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Eugene H. Kaplan is Axinn Distinguished Professor of Conservation and Ecology at Hofstra University. A recipient of the Herman Melville award for writing on marine subjects, he is the author of nine books, including Problem Solving in Biology and two Peterson Field Guides, one on coral reefs of the Caribbean and the other on seashores of the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean.
Learning marine biology from a textbook is one thing. But take...
5) Ocean
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72 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 wall chart poster.
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"Discover the watery world covering most of the earth -- and the amazing wildlife in its depths."--Cover.
8) Shark divers
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2 videodiscs (194 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Explores the environment and habits of various types of sharks.
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266 pages, 8 pages of color plates ; 24 cm
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"While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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"Fans of Ada Twist, Scientist will want to join Dr. Cosmic's class of clever monsters as they explore the dark depths of the ocean in the fourth book of the Mad Scientist Academy series. The students in Dr. Cosmic's class take their lessons underwater when they're introduced to his latest invention, the SKWID -- a special submarine that explores the ocean and looks like a real giant squid! With the guidance of oceanographer Professor Fathom, the class...
14) Blue earth
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4 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Travel around the world and back again with the mysterious, beautiful and gigantic creatures of our Blue Earth. Voyage beyond the blue into the darkest corners to explore Ocean Drifters, and journey to exotic places for colorful creatures among coral reefs in Jewels of the Caribbean Sean. Then, dive deep into the world of the largest animals on Earth, the Great Whales, and in Surviving Paradise: Hawaiian monk seals, find out what's causing one of...
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446 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"All of Earth's oceans, from the equator to the poles, are a single engine powered by sunlight, driving huge flows of energy, water, life, and raw materials. In The Blue Machine, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski illustrates the mechanisms behind this defining feature of our planet, voyaging from the depths of the ocean floor to tropical coral reefs, estuaries that feed into shallow coastal seas, and Arctic ice floes. Through stories of history,...
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A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.
In recent decades we've learned more about the ocean than in all previous human history combined. But, even as our knowledge has exploded, so too has our...
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
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Aquaman introduces a variety of non-fiction topics relating to the world's oceans, like how oceans were formed and where they are; all about waves and currents, diversity of sea life, fishing, undersea exploration, and pollution.
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