Danger in the Sea
Author : A. Fraser-Brunner
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Dangerous animals
ISBN : 9780600328766
Author : A. Fraser-Brunner
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,45 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Dangerous animals
ISBN : 9780600328766
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 2003-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309084385
Since the early 1970s, experts have recognized that petroleum pollutants were being discharged in marine waters worldwide, from oil spills, vessel operations, and land-based sources. Public attention to oil spills has forced improvements. Still, a considerable amount of oil is discharged yearly into sensitive coastal environments. Oil in the Sea provides the best available estimate of oil pollutant discharge into marine waters, including an evaluation of the methods for assessing petroleum load and a discussion about the concerns these loads represent. Featuring close-up looks at the Exxon Valdez spill and other notable events, the book identifies important research questions and makes recommendations for better analysis ofâ€"and more effective measures againstâ€"pollutant discharge. The book discusses: Inputâ€"where the discharges come from, including the role of two-stroke engines used on recreational craft. Behavior or fateâ€"how oil is affected by processes such as evaporation as it moves through the marine environment. Effectsâ€"what we know about the effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on marine organisms and ecosystems. Providing a needed update on a problem of international importance, this book will be of interest to energy policy makers, industry officials and managers, engineers and researchers, and advocates for the marine environment.
Author : Michael Portman
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1433958112
They’re powerful, fierce carnivores...and they need our help. Tigers are in very real danger of extinction. Hundreds of years of people hunting tigers and destroying their habitats have drastically reduced their numbers. Now, several countries and wildlife groups have teamed up to save the remaining tigers prowling the forests of Asia. This volume is filled with vivid photographs and fun fact boxes, helping readers learn about the six subspecies of tigers, their behaviors, and the recent efforts to save them.
Author : Matthias Bergbauer
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,4 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Dangerous marine animals
ISBN : 9781408119075
Written by distinguished marine biologists and illustrated with incredible underwater photographs, this guide to the marine environment and the dangerous creatures living within it covers all forms of sealife including jellyfish and corals, molluscs, crustacea, urochordates, fish, reptiles, seabirds and sea mammals. Each entry is accompanied by clear succinct text covering habitat, appearance, behaviour, typical accidents and how to prevent and treat injuries. The book opens with a section on oceanography and marine biology which explains the complex and fascinating processes that created the oceans as we know them today. Part 1 covers the invertebrates. As they are a diverse group, typical regional invertebrate habitats are described to give an insight into the complex niches and relationships in which they exist. Part 2 covers the vertebrates. It opens with 48 plates illustrating the majority of species likely to be encountered on the oceans. In the fish plates, some species are illustrated for the first time. The seabirds, cetaceans, sea reptiles and sea mammals are also comprehensively illustrated. The plate section is followed by a systematic section on each group. The book should prove useful to the seafarer, and a valuable resource for anyone interested in the marine environment. Marine life that may be familiar to Australians includes stingrays, sharks, Moray eels, box jellyfish, the blue-ringed octopus, the crown of thorns starfish and the Komodo dragon.
Author : Mary M. Cerullo
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2008-04-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780811863490
Discover the truth about some of the dangerous creatures that live in the ocean
Author : Nancy Knowlton
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1426206437
In this refreshing, reader-friendly, and colorfully illustrated book about the ocean, renowned marine scientist Knowlton presents an overview of the hundreds of species that have been discovered in the past decade.
Author : Dorrik A. V. Stow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2017
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 0199655073
Our oceans are hugely important, as a source of food and mineral wealth, as an environment for a vast variety of wildlife, for the role they play in climate regulation, and as part of the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements critical to life. Dorrik Stow explores what we know about how oceans originate and are maintained.
Author : Bruce Halstead
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Medical
ISBN :
This comprehensive atlas comprising over 300 beautiful color photographs of marine animals dangerous to humans has been written by three experts in the fields of hazardous and venomous animals, marine biology, emergency medicine and education. It is of considerable practical use not only to marine biologists, oceanographers, marine scientists and toxicologists but also to accident and emergency trauma specialists who are treating an alarming number of casualties among divers and others involved in maritime occupations and leisure pursuits. One of the world's leading biotoxicologists has joined forces with an eminent environmental physician and a youth science specialist to produce a unique and beautiful book. It is not only of immense practical value, but, by its powerful and exciting photography also enthralls anyone intrigued by the sea.
Author : Edwin S. Iversen
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 11,18 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 156164370X
Shows how to avoid dangerous creatures and how to administer first aid just in case you don't.
Author : David Oakden
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,62 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Readers
ISBN : 9780199161256