What Sea Animals Eat


Book Description

Shows some of the food chains that exist in the ocean--from plant to plant-eater to various levels of predator to the top of the food chain--and how they combine into a food web.




Love Our Ocean


Book Description

Join Riley Hathaway on the most amazing adventures with her Dad, underwater cameraman Steve, to find the largest, most scary and amazing creatures in New Zealand's vast oceans. Young Ocean Explorers - Love Our Ocean, the book inspired by the popular TV series, features spectacular imagery by award-winning photographer, Richard Robinson. It opens up a whole new world, bringing us face to face with the beauty and strangeness of the underwater realm in a quality never seen before. Riley's adventures bring the natural world closer through amazing facts, stories and interviews with some of New Zealand's top marine experts. Illustrations by popular singer-songwriter, Jamie McDell, add a quirky sense of fun. Inspiring a generation of kids to put their faces under the ocean's magical surface, experiencing it and wanting to look after it for future generations - this is a book to read again and again.




What Sea Animals Eat / ¿Qué comen los animales del mar?


Book Description

Learn about what sea animals eat and where each belongs in the food chain.







Why Do Animals Eat That?


Book Description

Did you know that animals have favorite foods? The reasons why animals choose these foods go way beyond taste. Learn why animals eat what they eat. This title supports NGSS standards for Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity.




Ocean Animals


Book Description

Dive in to the incredible world of ocean animals! Ocean animals are truly awesome. They come in every size, colour and shape imaginable. They are also some of the weirdest, sneakiest and smartest animals on the planet! This book focusses on the features and skills that make these creatures extra-incredible. You will discover animals that are masters of defence and others that use high speeds to eat or avoid being eaten. There are sea creatures that use their size as an advantage, both big and small, and others that are just really, really smart! Whether you’re a fan of fish, a connoisseur of crustaceans, mad about molluscs or just love jellyfish, Ocean Animals has got you covered. You may even discover some fantastical creatures you never knew existed. Full of fun facts, 'sea-lebrity' species profiles and amazing pictures, you will also learn about issues threatening marine life and tips on how to help protect our amazing ocean environments.




Creatures of the Deep


Book Description

Enter the deep, and discover strange creatures and awesome facts about the deepest places on Earth. In this incredible 48-page book, you'll take a look inside a world that science is only just beginning to understand!




Garbage and Trash


Book Description

Reluctant readers will love the gross-out factor these books bring to learning about biological processes.




Zooplankton Ecology


Book Description

This book aims at providing students and researchers an advanced integrative overview on zooplankton ecology, covering marine and freshwater organisms, from microscopic phagotrophic protists, to macro-jellyfishes and active fish larvae. The first book section addresses zooplanktonic organisms and processes, the second section is devoted to zooplankton spatial and temporal distribution patterns and trophic dynamics, and the final section is dedicated to emergent methodological approaches (e.g., omics). Book chapters include comprehensive synthesis, observational and manipulative studies, and sediment-based analysis, a vibrant imprint of benthic-pelagic coupling and ecosystem connectivity. Most chapters also address the impacts of anticipated environmental changes (e.g., warming, acidification).




Animals Eat the Weirdest Things


Book Description

Describes what different animals ingest and why.