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Levinton, Jeffrey S. was born on March 20, 1946 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Lillian (Moshman) Levinton.
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Widely regarded as the most captivating, accessible, and comprehensive text for undergraduate marine biology courses, Jeffrey S. Levinton's Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology, Third Edition, examines marine biology from a unique global and evolutionary perspective. Written in a clear, conversational style, this highly acclaimed volume emphasizes the principles and processes that underlie--and unify--vastly different marine communities. NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION · Full-Color Format: Captures the vibrancy of marine environments in a stunning new full-color presentation. Features photographs from the world's finest marine biologists and more than sixty new line drawings. All color images are integrated directly into the body of the text. · More Real-World Applications: Presents many new "Hot Topics in Marine Biology" essays, each highlighting new developments and real-world applications. Also includes engaging discussions of human impacts on oceans, fisheries, and global climate change. · Current and Expanded Topics: Places students on the cutting-edge with the latest in marine biology research, including updated coverage of molecular biology, the coral reef crisis, deep sea biology, bioluminescence, polar oceans, remote sensing techniques, overfishing, microbiology, and ocean warming and acidification. · Enhanced Pedagogy: Concludes each chapter with a bulleted "Chapter Summary"--an entirely new feature of this edition. "Going Deeper" text boxes provide students with opportunities for further exploration. Full-sentence summary statements begin each chapter section, keeping students focused on the "big picture" as they read. COMPANION WEBSITE Maintained by the author, this comprehensive tool provides a multitude of aids for students and instructors. Student Resources · "Marine Biology Explorations": An interactive tour that guides students through nine different marine habitats. Features more than 450 annotated photographs! · News Updates: Recent breakthroughs and news from the field · Extensive Web Links: Useful links to websites containing research literature and career information, as well as links to worldwide marine laboratory sites · Summary and Review Aids (also available in the text) Instructor Resources (available to adopters of the text and password-protected) · Downloadable Electronic Images: All illustrations from the text available for lecture preparation · PowerPoint Lecture Notes: More than 400 lecture notes slides, all organized by chapter · Test Bank*: Approximately 400 questions--written by the author--in editable Microsoft Word files (*available only on the Instructor's Resource CD-ROM: contact your Oxford University Press sales representative for details)
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This new and revised second edition of Jeffrey S. Levinton's Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology promises to be as fascinating and informative as the first, with additions that bring it up-to-date on current research issues. Designed for one-semester junior/senior courses, this established volume stands as one of the most current and thorough resources for students in the multidisciplinary field of marine biology. The new edition includes significantly expanded coverage of marine mammals and hypothesis testing and offers entirely new sections on subtidal rocky reefs, metapopulations, marine invasions, marine protected areas and no-take fishery zones, and molecular approaches to marine biology and fisheries. It emphasizes the relationship of the functional ecology of organisms to higher levels of organization, including major marine habitats and ecosystems. It effectively describes a variety of current research areas, conveying the dynamic range of activity in the field, and uses "Hot Topics" Essays to teach students that scientific study is an active and ongoing process. Complementing the text are a wealth of pedagogical features including: · 32 full-color plates · Expanded text boxes that highlight important and current research topics · A self-test keyed to the chapters and bound into the back of the book · The CD-ROM, "Marine Biology Explorations." This in-text CD takes students on a guided tour of marine environments and animals with approximately 450 full-color photographs and illustrations, annotated with informative descriptions. Images are from both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica. Each subject area allows students to wander in new environments and encounter new organisms and ecological features. · A Website maintained by the author: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/mbweb.html. This useful website provides links to other sites such as college marine biology programs, careers and jobs in marine biology and oceanography, reference sites, organism pages, marine biology research literature, and worldwide marine laboratories. · Ancillary PowerPoint® Overheads. These elaborate overheads include most of the pictures from the text and are available free to adopters on a CD-ROM (call 1-800-280-0280) or from the Internet: http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195141725.html. · An associated laboratory manual: Exploring Marine Biology by Paul Haefner. This book is the only manual of its kind with exercises that apply to all of the diverse marine habitats of North America. It meets the needs of any beginning marine biology student with little to no background in the biological sciences. Each unit includes a broad range of exercises, allowing instructors to select those that best match their needs. The manual is also unique in providing extensively illustrated identification keys for three of the major marine lifeforms: invertebrates, plankton, and fishes. 1996 272pp.; 101 illus. 0-19-51417-7 paper APS HAEFN
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This expanded and updated second edition offers a comprehensive look at macroevolution and its underpinnings, with a primary emphasis on animal evolution. From a Neodarwinian point of view, the book integrates evolutionary processes at all levels to explain the diversity of animal life. It examines a wide range of topics including genetics, speciation, development, evolution, constructional and functional aspects of form, fossil lineages, and systematics, and --in a major new chapter--takes a hard look at the Cambrian explosion. The author delves into the age of molecular science and integrates important recent contributions made to our understanding of evolution.
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DISTINCTIVE FEATURES * Examines marine biology from a unique global and evolutionary perspective * Written in a clear, conversational style * Filled with full-color photographs from the world's finest marine biologists * Robust pedagogy includes "Key Concept" headings, "Basic Facts" summaries, "Going Deeper" boxes, end-of-chapter exercises, and more ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUPPLEMENTS Companion Website (www.oup.com/us/levinton): Maintained by the author, this comprehensive resource offers students cited references, "Key Concept" summaries, "Marine Biology Explorations" interactive tours, news updates, helpful review and study tools, and more. For adopting instructors, the site offers password-protected PowerPoint-based lecture notes and downloadable images from the text. Instructor's Resource CD-ROM: Available to adopting instructors, the CD includes all of the resources listed above along with a Test Bank of approximately 400 questions.
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Levinton, Jeffrey S. was born on March 20, 1946 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Lillian (Moshman) Levinton.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1966; Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1971.
Assistant professor biology State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1970-1975, associate professor, 1975-1983, professor, since 1983, head department, 1984-1990, 91-93, distinguished professor, since 2005. Visiting professor University Arhus, Denmark, 1966-1967, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1981, University Cambridge, England, 1983, University Sydney, Australia, 1999. Chairman panel Hudson River Found, 1986-1990.
Director College of Science and Society, Stony Brook University, since 2004.
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Member Environmental Policy Committee Connecticut, 1969. Member Ecological Society of America (editor 1986-1993), American Society Naturalists (editor 1974-1979).
Married Joan Miyeko Miyazaki, March 30, 1979. Children: Nathan Toshi, Andrew Koji.