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Author:

Desonie, Dana.

Title:

Oceans : how we use the seas / Dana Desonie.

Publisher:

Chelsea House Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xii, 215 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Oceanography--Juvenile literature.
Ocean--Juvenile literature.
Marine ecology--Juvenile literature.
Marine life--Juvenile literature.
Oceanography.
Ocean.
Marine ecology.
Marine life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.

Contents:

The ocean basins and the coasts -- Seawater -- Water movement -- Marine life -- Marine communities -- Energy, mineral, and nonextractive resources -- Biological resources -- The activities of pollutants -- Nonbiological pollution -- Biological pollution -- Ozone loss, global warming, and the oceans -- Overfishing -- Aquaculture -- Marine mammals -- Habitat destruction -- The future of the oceans -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

Summary:

An introduction to how life in our oceans works, and how we are threatening it with pollution and depletion of fisheries.

Series:

Our fragile planet
Desonie, Dana. Our fragile planet.

ISBN:

9780816062164 (alk. paper)
0816062161 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)122424721

LCCN:

2007013560

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)