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The Indo-Pacific region is the dream destination for all SCUBA
divers and snorkelers. The coral reefs in this region are bursting
with marine life and are home to more animal species than any other
diving spot in the world – more than 40 per cent of all coral
reef fishes known worldwide. Added to this, the waters are
crystal-clear, giving the best chance of viewing the underwater
stars. Top-quality, close-up photographs of each species (in some
cases including juvenile or sub-adult variants) are accompanied by
detailed information listing identifying features, size, biology
and distribution. The introductory section focuses on specific
types of behaviour, such as mimicry, cleaning stations and the
symbiotic relationships between various species. The species
descriptions that follow are grouped in three chapters on fishes,
invertebrates, and reptiles and sea mammals. Covering Australia,
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mauritius, Melanesia,
Micronesia, the Philippines, Polynesia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri
Lanka and Thailand, and describing over 800 species, this book is
an invaluable identification guide.
Within this guide are tools to identify and appreciate the 27
species of whales and dolphins that make this region home. From
easily recognised humpback and killer whales to the elusive pygmy
sperm whale, and from acrobatic white-sided dolphins to gregarious
belugas, you will learn about each of their characteristics,
feeding and behaviour, and habitat. Population status and threats
to each species are also explored.
Life in the Chesapeake Bay is the most important book ever
published on America's largest estuary. Since publication of the
first edition in 1984, tens of thousands of naturalists, boaters,
fishermen, and conservationists have relied on the book's
descriptions of the Bay's plants, animals, and diverse habitats.
Superbly illustrated and clearly written, this acclaimed guide
describes more than two thousand plants and animals and their
habitats, from diamondback terrapins to blue crabs to hornshell
snails. Now in its third edition, the book has been updated with a
new gallery of thirty-nine color photographs and dozens of new
species descriptions and illustrations. The new edition retains the
charm of an engaging classic while encompassing nine years of new
research. This classic guide to the plants and animals of the
Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers - year-round
residents and summer vacationers, professional biologists and
amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen.
Conchas rotas es una coleccion unica de fotografias de conchas
rotas junto con inspiradoras palabras de sabiduria.
The assemblage of animals living in sandy shores is richer than it
might first appear, and it offers wonderful opportunities for
ecological explanation without the need for expensive equipment.
This book introduces the natural history of the community and
provides keys that will enable readers to name the animals they
find. It provides practical approaches for behavioural and
ecological studies, including the survey and monitoring of
populations. Local investigations of this kind form an essential
basis for planning the conservation of sandy shore habitats, which
are important both in their own right and as feeding grounds for
birds. This is a digital reprint edition of the book originally
published in 1994 with ISBNs 0855462949 (hbk) & 0855462930
(pbk).
Do fiddler crabs need air? What do fiddler crabs eat? Why does the
fiddler crab have a big claw? How can I catch a fiddler crab? What
is the difference between a male and female fiddler crab? Can you
breed fiddler crabs? Where do I buy fiddler crabs? Did you know
there are over 90 different species of Fiddler crabs? Fiddler crabs
exhibit complex behaviour and require a specialised environment to
thrive. To care for your pet fiddler crab you must know how to
prepare your tank and make sure you choose the right aquarium
mates. In this easy to read guide you will find the answers to all
these questions and much more. Find out how to care for your pet
fiddler crabs, discover facts about the unique fiddler crab life
cycle, how to feed your fiddler crabs and advice choosing the
perfect fiddler crab tank mates. Includes fun fiddler facts for
kids.
As we humans have explored the world's oceans and exploited them
for tourism and recreation, we have found ourselves coming into
contact with more and more sharks. And the outcome can be fatal.
From the Seychelles to South Africa, and Australia to North
America, tourists, divers and surfers have seemingly found
themselves under increased threat from unprovoked shark attacks.
Fatal attacks have occurred in locations that were previously
thought to be safe, and in late 2010 the Egyptian resort of Sharm
el-Sheikh was rocked by an incredible five shark attacks in a
matter of weeks. But are sharks really ruthless, vicious killers,
or are they simply reacting to humans invading their habitat? Has
the number of shark attacks increased in recent years? What can be
done to prevent shark attacks? All these questions and more are
answered in this fascinating book.
Oceanography has moved into the spotlight of urgent social concern,
because of the oceans' impact on issues such as global climate
change, biodiversity, and even national security. This new volume
points to improved partnerships between ocean scientists, federal
agencies, and the oceanographic institutions as the key to
understanding the oceans and their effects on our lives.
Oceanography in the Next Decade outlines pressing marine research
problems and offers recommendations for how they may be solved,
with detailed discussions of: How oceanographic research is
currently conducted. Recent discoveries and research needs in four
subdisciplines?physical, chemical, geological, and biological.
Coastal oceanography, which is important because of growing coastal
populations. The infrastructure of oceanography, with a wealth of
information about human, equipment, and financial resources. A
blueprint for more productive partnerships between academic
oceanographers and federal agencies. This comprehensive look at
challenges and opportunities in oceanography will be important to
researchers, faculty, and students in the field as well as federal
policymakers, research administrators, and environmental
professionals. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1
Introduction 2 Toward New Partnerships in Ocean Sciences 3 Future
Directions in Ocean Sciences 4 Human, Physical, and Fiscal
Resources References I. How the Study Was Conducted II.
Abbreviations and Acronyms III. Recent Workshop and Other Reports
Relevant to Discussion in 'Directions in Biological Oceanography'
IV. Oceanography Manpower Assessment Questionaire: Academic Form V.
Oceanography Manpower Assessment Questionaire: Federal Laboratory
Form VI. Institutional Respondents to Manpower Survey VII. Federal
Respondents to Manpower Survey Index Supplementary Photo Plates
The South Pacific has long been in need of a comprehensive guide to
reef and shore fishes. This volume covers the inshore fish fauna of
New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, the southern Gilbert Islands
(Kiribati), Tuvalu, Fiji, the Wallis Islands, Tonga, Samoa,
American Samoa, the Tokelau Islands, the Phoenix Islands, the Cook
Islands, the Austral Islands, Rapa, the Society Islands, the
Tuamoto Archipelago, the Marquesas Islands, and the Pitcairn
Islands. It contains accounts of nearly 1,500 species of fishes,
illustrated with more than 2,000 color photographs, taken mostly
underwater. (A few drab species are illustrated by only black and
white photographs or drawings.) Species accounts are headed by the
English common name, the scientific name, the author or authors who
described the fish, and the date of the description. This is
followed by a concise list of the characteristics needed to
identify the species, the total length it attains, its
distribution, habitat, and in summary form what may be known of its
biology. More than 600 references are given for those seeking more
information on individual species. The introduction contains a
two-page color spread of the main external features of fishes. An
extensive glossary of scientific terms precedes the index. This
volume will become the benchmark and bible for anyone interested in
the fishes of the South Pacific. Snorkelers and scuba divers will
find it especially useful; virtually every known species of fish
they might encounter can be found within its covers.
A vivid, up-to-date tour of the Earth's last frontier, a remote and
mysterious realm that nonetheless lies close to the heart of even
the most land-locked reader. The sea covers seven-tenths of the
Earth, but we have mapped only a small percentage of it. The sea
contains millions of species of animals and plants, but we have
identified only a few thousand of them. The sea controls our
planet's climate, but we do not really understand how. The sea is
still the frontier, and yet it seems so familiar that we sometimes
forget how little we know about it. Just as we are poised on the
verge of exploiting the sea on an unprecedented scale-mining it,
fertilizing it, fishing it out-this book reminds us of how much we
have yet to learn. More than that, it chronicles the knowledge
explosion that has transformed our view of the sea in just the past
few decades, and made it a far more interesting and accessible
place. From the Big Bang to that far-off future time, two billion
years from now, when our planet will be a waterless rock; from the
lush crowds of life at seafloor hot springs to the invisible,
jewel-like plants that float at the sea surface; from the restless
shifting of the tectonic plates to the majestic sweep of the ocean
currents, Kunzig's clear and lyrical prose transports us to the
ends of the Earth.
G. E. Rumphius, also known as the "Indian Pliny," was one of the
great tropical naturalists of the seventeenth century. Born in
Germany, he spent most of his life in the employ of the Dutch East
India Company, stationed on the island of Ambon in eastern
Indonesia. He wrote two major works; this one, the first modern
work on tropical fauna, was published posthumously in Dutch in
1705. A classic text of natural history, it is now available in
English for the first time.
The descriptions in "The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet cover "the
gamut of organisms found in the seas surrounding Ambon--crabs,
shrimp, sea urchins, mussels--as well as minerals and rare
concretions taken from animals and plants. A series of exquisite
etchings accompanies the descriptions. The book has been
masterfully translated and extensively annotated by E. M. Beekman,
whose introduction provides the first biography of Rumphius in
English that incorporates new material.
"It is said that the seafloor is a desert, a vast and uniform
wasteland, all but devoid of life. Textbooks on the shelf in my
laboratory say so. But I know that is not true", writes scientist
and submersible pilot Cindy Lee Van Dover in the Introduction to
Deep-Ocean Journeys. Van Dover has ventured miles below surface
waves to the bottom of the sea, driven by her desire to understand
the complex and thriving ecosystems recently discovered near
volcanic vents. These ecosystems are models for sites where life
might have originated on this planet and where extraterrestrial
life is speculated to exist on Mars and Europa. In this remarkable
book, Van Dover gives lyrical voice to the scientific passion that
motivates her, taking us along with her as she reveals the wonders
of the ocean floor.
Come for a journey along the Jersey shore with naturalist and
ecologist Joanna Burger In these deeply felt, closely observed
personal essays, Burger invokes the intertwined lives of naturalist
and wild creatures at the ever-changing edge of ocean and land.
Discover with her the delicate mating dances of fiddler crabs, the
dangers to piping plovers, the swarming of fish communities into
the bays and estuaries, the trilling notes of Fowler's toads, and
the subtle green-grays of salt marshes.Joanna Burger knows the
shore through all its seasons--the first moment of spring when the
herring gulls arrive on ice-gouged salt marshes, the end of spring
when the great flocks of shorebirds come to feed on horseshoe crab
eggs at Cape May, the summer when the peregrine hunts its prey, the
fall when the migrations of hawks and monarch butterflies attract
watchers from around the world, and the depths of winter when a
lone snowy owl sweeps across snow-covered dunes and frozen bay.
This is a book that anyone who loves the Jersey shore will cherish
And because so many of these wonderful creatures live all along the
Atlantic coast, it will be of equal interest to beach-lovers,
naturalists, bird-watchers, fishermen, and coastal and marine
scientists from North Carolina to Maine.
Polar Oceanography is an integrated synthesis of the biological,
physical, geological, and chemical processes that occur in the
polar oceans. The book represents the first modern
interdisciplinary synthesis of this field.
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