Record details

• ISBN: 9780786255429 (lg print : hc)
• ISBN: 0786255420
• Physical Description: 184 p. (large print) : ill. ; 22 cm.
• Edition: Large print ed.
• Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, 2002.

Formatted Contents Note:

OCEANS IN PERIL : Ocean watch -- The main threats -- Most endangered places -- Dead zones --- Most endangered species -- Global focus: ocean floor maps.

OCEAN WORLD: ROCKS AND WATER: Ocean geology : Earth's broken shell -- Ancienct oceans -- Early ocean life -- Spreading oceans -- Habitat focus: seafloor oases -- The eternal abyss -- The deepest ocean -- The Continental Shelf -- Changing sea levels -- Issue focus: flooding the world -- The chemical ocean -- Issue focus: ocean acidification; The moving ocean : Circulating water -- Oceans and climate -- Waves -- The tidal ocean.

OCEAN LIFE ZONES : Cataloging life : Exploring the deep -- Issue focus: the world census ; Coastal waters : Ever-changing shorelines -- Sandy shores -- Wildlife focus: turtle tragedy-- Rocky coasts -- Wildlife focus: Sea lion nurseries -- Estuaries and salt marshes -- Habitat focus: alien invasion -- Wildlife focus: the smallest cetacean ; Temperate waters : Life in the shallows -- Seaweed forests -- Going with the flow -- Habitat focus: the dirty sea -- Issue focus: the big catch -- Bed-ridden ; Tropical waters : The magic of coral -- Coral society -- Wildlife focus: coral in peril -- Mud and mangroves -- The ocean's meadows -- Issue focus: shellfish motives -- The fishing machines ; Polar waters : Icy seas -- Surviving the chill -- Wildlife focus: the vital krill -- Polar migration -- Wildlife focus: ocean giants: the whales ; Open waters : ocean layers -- Ocean commuters -- The multitudinous mass -- Wildlife focus: sharks in danger -- Issue focus: deep haul -- Mighty hunters ; The ocean deeps : Deep life -- Dead zones.

THE WORLD'S OCEANS AND SEAS : The Atlantic : The Atlantic basin -- The Gulf and the Caribbean -- Issue focus: spilled oil -- Habitat focus: the Sargasso Sea -- The Gulf Stream -- Habitat focus: once Grand Banks ; The Pacific : The Pacific basin -- The Pacific deeps -- Habitat focus: Coral islands -- Habitat focus the Great Barrier Reef -- Issue focus: plastic soup -- Habitat focus: ocean refuges ; The Indian Ocean : Opening the Indian Ocean -- Life in the Indian Ocean -- The Red Sea -- Wildlife focus: the giant clam ; The Southern Ocean : Southern Ocean waters -- Melting ice -- Life in the icy ocean -- Whaling business -- Habitat focus: whale sanctuary ; The Arctic Ocean : The Arctic Basin -- Arctic ice -- Arctic life -- Shrinking ice -- Dirty ice ; The seas of Europe : The Mediterranean -- Issue focus: Suez Canal invasion -- Habitat focus: the Mediterranean under pressure -- The North Sea -- The Baltic Sea -- Issue focus: lament for the bluefin ; The seas of Eurasia : The Black Sea -- Issue focus: the transparent invader -- The Caspian Sea ; The South China Sea : The sea of islands -- Habitat focus: the coral triangle.

Ocean future: the sea ethic -- Endangered marine species.

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