Oceans & Seas

A collection of stunning underwater photographs featuring sea creatures by the pair.Book InformationISBN 9781555916138Author Michele WestmorlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Fulcrum Inc.,USPublisher Fulcrum Inc.,USWeight(grams) 328g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451683349Author Michael J. TougiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & Schuster Children's PublishingPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

"Coastal Governance" provides a clear overview of how coasts are currently managed and explores new approaches that could make their shores healthier. Drawing on recent assessments, Professor Richard Burroughs explains why traditional...

Decades of isolation from tourism and development have left Cuba's coral reefs among the most pristine in the world, an "exceptionalism" that stands in stark contrast to the island nation's poverty and political situation. Famed diver/photographer Robert...

Off the coast of California, running from Santa Barbara to La Jolla, lies an archipelago of eight islands known as the California Channel Islands. The northern five were designated as Channel Islands National Park in 1980 to protect and restore the rich...

The ocean and its inhabitants sketch and stretch our understandings of law in unexpected ways. Inspired by the blue turn in the social sciences and humanities, Blue Legalities explores how regulatory frameworks and governmental infrastructures are made,...

The northern Adriatic Sea is transient, most recently flooded between 18,000 to 6,000 years ago following the last glacial maximum, and it will drain again with the onset of the next glacial period. Despite its youth, uniformly shallow depth, and flat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550178036Author Howard Macdonald StewartFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 1288g

John Collins takes us on a marine adventure within the oceans that lap many of our most populated shores, from the north Atlantic around western Europe, to the chilly Pacific of North America and south to the Great White sharks of Africa. His...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805053897Author Amy LiFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint BookLife PublishingPublisher BookLife Publishing

The vast expanses of ocean that cover about 70% of our planet have been negatively affected by fishing, pollution and, increasingly, by climate change. To mitigate these effects and safeguard the delicate ecological and environmental functions of oceans...

Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional 'ecosystem services', from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection. Yet across the...

This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them. Despite the emergence of various marine and coastal governance approaches to address the effects of human...

Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources. Through detailed cases and consideration of broader global trends,...

There is now widespread agreement that fish stocks are severely depleted and fishing activity must be limited. At the same time, the promise of the green economy appears to offer profitable new opportunities for a sustainable seafood industry. What do...

Covering 71 percent of the planet, these saline bodies of water provided the unique conditions necessary for the building blocks of life to form billions of years ago. This book explains how our oceans continue to support and influence life in important...

Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities. However, coral...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551052328Author Ian SheldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Lone Pine Publishing,CanadaPublisher Lone Pine Publishing,CanadaWeight(grams) 266g

With the growing popularity of salt water fly-fishing today, we easily forget that this sport was only begun in the 1930s-1950s. Brooks was one of the earliest pioneers of salt water techniques and salt water flies_both of which still catch fish today...

Based on five decades of research and observation, a haunting and unsparing look at the melting ice caps, and what their disappearance will mean. Peter Wadhams has been studying ice first-hand since 1970, completing 50 trips to the world's poles and...

Off the coast of California, running from Santa Barbara to La Jolla, lies an archipelago of eight islands known as the California Channel Islands. The northern five were designated as Channel Islands National Park in 1980 to protect and restore the rich...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570619854Author Audrey DeLella BenedictFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Sasquatch BooksPublisher Sasquatch BooksWeight(grams) 805gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578269396Author Jackie CorleyFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Publisher Hatherleigh Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922634658Author Thornton BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Living Book PressPublisher Living Book PressWeight(grams) 313g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780936513478Author Timothy O'KeefeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Larsen's Outdoor PublishingPublisher Larsen's Outdoor PublishingWeight(grams) 168g

Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources. Through detailed cases and consideration of broader global trends,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544484078Author James NestorFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 132mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374535346Author Iain McCalmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Scientific AmericanPublisher Scientific AmericanWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm...

Over the last decade the concept of clustering has become a central idea for analyzing the competitiveness of nations, industries and firms. This book shows how the cluster concept can be usefully applied to the study of maritime activities. Such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988058887Author Claudiu MurganFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Manor House Publishing IncPublisher Manor House Publishing IncWeight(grams) 215g

Coral reefs are an important tourism resource for many coastal and island destinations and generate a range of benefits to their local communities, including as a food source, income from tourism, employment and recreational opportunities. However, coral...

Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional 'ecosystem services', from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection. Yet across the...

The management of common pool resources and publicly-owned areas is fraught with difficulty. This book explores the long, complex, and frequently contentious history of public lands management in the United States in order to draw lessons for the...

Covering 71 percent of the planet, these saline bodies of water provided the unique conditions necessary for the building blocks of life to form billions of years ago. This book explains how our oceans continue to support and influence life in important...

The oceans cover 71% of the planet, and pose a myriad of hazards to everyone from blue-water sailors to the casual beachcomber. From rip tides to rogue waves, the possibilities for some water-borne calamity seem endless, but in most cases a deadly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648652830Author Dr Sue PillainsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Little Pink Dog BooksPublisher Little Pink Dog BooksWeight(grams) 250g

Could ancient giant sharks called megalodons still exist in the deep sea? What should you do if stung by a jellyfish? Can we predict lightning strikes and how is climate change affecting hurricanes?With humor, easy-to-understand language, and fun...

Could ancient giant sharks called megalodons still exist in the deep sea? What should you do if stung by a jellyfish? Can we predict lightning strikes and how is climate change affecting hurricanes?With humor, easy-to-understand language, and fun...