Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. PARTICIPANTS VII
4. CONTENTS XV
5. PART I. ECOLOGY
6. PARAMETERS OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT 1
7. THE INADEQUACY OF EXPERIMENT IN MARINE BIOLOGY 17
8. IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE BIOLOGY 27
9. PERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDY OF BENTHIC FAUNA OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF 33
10. THE PARTICULATE AND THE COMPARATIVE CONCEPT IN MARINE SYNECOLOGY 47
11. AN ATTEMPT TO TEST THE EFFICIENCY OF ECOLOGICAL FIELD METHODS AND THE VALIDITY OF THEIR RESULTS 57
12. PARALLEL LEVEL-BOTTOM COMMUNITIES, THEIR TEMPERATURE ADAPTATION, AND THEIR "BALANCE" BETWEEN PREDATORS AND FOOD ANIMALS 67
13. SOME PROBLEMS IN LARVAL ECOLOGY RELATED TO THE LOCALIZED DISTRIBUTION OF BOTTOM ANIMALS 87
14. THE FUTURE OF UNDERWATER TELEVISION 105
15. ECOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF REEF-BUILDING CORALS 117
16. IRREGULARITIES OF DISTRIBUTION OF PLANKTON COMMUNITIES: CONSIDERATIONS AND METHODS 137
17. PERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDY OF SEASONAL CHANGES OF PLANKTON AND OF THE NUMBER OF GENERATIONS AT DIFFERENT LATITUDES 145
18. TOWARD PREDICTION IN THE SEA 159
19. PART II. PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
20. SOME BIOCHEMICAL PROBLEMS IN MARINE BIOLOGY 189
21. HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISMS IN MARINE ORGANISMS 199
22. THE REGULATORY MECHANISMS OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION 211
23. MOTION, ENERGY TRANSMISSION, AND THE CELLULAR MATRIX 233
24. PERSPECTIVES IN THE STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS 239
25. STUDIES OF THE TIMING MECHANISMS OF DAILY, TIDAL, AND LUNAR PERIODICITIES IN ORGANISMS 269
26. SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVES IN MARINE BIOLOGY 283
27. THE PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND STANDING CROP OF PHYTOPLANKTON 299
28. TEMPORAL SUCCESSION AND SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON 323
29. SOME FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF INORGANIC MICRONUTRIENTS IN THE METABOLISM OF GREEN PLANTS 351
30. GROWTH FACTORS IN UNICELLULAR MARINE ALGAE 385
31. MARINE MICROORGANISMS: SOME GENERALIZATIONS CONCERNING THEIR IMPORTANCE TO MARINE LIFE 405
32. PART III. BEHAVIOR
33. ETHOLOGY AS A NEW BRANCH OF BIOLOGY 411
34. POLARIZED LIGHT AND PLANKTON NAVIGATION 429
35. PERCEPTION OF PATHWAYS BY FISHES IN MIGRATION 451
36. PERSPECTIVES OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ON SOCIAL INTERFERENCE AMONG FISHES 469
37. PART IV. GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
38. CHALLENGING PROBLEMS IN SHELLFISH BIOLOGY 483
39. SOME MARINE INVERTEBRATES USEFUL FOR GENETIC RESEARCH 497
40. PROBLEMS OF SPECIES FORMATION IN THE BENTHIC MICROFAUNA OF THE DEEP SEA 513
41. ASPECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF PEARL-CULTURE GROUNDS AND THE PROBLEMS OF HYBRIDIZATION IN THE GENUS PINCTADA 519
42. SOME CHEMICAL BASES FOR EVOLUTION OF MICROORGANISMS 533
43. GENETICS AND MARINE ALGAE 547
44. GENETIC SYSTEMS IN SESSILE AND SEMISESSILE ORGANISMS 559
45. PROBLEMS OF SPECIATION IN MARINE INVERTEBRATES 571
46. PERSPECTIVES OF RESEARCH ON SEX PROBLEMS IN MARINE ANIMALS 589
47. A FEW REMARKS ON MARINE BIOLOGY, ANIMAL BIOLOGY, AND GENERAL BIOLOGY 603
48. SOME GENETICAL PROBLEMS PRESENTED BY SESSILE COELENTERATES 609
49. PERSPECTIVES IN MARINE BIOLOGY 613