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Author:

Savage, Stephen.

Title:

Kingfisher voyages. Oceans / Stephen Savage.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Kingfisher,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

52 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Ocean--Juvenile literature.
Oceanography--Juvenile literature.
Ocean.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Water planet : (introduction) -- Water cycle -- "Surface waters" (divider) -- Moving oceans -- Shorelines -- Rocky coastlines -- Preparing to dive -- "Sunlit waters" (divider) -- Underwater forests -- Coral reefs -- Reef life (acetate) -- Ocean drifters -- Food chains -- Dolphins and sharks (acetate) -- Polar waters -- Migration -- Diving deeper -- "Deep waters" (divider) -- Ocean exploration -- Ocean archaeology -- Ocean zones (gatefold) -- Beyond sunlight -- Undersea lab (acetate) -- Humans and oceans -- Future oceans.

Summary:

Dive through the " layers" of the sea with world-renowned shark experts Ron and Valerie Taylor- from the sunlit zone through the twilight zone, until finally reaching the uncharted abyss. Visit the seabed to find out more about the plants, animals, and ghostly shipwrecks that can be found there. Along the way, peer through diecut portholes inside the Titanic, lift the transparent pages to reveal the inside of a submarine, discover what goes on inside an undersea laboratory, and consider all of the unknowns that wait below in the mysterious darkness of the unexplored depths.

ISBN:

0753459035
9780753459034

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62281777

LCCN:

2005031659

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

MAPA553 -- Ledyard Public Library (Ledyard) — JNF Savage 551.46 10