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B F Chhapgar
[Paperback 2008]
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In Seashore Life of India , B F. Chhapgar, renowned marine biologist, explores the habits and forms of the creatures that live, survive, and reproduce along the seashores of India. Easy to read and fully illustrated, with a separate color section, Seashore Life of India has different sections on invertebrates,... more
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Rachel L Carson ,
Linda Lear
[Paperback 2007]
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For the centennial of the birth of "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson, a new edition of her groundbreaking paean to the sea Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, "Under the Sea-Wind"-Rachel Carson's first book and her personal favorite-is the early masterwork of... more
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Linda Pitkin
[Hardcover 2003]
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Spiny porcupine fish, toxic sea slugs, colorful coral reefs-Journey under the Sea is a thrilling voyage into the fascinating, hidden world of the ocean. Glorious color photographs of weird and wonderful underwater creatures and their habitats enliven every page. Accessible and lively text explains the astonishing sights we encounter along... more
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By
Wilson Heflin ,
Mary K Bercaw Edwards ,
Thomas Farel Heffernan
[Hardcover 2004]
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Based on more than a half-century of research, this scrupulously edited volume is the most in-depth account ever published of Melvilles years on whaleships and how those singular experiences influenced his writing, from Moby Dick and Typee to the poetry he wrote in his later years.... more
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Sylvia Earle ,
Linda Glover
[Hardcover 2008]
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Detailing a mysterious realm that's as vital to our existence as the air we breathe, this new atlas immerses readers in the wonders of the deep through more than 250 up-to-the-minute maps, photographs, and satellite images. Deep-sea pioneer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia A. Earle (known as "Her Deepness") and... more
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Pramod Kumar Purohit
[Paperback 2006]
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This book seeks to bring out the importance of Antarctica as well as an introduction to youngsters who may think of pursuing research in this continent. The purpose is to convey the beauty of this captivating continent to the mankind.... more
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Vineeta Singh
[Hardcover 2011]
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About the Book : Oceans cover two-thirds of our planet, holding 97 per cent of the earths water. But oceans are much more than vast expanses of water. Beneath the deep waters lie mountains and volcanoes. Oceans are teeming with lifeboth plants and animals. Explore the oceans of the world... more
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Arnold H Taylor
[Hardcover 2011]
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How can tiny plankton in the sea just off Western Europe be affected by changes in the Gulf Stream four thousand miles away, on the other side of the North Atlantic Ocean? How can a slight rise in the temperature of the surface of the Pacific Ocean have a devastating... more
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By
David B Scott ,
Franco S Medioli ,
Charles T Schafer
[Paperback 2007]
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Here is the first comprehensive book to describe specific environmental applications of foraminifera and thecamoebians. These organisms permit the biological characterization of a variety of freshwater and coastal marine environments and react quickly to environmental stress, natural or anthropogenic. Their small size and hard shells lead to preservation in large... more
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Denise Nielsen Tackett ,
Larry Tackett
[Paperback 2002]
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An eye-opening look at what really goes on in the lives of coral reef fishes and invertebrates. Unforgettable photographs illustrate marine biology in action for all aquarists and underwater naturalists. An eye-opening look at what really goes on in the lives of coral reef fishes and invertebrates. Unforgettable photographs illustrate... more
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Boyce Thorne Miller ,
Sylvia A Earle
[Paperback 1999, 2nd Edition]
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The first edition of "The Living Ocean," published in 1991 by Island Press in association with Friends of the Earth, was widely praised by scientists, policymakers, instructors, and general readers as a useful and accessible introduction to the science and policy of biological diversity in marine environments. Since that time,... more
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Simon Winchester
[2011]
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The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author, Simon Winchester For thousands of years the Atlantic Ocean was viewed by mariners with a mixture of awe, terror and amazement - an impassable barrier to the unknown. In recent times, as we fly high above it without... more
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Katrina Brown ,
Emma L Tompkins ,
W Neil Adger
[Paperback 2002]
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Coastal zones are critical multiple-use resources, under pressure from constant demands from different sources - conservation, economic growth and social welfare. This book identifies the dilemmas of managing conservation and development in coastal areas. It offers important information on the management, conservation and social implications of coastal resources. The authors... more
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Susan Casey
[Paperback 2011]
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From Susan Casey, bestselling author of "The Devil’s Teeth," an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out. For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dismissed these stories—waves that high would seem to violate the... more
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Callum Roberts
[Paperback 2007]
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A fascinating journey through 1,000 years of human exploitation and exploration of the sea. Humanity can make short work of the oceans' creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller's sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into... more
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Scott Douglass
[Paper textbook 2002, 19th Edition]
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This book tell you where beach sand comes from, how waves are formed and how they break and move sand down the coast, how "works of man" have blocked this movement and caused beach erosion, and what can be done to save the beaches for future generations of Americans. A... more
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Robert Kunzig
[Paperback 2000, 1st Edition]
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""The Restless Sea" immediately surfaces at the top of the list of journalistic treatments of oceanography. . . .The book opened my eyes to numerous wonders".--Richard Strickland, "American Scientist" 8 pages of color and 20 b&w illustrations. Description: A vivid, up-to-date tour of the Earth's last frontier, a remote and... more
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Ralph B Levering ,
Miriam L Levering
[Paperback 1999]
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By
Ray Gibson ,
Ben Hextall ,
Alex Rogers
[Paperback 2001]
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This spectacular photographic guide to sea shore animals and plants represents a opletely new approach to field guides. It is aimed at those who wish to find and identify organisms encountered o the sea or immediately offshore quickly and easily while pro... more
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John C Kricher ,
Gordon Morrison ,
Roger Tory Peterson
[Paperback 2006]
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Color your own field guide and make nature come alive. Coloring your own field guide, from the delicate pink of a Roseate Spoonbill to the greenish brown of a Horseshoe Crab, is the most enjoyable way to learn about seashores. Each drawing is accompan... more
