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Marine resources. Applied oceanography

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  • Oceansby Participant Media; Jon Bowermaster

    PublicAffairs 2010; US$ 15.95

    This unique tie-in to the major motion picture Oceans ?coming this April from Disney & National Geographic ?explores the health of our oceans, and what we can do to improve it more...

  • Marine Science & Technology in Chinaby Jianhai Xiang

    Springer 2010; US$ 79.99

    As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology in the field of marine science. They each craft a roadmap for their sphere of development to 2050. In their entirety,... more...

  • The Aral Sea Encyclopediaby Igor S. Zonn; M. Glantz; Andrey G. Kostianoy; Aleksey N. Kosarev

    Springer 2009; US$ 129.99

    The situation of the Aral Sea is known as one of the worst man-made environmental crises of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Many have seen the satellite photos evidencing the startling shrinkage and deterioration of the sea, as it was a few decades ago and how it appears today. Whereas the Aral Sea was the world's fourth-largest inland... more...

  • Economic Management of Marine Living Resourcesby David Whitmarsh

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95

    This textbook has two main objectives. Firstly, it outlines the problems associated with the management and conservation of marine living resources, with particular attention given to the twin concepts of economic value and sustainability. It demonstrates the contribution that economics can make to understanding these problems as well as helping to... more...

  • Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioningby Martin Solan; Rebecca J. Aspden; David M. Paterson

    OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 59.99

    The biological composition and richness of most of the Earth's major ecosystems are being dramatically and irreversibly transformed by anthropogenic activity. Yet, despite the vast areal extent of our oceans, the mainstay of research to-date in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning arena has been weighted towards ecological observations and experimentation... more...

  • Marine Natural Resources and Technological Developmentby Marco Colazingari

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95

    This book offers a comprehensive and systematic examination of the issues involved within Ocean Economics. The oceans are the last frontier on Earth, and research and exploration are key to developing and enhancing global economic activity that is necessary to sustain a growing human population. Colazingari pinpoints the contentious issues relevant... more...