Why a Functional approach to Marine Biology?

PAN, JERÓNIMO; PRATOLONGO, PAULA D.

Marine Biology: a functional approach to the oceans and their organisms

CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Lugar: Boca Ratón, FL; Año: 2022; p. 5 - 7

There are many possible approaches to the study of a certain subject in the life sciences, and when it comes to a complex, interdisciplinary subject such as Marine Biology, the approaches can be even more challenging. Biology has traditionally put an emphasis on structure over function. Taxonomy and systematics have played a significant role in the development of Marine Biology as a discipline, especially in the 19th and 20th century, following the Linnean tradition established amidst the Romantic Naturalism movement.