 volumes completed to date
- Summary of Knowledge of the Central and Northern California Coastal
Zone and Offshore Areas (Winzler & Kelly) 1977 (4 vols. in 7 parts)
(ref GB 458.8 W56) Extensive survey of the knowledge of this area up through
1974 compiled for the Bureau of Land Management as background information
for potential OCS oil leasing. Contains an 800-page bibliography.
- Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology (Hedgpeth) 1957
(Geological Society of America Memoir #67) (QE 1 G29m #67) The first major
treatise on marine ecology.
Bibliographies
- AlgaeBase
Literature (Guiry and Dhonncha) Includes over 36,000 references on
algae with a bias toward macroalgae.
- Bibliographia
Nudibranchia (McDonald) Attempts to list all publications on nudibranchs.
- Bibliography of Opisthobranchia
(Steve Long) Includes 14,000 citations on seaslugs.
- Bibliography
to the World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans
(Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department
of Systematic Biology: Invertebrate Zoology) Emphasis is on taxonomic
works.
- Cephalopod
Bibliography (Smithsonian Institution Research Information System)
Part of the Smithsonian Special Research Bibliography Catalog. Includes
books, journal articles and other publications about Recent cephalopods
and cephalopod related subjects (predators, prey, etc.).
- CephBase Reference
Database Contains over 6,000 references on cephalopods.
- CyBib:
Cyanobacteria Bibliography (Schneegurt) Includes 25,000 references
on cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and the gensu Prochlorons
- Database on
Amphipod Literature (Vader - University of Tromso) Alphabetical list
by author.
- Marine
Mammals Bibliography (Smithsonian Institution Research Information
System) Part of the Smithsonian Special Research Bibliography Catalog.
The Marine Mammals Bibliography includes over 4,500 references to publications
(books, journal articles, etc.) about marine mammals and related subjects
(fisheries, food, etc.).
- Tunicate Bibliography
(Iazzetti, Naples University, Department of Genetics, General and Molecular
Biology) Updated twice a year by Ascidian
News.
- World of Copepods:
Bibliography of All Known Copepod and Branchiura Literature (Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History, Department of Systematic Biology:
Invertebrate Zoology) Database of 39,000 references containing all known
copepod literature from 1600 A.D. to the present.
Handbooks & Manuals
- Experimental Marine Biology (Mariscal) 1974 (QH 91 M26)
- ICES Zooplankton Methodology Manual (Harris) 2000 (QL 123
I2 2000)
- Manual of Methods in Aquatic Environmental Research, Parts 1-5
(Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (FAO Fisheries Technical
Papers #137, 150, 158, 164, 182) (SH 1 F203)
- Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos (Holme & McIntyre)
1971 (QH 91.57 D7 M47)
- Methods in Marine Zooplankton Ecology (Omori & Ikeda) 1984
(QL 123 O4613 1984)
Internet Subject Directories/Portals/Gateways