The title says it all! Anyone from the age of 12 upwards will gain an understanding of the amazing life that exists beneath the oceanic waves.
Marine ECOLOGY FOR THE NON-ECOLOGIST ECOLOGY - THE BASIC FACTS: The.
Only now the ocean is full up.
WHATS GOING TO KILL YOU? You don\'t want to meet these, eating one is deadly too! POLLUTION AND DESTRUCTION: The solution to pollution is dilution, a saying originating from the 1960s.
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SPECIES: Who helps who and why, or parasites to suck you dry.
HOUSING: One of the biggest shortages to hit the ocean life, real estate.
REPRODUCTION AND LIFE SPANS: Passing on that DNA or just making a copy, mind blowing activities and strategies.
LOCOMOTION AND MIGRATIONS: From the slow to the super speed, FEEDING: Fine dining to fluid only, no table manners here.
THE PLANKTON: You can\'t see most of them, just wait till you hear about them, life giving yet deadly and silent.
THE Marine LIFE SERIES 2 MORE BOOKS FROM Andrew Caine INCREDIBLE OCEANS Amazing facts and explanations from the wonderful worlds of: Marine Biology, Marine Ecology and Oceanography THE OCEAN: Its one body of water and its amazing. 2022.
This book popular book has just been updated with a set of wonderful illustartions of the animals we will explore.
This book is perfect for anyone who wants to know more about the life under the waves, amateur naturalists, conservationists, divers and snorkelers, and is often used as a steppingstone for those about embark in the next chapter of their life, as a student of Marine biology.
The book is crammed with amazing facts that make this subject such a wonderful topic to understand.
Then we examine coral reef architecture, hydrothermal vent biology, life in the polar sea and Marine invertebrate toxins (what\'s going to kill you in the sea). which collectively makes them successful as a species today.
Detailing their life histories, reproductive strategies, adaptations, predator avoidance and how they grab a meal, plus much more.
The book describes the major groups of animals present in the sea, the soft-bodied animals; the cnidarians (jellyfish anemones, corals etc.), the crustaceans, (shrimps, crabs, lobsters, etc.) the molluscs, (the shellfish and squid etc.), the echinoderms (starfish, urchin etc).
Taking away the often hard to understand scientific terminology, this book was the first to be written in a straightforward way making it easy for anyone to read, understand and enjoy.
The title says it all! Anyone from the age of 12 upwards will gain an understanding of the amazing life that exists beneath the oceanic waves
