Record details

• ISBN: 0226776646
• ISBN: 9780226776644
• Physical Description: 256 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
• Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
• Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

General Note:

"An Andromeda book"--title page verso.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 249) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ocean Frontier 8 -- Lure of the Sea 10 -- Great Voyages of Discovery 12 -- Pioneers of Ocean Science 14 -- Modern Oceanographic Research 16 -- Ocean Systems -- 1 Plates on the Move 20 -- 2 Patterns & Cycles 42 -- 3 Salt, Sun, & Sea Level 64 -- 4 Silent, Swift, & Strong 80 -- 5 Hidden Riches of the Ocean 102 -- Ocean Maps -- Ocean Floor 118 -- Ocean Life -- 6 Evolution & Extinction 136 -- 7 Web of Life 150 -- 8 Marine Lifestyles 170 -- 9 Complex Communities 192 -- 10 Fragile Environments 214 -- Future Challenge 234 -- Climate Change 236 -- A New Global Awareness 238 -- Our Common Heritage 240.

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Subject:

Marine biology > Pictorial works.
Ocean > Pictorial works.
Oceanography.
Oceanography > Charts, diagrams, etc.

Genre:

Graphs.
Illustrated works.