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Investigate shipwrecks where scorpionfish hide, dive down to the
Mariana trench to meet a dumbo octopus, marvel at ocean giants and
dart in between manatees in mangrove forests to find out why oceans
are magnificently mega! Did you know lobsters keep their teeth in
their tummies? Or that you can find rivers and lakes beneath the
ocean? And did you know that sea stars have no brain or blood?
Explore the wonders of our underwater worlds on every page, from
coral reefs, sharks and the deep to shipwrecks, weird fish and
frozen seas, there's so much to discover! With fun and colourful
illustrations and bursting with facts, Do You Love Oceans? is
perfect for readers who want to dive down and explore Earth's
spectacular seas, discover the wildlife that lives there and find
out why our oceans need protecting. Matt Robertson is the
award-winning illustrator of Do You Love Bugs?, Do You Love
Dinosaurs? and Do You Love Exploring?
This volume explores nonhuman animals’ involvement with human
maritime activities in the age of sail—as well as the myriad
multispecies connections formed across different geographical
locations knitted together by the long history of global ship
movement. Far from treating the ship as a confined space defined by
the sea, Maritime Animals considers the ship’s connections to
broader contexts and networks and covers a variety of locations,
from the Canadian Arctic to the Pacific Islands. Each chapter
focuses on the oceanic experiences of a particular species, from
ship vermin, animals transported onboard as food, and animal
specimens for scientific study to livestock, companion and working
animals, deep-sea animals that find refuge in shipwrecks, and
terrestrial animals that hunker down on flotsam and jetsam. Drawing
on recent scholarship in animal studies, maritime studies,
environmental humanities, and a wide range of other perspectives
and storytelling approaches, Maritime Animals challenges an
anthropocentric understanding of maritime history. Instead, this
volume highlights the ways in which species, through their
interaction with the oceans, tell stories and make histories in
significant and often surprising ways. In addition to the editor,
the contributors to this volume include Anna Boswell, Nancy
Cushing, Lea Edgar, David Haworth, Donna Landry, Derek Lee Nelson,
Jimmy Packham, Laurence Publicover, Killian Quigley, Lynette
Russell, Adam Sundberg, and Thom van Dooren.
Salmon are one of the most popular and commonly eaten fish and are
among the most important fishery resources in the world. They are
born and die in fresh water but can live in both fresh water and
seawater where they migrate between rivers and oceans, showing
amazing abilities to home to their natal stream precisely. However,
their dynamic life cycles and mysterious abilities of natal stream
imprinting and homing migration are not well understood.
Physiological Aspects of Imprinting and Homing Migration in Salmon:
Emerging Researches and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source
that introduces the dynamic and complicated life cycle of salmon
connected with fish migration and climate changes and presents
physiological mechanisms of natal stream imprinting and homing in
salmon with special references to hormone, olfaction, memory, and
behavior. Additionally, salmon resources concerning salmon
commercial fisheries, aquaculture, and global propagation systems
are discussed. This book is ideally designed for ichthyologists,
environmentalists, pisciculture professionals, fisheries, marine
biologists, scientists, researchers, academicians, and students
seeking coverage on one of the most integral species of fish in the
world.
An informative series that provides, in a concise format, better
understanding of animals and their habitats. Fascinating in its
diversity, the natural world comes to life on the pages of these
spec tacularly illustrated volumes.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
A transporting exploration of the deep sea, and how our planet’s strangest, most ancient and astonishing creatures have urgent relevance to cutting-edge science today.
Hundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms the size and shape of cities, and jellyfish that glow in the dark: ocean invertebrates are among the oldest and most diverse organisms on Earth, seeming to bend the rules of land-based biology. Although sometimes unseen in the deep, these incredible spineless creatures contain 600 million years of adaptation to problems of disease, energy consumption, nutrition, and defence.
Marine ecologist Dr Drew Harvell takes us diving from Hawaii to the Salish Sea, from the Caribbean to Indonesia, to uncover the incredible underwater ‘superpowers’ of spineless creatures: we meet corals many times stronger than steel or concrete, sponges who create potent chemical compounds to fight off disease, and sea stars who garden the coastlines, keeping all the other nearby species in perfect balance. As our planet changes fast, the biomedical, engineering and energy innovations of these wondrous creatures hold ever more important secrets to our own survival.
The Ocean’s Menagerie is a tale of biological marvels, a story of a woman’s passionate connection to an adventurous career in science and a call to arms to protect the world’s most ancient ecosystems.
A JIGSAW WITH A TWIST - No two shapes are the same, and each piece
is a fish (or other sea creature, plus one that's a diver! See if
you can spot it!) HOURS OF MADDENING FUN Have you got what it takes
to assemble all 299 fish into a perfect puzzle? CHARMING
ILLUSTRATIONS by Lea Maupetit STURDY & ATTRACTIVE BOX perfect
for gifting and storage Have you got what it takes to corral all
299 sea creatures into a perfect puzzle? In this cunning cluster
puzzle, there are no regular jigsaw shapes: each piece takes the
outline of the creature itself. And there are 299 of them! Can you
fit them all together?
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