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Shallow Seas (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 131)
Peter J. Hayward
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Description for Shallow Seas (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 131)
Paperback. Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history of this environment and its biological communities. Series: Collins New Naturalist Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, (200 colour photos), With index. BIC Classification: WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149. Weight in Grams: 820.
Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history of this environment and its biological communities. The margins of the continents, especially broad in the North Atlantic region, are drowned by shallow seas, creating a sea floor environment which is part of the wider and deepening benthic realm - the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. These `shelf seas' are the most biologically ... Read more
Shallow Seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history of this environment and its biological communities. The margins of the continents, especially broad in the North Atlantic region, are drowned by shallow seas, creating a sea floor environment which is part of the wider and deepening benthic realm - the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. These `shelf seas' are the most biologically ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Collins New Naturalist Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007307302
SKU
V9780007307302
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About Peter J. Hayward
Peter J. Hayward DSc., FLS was formerly Senior Lecturer in marine biology at Swansea University. He is editor, co-author or author of many books on marine biology, including the Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, New Naturalist volume 94 Seashore and the Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore of Britain and Northern Europe. He has published around ... Read more
Reviews for Shallow Seas (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 131)
Praise for Peter Hayward's previous volume on Seashore: `Scientifically accurate throughout, and there are plenty of interesting insights' British Wildlife Praise for the New Naturalist series: `A glory of British publishing' The Sunday Times `Taken either individually or as a whole, they are one of the proudest achievements ... Read more