Eyewitness ocean / written by Miranda MacQuitty ; photographed by Frank Greenaway

By: MacQuitty, MirandaContributor(s): Greenaway, Frank (Photographer) [ill]Material type: TextTextSeries: DK eyewitness booksPublication details: New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2008Edition: Rev. edDescription: 72 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 fold-out wall chartISBN: 9780756637767; 0756637767Other title: OceanSubject(s): Ocean -- Juvenile literature | Marine animals -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Juvenile works. DDC classification: 551.46 LOC classification: GC21.5 | .M33 2008
Contents:
Oceans of the past -- Oceans today -- Life in the oceans -- Waves and weather -- Sandy and muddy -- Soft seabed -- Rocks underwater -- On the rocks -- Coral kingdom -- Life on a coral reef -- Sea meadows -- Predators and prey -- Homes and hiding -- Attack and defense -- Jet set -- Moving along -- Ocean travelers -- Twilight zone -- Darkest depths -- On the bottom -- Vents and smokers -- Diverse divers -- Underwater machines -- Ocean explorers -- Wrecks on the seabed -- Harvesting fish -- Ocean products -- Oil and gas exploration -- Oceans in peril -- Did you know? -- World's oceans -- Find out more
Summary: "Discover the watery world covering most ot the earth--and the amazing wildlife in its depths."--Cover
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library
551.4/OCEAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500030057

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. 68) and index

Oceans of the past -- Oceans today -- Life in the oceans -- Waves and weather -- Sandy and muddy -- Soft seabed -- Rocks underwater -- On the rocks -- Coral kingdom -- Life on a coral reef -- Sea meadows -- Predators and prey -- Homes and hiding -- Attack and defense -- Jet set -- Moving along -- Ocean travelers -- Twilight zone -- Darkest depths -- On the bottom -- Vents and smokers -- Diverse divers -- Underwater machines -- Ocean explorers -- Wrecks on the seabed -- Harvesting fish -- Ocean products -- Oil and gas exploration -- Oceans in peril -- Did you know? -- World's oceans -- Find out more

"Discover the watery world covering most ot the earth--and the amazing wildlife in its depths."--Cover

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