Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. Global environmental change (including climate change, biodiversity loss, changes in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and intensive exploitation of natural resources) is having significant impacts on the world's oceans. This book advances knowledge of the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems, and..... More
Crawley: UWA Publishing, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $65. The Census of Marine Life was launched in the year 2000 with the goal of producing the first-ever ocean census by 2010. Two thousand scientists from 82 nations agreed to the mandate to answer three important..... More
Frankfurt: Ikan - Unterwasserarchiv, 1998. Octavo, photographs, some crinkled pages, laminated boards. More
Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, (1979. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations. More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. This collection of stunning images is a showcase for the work of the world's greatest underwater wildlife photographers. It includes beautifully composed and rarely seen images illustrating the full diversity of marine life, from mighty whales and graceful turtles through to..... More
Firefly Books, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, softcover. A visual guide to oceans, their formation and extent, the life-forms they support, their value to humans, and the threats they face. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, laminated boards. The hadal zone represents one of the last great frontiers in marine science, accounting for 45% of the total ocean depth range. Despite very little research effort since the 1950s, the last ten years has seen..... More
Scoresby: Five Mile Press, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This book is both a celebration of the ocean and an urgent call for conservation. More
Frankfurt: Ikan- Unterwasserarchiv, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. This book includes thousands of photographs of selected groups of marine invertebrates. The primary aim is to assist people who have a keen interest in the small animals they encounter in the sea other than fishes. Presented here are the species..... More
Washington: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, softcover. The Raja Ampat islands are another example of a highly diverse coral ecosystem under threat. Such regions stand out not only because of their species richness, endemism, and habitat level diversity, but also because of their relatively pristine condition. Yet portions of these coral..... More
New York: Plenum Press, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, folding map and chart, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Plenum Press, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2014. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something seemingly miraculous: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and..... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2005. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Looks at marine populations and ecosystems and threats to marine biodiversity as well as management and human impact. Also available in paperback [stock id 21454]. More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. This book will help you to easily identify and learn about the life cycles and anatomy of the species likely to be encountered along Britain's coastline. Useful sections provide details on the tidal cycle, how to read tide tables, where to look..... More
Sydney: Reader's Digest, (1990. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. Octavo, colour photographs, graphs, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Frigid, dark, and energy-deprived, the deep sea was long considered hostile to life. However, new sampling technologies and intense international research efforts in recent decades have revealed a remarkably rich fauna and an astonishing..... More
New York: Norton, [1987. first edition). Octavo, Owner's stamp, dustwrapper slightly worn, otherwise a good copy in dustwrapper. More
Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $90. Featuring 500 fantastic colour photographs, this work captures the beauty of marine life found in the Caribbean, the Pacific Ocean, Japan, Australia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean. More
London: Butterworths, 1981. third edition), Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Pioneered in the late 1980s, the concept of macroecology - a framework for studying ecological communities with a focus on patterns and processes - revolutionized the field. Although this approach has been applied mainly to terrestrial..... More
London: New Holland, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. Visitors to the North Sea are astonished at the profusion of marine life that exists in this relatively small, box-shaped sea that is bounded by Britain to the west and the shores of northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway..... More
London: New Holland Publishers, (2011. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, map. This is a new and updated edition of this popular title. This guide reveals the fascinating wealth of sea life found in this diverse, but little-documented region. This compact and easy-to-follow guidebook, illustrated with many specially-commissioned..... More