Screen LibraryOcean：reflections on a century of exploration
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Berkeley |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment |
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| Carrier Form: | x, 519 p.: ill. ; 27 cm. |
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9780520247789 (case : alk. paper) 0520247787 (case : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | P7 |
| CLC: | P7-09 |
| Call Number: | P7-09/B496 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: coping with a sea of change -- Discovering the ocean: of fish and ships and people -- A portrait of the ocean planet: elements of ocean literacy -- Life at the edge of a fertile sea: the birthplace of marine science -- Of coral reefs and atolls: stone gardens of tropical seas -- The zen of the beach: musings on a river of sand -- Unraveling the Gulf Stream puzzle: on a warm current running north -- Sardines and the California current: on a cold current running south -- Meadows and deserts of the sea: on the elusive concept of ocean productivity -- Of whales and sharks and giant |