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The generation of offshore energy is a rapidly growing sector, competing for space in an already busy seascape. This book brings together the ecological, economic, and social implications of the spatial conflict this growth entails. Covering all energy-generation types (wind, wave, tidal, oil, and...

The marine environment does not naturally respect arbitrary international boundaries. The establishment and management of transboundary marine protected areas therefore presents major governance challenges. This book analyses a series of marine transboundary conservation initiatives embedded in varying...

The vibrant Sanibel and Captiva Islands are ecological marvels compared to Florida's many overbuilt barrier islands. Development began with the construction of the Sanibel Island Lighthouse in 1884, when only the lighthouse keeper and assistant and their families lived on the island. Noted conservationist...

C'est un sillage fabuleux qu'aura tracé Alacaluf. Une grande boucle, avec un passage obligé sur la terre de ses ancêtres, aux confins de la Patagonie. Et, pour le lecteur, c'est un livre en trois dimensions... Subaquatique lorsqu'il plonge avec Alain, en apnée ou en scaphandre, et se fond dans...

Water is the most sought resource for human use. Owing to rapid population growth and urbanization as well as rising needs of power generation and modern industry, water has been a major concern, as could be seen from the recent attempts in international cooperation in conserving and utilizing the...

This evocative account of the months Stephen Harrigan spent diving on the coral reefs off Grand Turk Island in the Caribbean was originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1992.

A symposium of the Royal Society of Canada was held in June 1962 to outline what is being done  in Canadian oceanography to map salinity, temperature, and plankton in the waters around Canada and in the North Atlantic across to Europe. This volume, based on the symposium, emphasizes the interdisciplinary...

Eddie and Jena were enjoying a regular summer day, playing hide-and-seek with their friends, Shayla and Sharky. They found Gus, the sperm whale, who was trapped in a net. Eddie and his friends had to find help for him soon or Gus will die. Their only hope was Bob the shark, but everyone was scared...

Seit Anbeginn der Menschheit ist der Mensch vom Meer fasziniert, so voller Geheimnisse und Rätsel, die der Tiefe entsteigen. Dieses Buch greift einige dieser Rätsel und Geheimnisse auf, um etwas Licht in die Dunkelheit der Tiefe zu bringen. Weshalb gelingt es nicht, trotz modernster Technik, Wesen...

Mass oyster mortalities have been known for many years throughout the world, but no strictly pathological explication has been found. This book describes how environmental influences, reproduction, stress, genetics, pathogens and temperature contribute to oyster summer mortality in France. An interaction...

Sustainable energy is energy that is consumed at insignificant rates compared to its supply and with manageable collateral effects, especially environmental effects. Another common definition of sustainable energy is an energy system that serves the needs of the present without compromising the ability...

Die Zeiten, in denen man an Land falsche Feuer setzte, um Schiffe auf einem gefährlichen Kurs zum Stranden zu bringen und sie anschließend zu berauben, sind lange vorbei. Auch werden keine Gebete mehr um eine »reiche Segnung des Strandes« gesprochen. Gleichwohl ist Strandgut bis heute überaus begehrt....

Wie entstanden die Ozeane und Meere auf unserer Erde? Welche Anpassungsstrategien der Tiefseebewohner sichern das Überleben selbst bei extremsten Umweltbedingungen? Wie können wir die für die Menschheit so wichtigen Ressourcen der Ozeane nachhaltig nutzen? Auf diese und 97 weitere interessante Fragen...

This heavily illustrated book is written by top archaeologists who study Florida's sunken heritage in unique underwater sites. Learn from them the secrets at the bottom of springs and rivers, discover drowned prehistoric waterfront neighborhoods, paddle into the past on ancient canoes, swim...