Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Science that treats of the living organisms of the sea, the chemical and physical characteristics of their environment, and factors affecting theirdistribution. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Marine biology is a huge field, given that a large (exactly how large is unknown at this point) porportion of all life on earth is contained in the oceans. Included in this are many species that are economically important to humans, including the food fishes.
Aspects of and problems in marine biology
Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic plankton (with phytoplankton hugely important as the primary producers of the sea), to the huge cetaceans.
The study of marine biology obviously reserves a great deal of attention for the physical effects of continual immersion in the ocean, as well as for the ways that various oceanic properties changing affects marine life. How oceanic factors affect distribution of various organisms is also studied.
Recent marine biotechnology has focused largely on marine biomolecules, especially proteins, that may have uses in medicine or engineering.
An interesting branch of marine biology is aquaculture.
Marine environments are the home to many exotic biological materials that may inspire biomimetic materials.
History of marine biology
In recent times, marine biologists are trying to complete the mapping of underwater species with the help of modern techniques, which could help in exploring the deepest oceanic depressions in which it is supposed that new species could be found, eventually of potential great interest also for the theories on evolution.
Related fields
Marine biology is closely linked to both oceanography and biology. It also encompasses ideas from ecology. Fisheries science can be considered a partial offshoot of marine biology, as can marine conservation.
Institutions, well known journals, etc.
Many universities teach courses in marine biology.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Marine biology."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MAMBO | English | Mediterranean Association for Marine Biology and Oceanology | Food & Agriculture, Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MARINE BIOLOGYSynonyms: Biological oceanography, Deep-sea exploration, Ocean life. (additional references) |
Crosswords: MARINE BIOLOGY |
| Specialty definitions using "MARINE BIOLOGY": PILOT, SUBMERSIBLE. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | University of Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Bob Nishimoto and Mr. Pauley, owner of Coconut Island, a benefactor of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Credit: Small World. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "MARINE BIOLOGY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Manx | oallys-vea varrey. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | arinemay iologybay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"MARINE BIOLOGY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: marin biology. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-r-y" | |
-2 letters: bioregional. | |
-3 letters: embroiling, mineralogy, reblooming. | |
-4 letters: aborigine, airmobile, bigeminal, bioregion, boogerman, boogeyman, boomerang, bromelain, embryonal, ignorable, imbroglio, legionary, limbering, monolayer, myoglobin, reboiling, remailing. | |
-5 letters: aerology, aeronomy, agrimony, agronomy, amylogen, areology, beglamor, belaying, bemiring, beriming, bigaroon, bigeminy, bilinear, binomial, blearing, bloomery, bloomier, blooming, bogeyman, boogyman, boogymen, boringly, brailing, brainily, breaming, broiling, bromelin, brooming, emailing, embaying. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Synonyms 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
