World Ocean Census A Global Survey of Marine Life

Name: World Ocean Census A Global Survey of Marine Life
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ISBN: 9781554074341

ISBN-10: 1554074347

ISBN-13: 9781554074341

Edition: 2009

Authors: Darlene Trew Crist, Gail Scowcroft, James M. Harding, Sylvia Earle

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Publication date: 9/17/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.00" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 3.278
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword



Introduction



What Lived in the Ocean?



The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable


The Great Unknown


The Census of Marine Life



Painting a Picture of the Past


What Once Lived in the Ocean


Records of Decline


In Quest of a Zero-Year Baseline


Managing the Fisheries


Charting a New Course of Study



What Lives in the Ocean?



Expanding the Use of Technology


Reaching the Research Sites


Using Sound to "See" Under Water


Advances in Optical Technology


Collecting Specimens


Studying the Movements of Marine Life


Identifying the Collected Species


Census Data Available to the World



Animals as Ocean Observers


Developments in Tagging


Facing Extremes



Disappearing Ice Oceans


Uncovering Hidden Oceans


Surprises in the Southern Ocean


Opening Windows of Knowledge



Unexpected Diversity at the Edges of the Sea


Coral Reefs in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands


The Gulf of Maine: Past and Present


A New Habitat for Alaska


The Way Forward



Unexplored Ecosystems: Vents, Seeps, Seamounts and Abyssal Plains


Hydrothermal Vents


Continental Margins and Cold-Water Seeps


Seamounts


Abyssal Plains



Unraveling the Mystery of New Life-Forms


The Name Game


Identifying the Drifters


Where No One Has Gone Before


A Window Below the Ice


Eyes and Ears in the Deep


Visualizing the Invisible


Looking Ahead



What Will Live in the Ocean?



Forecasting the Future


The Demise of the Great Sharks


Changes in Fisheries Practice Help Whales



The Path Forward


The Census Has Made a Difference


Glossary


Further Reading


Photo Credits


Index