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Oceans Governance and Maritime Strategyby David Wilson; Dick Sherwood
Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 31.96Australia is part of a region that contains some of the busiest shipping lanes and some of the richest marine resources in the world. This work analyzes the diverse and sometimes conflicting interests, including security, economic, scientific and legal issues, the country faces. more...
Atlanticby Paul Butel
Routledge 1999; US$ 118.00Butel offers a global history of the Atlantic, surveying the important events of the ocean's rich past and discussing how its power and influence has affected the peoples and nations which have come into contact with it over many centuries. more...
Indian Ocean in World Historyby Milo Kearney
Routledge 2003; US$ 29.95To appreciate the extraordinary role of the Indian Ocean in world history you have to compare it with other seas. This is where long-range, high-seas navigation was probably born. Myth credited Buddha with feats of pilotage. The legendary Persian royal ship-builder, Jamshid, was said to have crossed ?the waters and passed from region to region with celerity?. more...
Numerical Ocean Circulation Modelingby D B Haidvogel; A Beckmann
World Scientific 1999; US$ 107.90This book offers a comprehensive overview of the models and methods employed in the rapidly advancing field of numerical ocean circulation modelling. For those new to the field, concise reviews of the equations of oceanic motion, sub-grid-scale parameterization, and numerical approximation techniques are presented and four specific numerical models, chosen to span the range of current practice, are described in detail. For more advanced users, a suite of model test problems is developed to illustrate the differences among models, and to serve as a first stage in the quantitative evaluation of future algorithms. more...
Water Wave Mechanics For Engineers And Scientistsby R G Dean; R A Dalrymple
World Scientific 1991; US$ 87.10This book is intended as an introduction to classical water wave theory for the college senior or first year graduate student. The material is self-contained; almost all mathematical and engineering concepts are presented or derived in the text, thus making the book accessible to practicing engineers as well. Each chapter concludes with a set of homework problems exercising and sometimes extending the material presented in the chapter. An appendix provides a description of nine experiments which can be performed, with little additional equipment, in most wave tank facilities. more...
A Fascination for Fishby David C. Powell
University of California Press 2001; US$ 15.95This engaging memoir presents one man's lifelong love of the ocean and gives a highly personal, behind-the-scenes look at California's magnificent and innovative aquariums. David Powell, for many years curator of the world-renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium, tells the story of his life as a pioneering aquarist. more...
Heal the Oceanby Rod Fujita
New Society Publishers 2003; US$ 16.95Describes ocean environments, current ecological threats, and how human impacts to the ocean are being reduced. more...
The Ecology of Sandy Shoresby Anton McLachlan; A.C. Brown
Elsevier 2006; US$ 99.95The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem. Covering all beach types, and addressing issues from the behavioral and physiological adaptations of the biota to exploring the effects of pollution and the impact of man's activities, this book should become the standard reference for those interested in Sandy Shore study, management and preservation. * More than 25% expanded from the previous edition * Three entirely new chapters: Energetics and Nutrient Cycling, Turtles and Terrestrial Vertebrates, and Benthic Macrofauna Populations * New sections on the interstitial environment, seagrasses, human impacts and coastal... more...
Mutton Fishby Beryl Cruse; Liddy Stewart; Sue Norman
Aboriginal Studies Press 2005; US$ 22.00This is the story of the Aboriginal people of the south coast of New South Wales as told through the metaphor of Haliotis (mutton fish or abalone). Haliotis is a subsistence food ? easy to find and harvest, rich in energy and accessible when the beaches are freely open to all. At times, the abalone story seems almost secondary to the fascinating picture of everyday Aboriginal life, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. more...
A Voyage For Madmenby Peter Nichols
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death. In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones, satellite dishes, and electronic positioning systems. A Voyage for Madmen is a tale of sailors driven by their own dreams and demons, of horrific storms in the Southern Ocean, and of those riveting moments when a split-second... more...