Myke Mollard's signature illustrations and engaging text bring kids up close and personal with hundreds of the creatures found on Australia's Great Barrier Reef: corals, fish including sharks, turtles and other marine reptiles, whales and dolphins, birds, molluscs, crustaceans, even the animals found on the reef's 900-odd islands. The creatures ......
Reconceives whale songs as a sophisticated sonar system, revealing incredible insights into these creatures intelligence and behavior.
With breathtaking complexity and haunting beauty, the songs of whales have long fascinated scientists. Whales are the only mammals that can sing continuously for ten hours or more, ......
Beautiful, intelligent, huge, Whales cast their spell over us, but remain a mystery. Wade Hughes is a writer, and an artist with the underwater camera, who with his wife Robyn has travelled the world, meeting whales. Amazing photos show whales being themselves in the moods, and phases of life, with evoking text. ENDORSED BY AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC
How Marine Science Can Help You Find and Catch More Fish
This text presents aspects of marine science relevant to fishing, in a format accessible to the layperson. The book explains the marine environment and the factors that affect where game fish congregate, how they move with tides and currents, and what they see, smell, taste and hear.
Living Time Machine tells the story of the demise of the world's ocean ecosystems, the hard work of those desperately trying to save it, and an unexpected beacon of hope from Cuba - an island full of mystery and surprises.
The waters that surround Seychelles are home to over 1,000 species of fish and 300 species of coral. The islands are visited by giant Whale Sharks and Manta Rays, and are home to the critically endangered Hawksbill and Green Turtles. Its warm tropical waters and coral reefs teeming with fish mean that Seychelles is a popular diving ......
Essentials for Educators, Students, and Enthusiasts
Feed your fascination with sharks! This complete resource enlightens readers on the biology, ecology, and behavior of sharks with approachable explanations and more than 250 stunning color illustrations. Studies of shark biology have flourished over the last several decades. An explosion of new research methods is leading to a fascinating era of ......
A Practical Introduction to Biology and Identification
For the first time, here is a practical guide to marine plankton as seen and collected from the seashore. Perfect for naturalists and ecologists, amateur or professional alike, this book accesses a captivating hidden world. Illustrated throughout with stunning photographs, the multitudes of microscopic life-forms typically found in seawater that ......
Biological invasions are one of the main causes of biodiversity decline worldwide. While Japanese knotweed and tiger mosquito are invasive species well known to the public, the same cannot be said for the American blue crab or the green alga Caulerpa, both of which are now ravaging the Mediterranean Basin. Marine biological invasions receive scant ......
