Fish Ocean Life category: 917 books
Last Call at the Oasis
The Global Water Crisis and Where We Go from Here
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
“If there was a price placed on clean water we might start treating it like it has value. Maybe when it’s gone we'll realize we can’t drink oil or money.” —Dave Matthews
Less than 1 percent of the world’s water is fresh and potable—and no more will ever be available. Thanks to...
Resurrection Science
Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
**A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 **
**A Christian Science Monitor Top Ten Book of September**
In a world dominated by people and rapid climate change, species large and small are increasingly vulnerable to extinction. In Resurrection Science, journalist M. R. O'Connor explores the extreme...
by Pauline Fiene-Severns, Mike Severns, Ruth Dyerly
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Learn about the many kids of tropical seashells with this useful and portable reference book.
This handy pocket guide introduces 170 mollusk species found in Southeast Asia. These fascinating shelled animals vary greatly in shape and size, with equally diverse behaviors. As a quick reference...
Seashells of North America
A Guide to Field Identification
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This eBook is best viewed on a color device.
Scoop up plentiful Cockles on Eastern beaches. Spy a fabulous Emperor Helmet in Southern Florida. Find a Red Chiton on the Pacific shore. The coasts of North America yield a wondrous variety of shells, from the majestic Conch to tiny Bittium. This...
The Battle for North Carolina's Coast
Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
The North Carolina barrier islands, a 325-mile-long string of narrow sand islands that forms the coast of North Carolina, are one of the most beloved areas to live and visit in the United States. However, extensive barrier island segments and their associated wetlands are in jeopardy. In The Battle...
by Ashley Oliphant
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
This is a basic guide on how to find and identify fossil shark teeth from the coast of the Carolinas. It offers the basic information novices need to get started hunting fossil shark teeth and features an easy-to-use reference section that will allow for speedy identification of species commonly found on the coasts of North and South Carolina.
North Carolina's Barrier Islands
Wonders of Sand, Sea, and Sky
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
In this stunning book, nature photographer and ecologist David Blevins offers an inspiring visual journey to North Carolina's barrier islands as you have never seen them before. These islands are unique and ever-changing places with epic origins, surprising plants and animals, and an uncertain future....
Catching Thunder
The True Story of the Worlds Longest Sea Chase
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
December, 2014: In the forbidding waters off Antarctica, Captain Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker sets off on a voyage unlike any seen before. Across ten thousand miles of hazardous seas, Hammarstedt’s crew will relentlessly pursue the Thunder – an infamous illegal fishing ship – for what will...
Beckoned by the Sea
Women at Work on the Cascadia Coast
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
A rich and diverse tapestry weaving together the many voices, narratives, skills, and talents of women up and down the coastal Pacific Northwest who devote their lives and careers to the sea.
Beckoned by the Sea celebrates coastal women from northern BC to northern California who work on or...
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...
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....