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RECORD NUMBER: 57 OF 198| Main Title | Empty ocean : plundering the world's marine life / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Ellis, Richard | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Island Press/Shearwater Books, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2003 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 52149302 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 1559639741 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Marine animals ; Endangered species | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiv, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-350). |
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| Contents Notes | Gray whales in the Atlantic. Emptying the ocean. Decline of the fisheries -- The plight of the sea turtles -- Missing marine birds. Killing the marine mammals. Steller's legacy -- Slaughter of the southern seals -- Lions and elephants -- Seals -- Little cetaceans in peril -- The tuna-porpoise "problem" -- The hunting of whales. Ecology in trouble. What is killing the coral reefs? -- Deepwater corals -- Biological invaders. Is this the end? |