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Author Cramer, Deborah.

Title Smithsonian ocean : our water, our world / Deborah Cramer.

Publication Info. New York : Smithsonian Books in association with HarperCollins, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  551.46 CRA    DUE 11-14-13 Assumed Lost
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  578.77 C848    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  578.77 CRA    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  578.77 CRAMER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Non Fiction  578.77 Q CRAMER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  578.77 CRA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  578.77 CRAMER    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  551.46 CRA    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  578.77 CRAMER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  551.46 CRAMER    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 295 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [280]-290) and index.
Contents BEGINNINGS. Eden in the depths -- First land, first sea -- TOUCHED BY THE SEA. Building the basin -- Breathing -- Circle of water -- Explosion of life -- A green sea -- Arrival of fishes -- Climate from the sea -- Mass extinction -- The Anthropocene -- TOUCHING THE SEA. The long migration -- Edge of continents -- Rhythms on a reef -- Far ends of the earth -- Where rivers meet the sea -- Our water, our world -- Timeline.
Summary The author of Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage identifies a living partnership between the earth and its life, explaining the comparatively new responsibility of human beings in protecting the sea in order to safeguard climate and environmental interests.
Subject Marine biology -- Pictorial works.
Marine ecology -- Pictorial works.
Oceanography -- Pictorial works.
ISBN 9780061343834 alkaline paper
0061343838 alkaline paper
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