| Description |
xiv, 257 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Page 257 blank. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The ecology of the sea -- The miniature world -- Bioluminescence - living light -- The coelenterates - jelly fish, sea anemones and corals -- The molluscs - snails, mussels, squid and octopus -- The crustacea - barnacles, shrimps, crabs and lobsters -- The urochordates - sea squirts and salps -- The fish -- The reptiles - turtles and sea snakes -- The mammals - whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals -- The sargassum community - the animals on gulfweed -- The seashore and marine fouling - the life on harbour walls, pier piles, ships' bottoms and in coolers, condensers and filters -- The future of the marine world. |
| Subject |
Marine biology.
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| Added Title |
Sea watch. |
| ISBN |
0816011915 |
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