Oceans Seas category: 226 books
Home Aquarium
An Introductory Guide for Learning About Aquarium Catfish, Wall Mounted Aquarium, Aquarium Supplies, Aquarium Setup
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
With this compelling guide on Home Aquarium, you'll be amazed what you'll learn about aquarium catfish, wall mounted aquarium, aquarium supplies, aquarium setup and more.
Planning for Coastal Resilience
Best Practices for Calamitous Times
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and magnitude of coastal storms around the globe, and the anticipated rise of sea levels will have enormous impact on fragile and vulnerable coastal regions. In the U.S., more than 50% of the population inhabits coastal areas. In Planning for Coastal...
How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast Beach
A Guide to Shadow Dunes, Ghost Forests, and Other Telltale Clues from an Ever-Changing Coast
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Come explore the geology of Florida's Gulf Coast beaches, from a bird's-eye view down to a crab's-eye view. You'll journey from Panhandle sugar-sand beaches to southwestern shell beaches, taking a fresh look at the ever-changing landscape. With Tonya Clayton as your guide, you'll learn how to recognize...
Transforming the Fisheries
Neoliberalism, Nature, and the Commons
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
There is now widespread agreement that fish stocks are severely depleted and fishing activity must be limited. At the same time, the promise of the green economy appears to offer profitable new opportunities for a sustainable seafood industry. What do these seemingly contradictory ideas of natural...
Once and Future Ocean
Notes Toward a New Hydraulic Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Peter Neill's The Once and Future Ocean aspires to do nothing less than transform our relationship with the world's most promising and imperiled natural element: the ocean and the inter-connected cycles of water, essential for all aspects of human survival in the 21st century. A successor to the...
Voyage of the Iceberg
The Story of the Iceberg that Sank the Titanic
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
This is the story of the most famous iceberg of all time--the iceberg that has gripped the imagination of the world, that humbled human technology and dramatized the wonders and dangers of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Author Richard Brown uses the iceberg's story to present the natural history...
The Outlaw Sea
A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
The open ocean--that vast expanse of international waters--spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natural and manmade. And at a time when every last patch of land is claimed by one government or another, it is a place that remains radically free.
With...
by Richard Burroughs
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2011
Coastal Governance provides a clear overview of how U.S. coasts are currently managed and explores new approaches that could make our shores healthier. Drawing on recent national assessments, Professor Richard Burroughs explains why traditional management techniques have ultimately proved inadequate,...
The Mortal Sea
fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Since the time of the Vikings, the Atlantic has shaped the lives of people who depend on it for survival, and people have shaped the Atlantic. In his account of this interdependency, Bolster, a historian and professional seafarer, takes us through a millennium-long environmental history of our impact on one of the largest ecosystems in the world.
Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal Conservation
Prospects, Challenges and Policy Implications
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional ‘ecosystem services’, from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection. Yet across the world, these resources are fast-diminishing...
Comprehensive Action Plans of the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion
A Priority Seascape of the Coral Triangle Initiative
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME), as the apex of the Coral Triangle, is considered the center of the center of marine biodiversity where the highest number of colorful reef and marine fishes, various sizes of corals and shells, myriad shapes of algae, and protective mangrove forests are found....
Governing the Coastal Commons
Communities, Resilience and Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources. Through detailed cases and consideration of broader global trends, this volume examines how coastal communities...
by Joe Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2000
With the growing popularity of salt water fly-fishing today, we easily forget that this sport was only begun in the 1930s-1950s. Brooks was one of the earliest pioneers of salt water techniques and salt water flies—both of which still catch fish today. His book, originally published in 1950, remains one of the best overall guides to the sport.
The Jaws of Death
Sharks as Predator, Man as Prey
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2007
Biggest of all fish and the best equipped for hunting, sharks live in every ocean. No natural predator except the killer whale threatens them, and they possess an extraordinary physiology...including those unrivaled jaws. They have become the stuff of movies, books, and nightmares, but some of what...