MacQuitty, Miranda,

Ocean / Eyewitness ocean author, Dr. Miranda MacQuitty ; photographer, Frank Greenaway. - New American edition. Revised edition - 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm - Eyewitness .

Includes index. Originally published in 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oceans of the past -- Oceans today -- Ocean life -- Waves and weather -- Sandy and muddy -- Soft sea bed -- Rocks underwater -- On the rocks -- The coral kingdom -- Life on a coral reef -- Sea meadows -- Predators -- Homes and hiding -- Attack and defense -- The jet set -- Moving along -- Ocean travelers -- The twilight zone -- The darkest depths -- On the bottom -- Deep heat -- Diverse divers -- Submarines -- Ocean explorers -- Wrecks on the sea bed -- Harvesting fish -- Ocean products -- Energy from the ocean -- Oceans in peril -- Did you know? -- The world's oceans -- Find out more -- Glossary.

Discover the wonders of the world's oceans. Meet strange-looking fish, explore shipwrecks and see how an octopus moves.



ISBN: 9780744042023 074404202X 9780744042016 0744042011 9781685052430 1685052436

LCCN: 2022286579

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ocean
Marine animals
Marine ecology
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Marine animals.
Marine ecology.
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Faune marine
Marine ecology.
Marine animals.
Ocean.
Ocean.
Marine animals.
Ocean
Marine animals

LC Class. No.: GC21.5 / .M33 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 551.46