Showing posts with label Marine Ecology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marine Ecology. Show all posts

Thursday, 17 April 2014

Save Our Seas : continuing the mission of the adventurer Sir Peter Blake

Summary: Skipper L.B. Tross, inspired by Sir Peter Blake's environmental work, takes readers on a seafaring adventure around the coast of New Zealand to learn about sealife, what threatens it, and the need to protect it. Encounters various species of dolphin, turtle, whale and crustacean, and looks at food chains, bottom-trawling, pollutants, and what humans can do to make a difference. Includes puzzles, games and exercises

Friday, 20 July 2012

Oceans and Seas

On cover: Includes fun and easy projects
Table of contents includes: Planet ocean -- Salty seas -- Undersea landscape -- Tides and waves -- Weather-making sea -- Living history -- Fish rule -- Ocean mammals -- Super seabirds -- Who eats whom? -- Coral reefs -- Kelp jungles -- Frozen feasts -- Deep oceans -- Ocean mysteries -- Studying the sea -- All fished out -- What a waste
Summary: An introduction to the fascinating underwater world, from the deepest oceans to the shallows, and the creatures and plants that make salt water their home. Discover the rare mola mola fish and meet the colorful inhabitants of coral reefs. Also, find out how people use the waters of the world, from sports and leisure to fishing and treasure hunting