Oceans

Resource Information

The work Oceans represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Oceans

Statement of responsibility

Trevor Day ; illustrations by Richard Garratt

Creator

• Day, Trevor, 1955-

Contributor

• Garratt, Richard

Illustrator

• Garratt, Richard

Subject

• Marine ecology
• Ocean
• Ocean
• Marine ecology -- Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works
• Ocean -- Juvenile literature
• Marine ecology

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works

Language

eng

Summary

The oceans are teeming with life of all kinds. Changing sea levels, plate tectonics, chemical cycling, sedimentation, and the atmosphere greatly impact these habitats. The ocean's currents and sea level are tied closely to weather patterns and in turn to such issues as global warming and El Nino. Oceans provides a complete overview of the ecosystem that exists in these bodies of water. From the coastal wetlands to the deep ocean waters, the geography, geology, chemistry, and physics of oceans are thoroughly examined in this volume. Today, the impact that human use of ocean resources has on these habitats, including habitat loss and overharvesting, is in constant debate. Oceans looks at these possible threats and concludes with a balanced look at the ways to manage the oceans, as well as the future of this ecosystem

Member of

• Biomes of the Earth

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

577.7

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

QH541.5.S3

LC item number

D36 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Biomes of the Earth

Target audience

juvenile