Oceanography category: 437 books

The*Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries* is the first and only book to provide accurate, country-by-country fishery catch data. This groundbreaking information has been gathered from independsources by the world's foremfisheries experts. Edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of the Sea Around Us Project,...

The oceans provide a great challenge for the development and management of planet earth by humankind. This book covers new approaches to the development of the law of the sea, the division of the oceans among states, and new thinking on institutions in depth.

Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht are co-directors of the Center for the Study of Marine Policy at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware and co-authors of The Future of U.S. Ocean Policy (Island Press, 1998).

As human activity makes a greater impact on the environment, sustainability becomes an increasingly imperative goal. With the assistance of current technological innovations, environmental systems can be better preserved. Oceanographic and Marine Cross-Domain Data Management for Sustainable Development...

Presents readers with an overview of lake management problems and the tools that can be applied to solve probelms. Lake management tools are presented in detail, including environmental technological methods, ecotechnological methods and the application of models to assess the best management strategy.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the models and methods employed in the rapidly advancing field of numerical ocean circulation modeling. For those new to the field, concise reviews of the equations of oceanic motion, sub-grid-scale parameterization, and numerical approximation techniques...

While there are several excellent books dealing with numerical analysis and analytical theory, one has to practically sift through hundreds of references. This monograph is an attempt to partly rectify this situation. It aims to introduce the application of finite-difference methods to ocean dynamics...

This handbook is the definitive reference for the interdisciplinary field that is ocean engineering. It integrates the coverage of fundamental and applied material and encompasses a diverse spectrum of systems, concepts and operations in the maritime environment, as well as providing a comprehensive...

Fisheries managemtoday is highly contentious. The interests of fishers and fish processors, coastal communities, the government, and environmental organizations are often differand can even be mutually incompatible.*Fishing Grounds* offers a comprehensive assessmof the legal, social, economic and...

What beautiful creatures can you find in the oceans? This marine workbook features scientific facts and figures to help you understand what a watery life is all about. Through this workbook, your child will be aware of the closely-knit relationship between humans and the sea. Hopefully, this will trigger a sense of environmental awareness in the minds of 4th graders. Grab a copy now!

The New Naturalist editors believe this to be the greatest general work on the subject ever written. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Professor Alistair Hardy is truly obsessed by animals of the sea - devotedly enthusiastic about the nature of their adaptations and life histories, brilliantly...

A preface introduces the topic. I mention my previous work: Global Warming: An Essay. Chapter 1 notes that both increases and decreases in rotational spin and heating of the core can/could change the balance between seafloor and seashore. A spillover of seawater would result in all four cases. We...

The importance of the oceans to life on Earth cannot be overstated. Liquid water covers more than 70% of our planet's surface and, in past geological time, has spread over 85%. Life on Earth began in the oceans over 3.5 billion years ago and remained there for the great majority of that time. Today...

Are sea monsters real? Well, maybe some basic definitions will help straighten the subject up. This educational picture book will teach your child to believe in sea monsters because they will actually see the animals. Knowledge acquired through the visual channels is much more effective than knowledge acquired by reading. Grab a copy of this fun picture book today!