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“tim mcclanahan”

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  • Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs

    Edited by Tim McClanahan, George Branch ...
    Biologists have made significant advances in our understanding of the Earth's shallow subtidal marine ecosystems, but the findings on these disparate regions have never before been documented and gathered in a single volume. Now, in Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs, Tim R. McClanahan and George M. Branch fill this lacuna with a comparative and comprehensive collection of nine essays ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

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  • Swamps & Ponds Animal Life : 2nd Grade Geography Workbook Series

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    by Baby Professor ...
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    Make complex subjects easy to understand by breaking them down into bits and pieces of information. The use of images is a powerful tool to drive attention to a wonderful resource for geography. This workbook is very child-friendly and will be very appealing even to those who despise reading. After all, there are only a few lines to read in this book, but more lessons can be learned. Grab a copy ... Read more

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  • Deep-Sea Fishes

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  • In the Wrong Place - Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts

    Edited by Bella S. Galil, Paul F. Clark, James T. Carlton ...
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    In The Wrong Place: Alien Marine Crustaceans - Distribution, Biology And Impacts provides a unique view into the remarkable story of how shrimps, crabs, and lobsters – and their many relatives – have been distributed around the world by human activity, and the profound implications of this global reorganization of biodiversity for marine conservation biology. Many crustaceans form the base of ... Read more

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  • Weeds That Swim For Fishes That Don’t

    by Robin and the Honey Badger ...
    Robin and the Honey Badger's mission is to recharge biology with originality for you, the non-specialist reader. Exploring the Bio-edge is a series of e-essays presenting lateral thoughts in search of ever more interesting stories from biology. In this e-essay: we discuss sargassum, a 'seaweed' that lives on the surface of the ocean. This macroalga provides habitat for other strange creatures, and ... Read more

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  • Reptiles of the World Fun Facts for Kids

    Reptile Books for Children - Herpetology

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Zoology Books
    Should kids be scared of reptiles? No, they shouldn't be! Use this educational book as an introduction into the wonderful world of reptiles. Here, your child can see these animals in full color. Interesting facts accompany each picture so there's immense knowledge waiting at every turn of the page. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

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  • All the Boats on the Ocean

    How Government Subsidies Led to Global Overfishing

    by Carmel Finley ...
    This historical account of overfishing "sees the future of fisheries hinging on holistic approaches involving fish, fisher and environment" ( Nature).Most current fishing practices are neither economically nor biologically sustainable. Every year, the world spends $80 billion buying fish that cost $105 billion to catch, even as heavy fishing places growing pressure on stocks that are already ... Read more

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  • Coastal Zones Ecosystem Services

    From Science to Values and Decision Making

    Edited by R. Kerry Turner, Marije Schaafsma ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book applies the ‘ecosystem services’ framework to coastal environments, showing how it could facilitate an adaptive management strategy. The contributors describe a decision support system (DSS) based on the 3 Ps – pluralism, pragmatism and precaution – that leads to a more flexible, ‘learn by doing’ approach to the stewardship of coastal environments. The book lays out a “Balance Sheets ... Read more

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  • Coral Reef Science

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    Edited by Hajime Kayanne ...
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  • The Galapagos Marine Reserve

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    Edited by Luis Vinueza, Judith Denkinger ...
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    This book focuses on how marine systems respond to natural and anthropogenic perturbations (ENSO, overfishing, pollution, tourism, invasive species, climate-change). Authors explain in their chapters how this information can guide management and conservation actions to help orient and better manage, restore and sustain the ecosystems services and goods that are derived from the ocean, while ... Read more

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  • Coastal Plant Communities of Latin America

    Edited by Ulrich Seeliger ...
    Series series Physiological Ecology
    Published ecological information on Latin American coasts is scarce, despite the growing need for a comprehensive examination of coastal processes on a global scale. This book brings together details on benthic marine algae, seagrasses, salt marsh, mangrove, and dune plant communities throughout Latin America. Researchers and graduate students in plant ecology, marine biology, and environmental ... Read more

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