A quirky, intimate, and eye-opening look into the ways of thinking like a fish-- A quirky, intimate, and eye-opening look into the ways of thinking like a fish.An extract from the much-loved modern classic on the subjec...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 10-Jun-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691247335)
Because of global warming, scientists predict that the majority of the worlds coral reefs may be gone by the end of the century based on rapid declines in the past century. In fact, the amount of living coral on Caribbean reefs dropped by 80 in th...Daugiau...
The array of colours found on the Scarini tribe (family: Labridae), commonly known as the Parrotfish, is truly astounding and is showcased to breathtaking effect in this book. Photographer and artist Michelle Brayshaw reveals the arr...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 24-Apr-2025, Hardback, Leidėjas: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008584504)
A beach-goers pocket companion for lazy days on the shore, or for the armchair beachcomber recalling the feel of sand between their toes. Noticing and collecting shells is an irresistible and accessible activity for pretty much everyone who goes to...Daugiau...
Microorganisms, the catalysts of all biogeochemical cycles on Earth, are the origin and essence of lifean invisible yet powerful force sustaining all living organisms. The health of both individual organisms and ecosystems critically depends on f...Daugiau...
The Brazilian coral reefs form structures significantly different from the well-known reef models, as follows: they have a growth form of mushroom-shaped coral pinnacles called chapeirões;...Daugiau...
The most comprehensive all-you-will-ever need-to-know guide for maintaining captive reef species promoting the reader from zero understanding to advanced aquarist. Features all aspects of domestic and commercial marine husbandry....Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 08-Oct-2024, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487560409)
A small river in a big city, the Don River is often overlooked when it comes to explaining Toronto’s growth. With Reclaiming the Don, Jennifer L. Bonnell unearths the missing story of the relationship between the river, the valley,...Daugiau...
Alan J Powderham, Sancia van der Meij, Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock
(Išleidimo metai: 17-Sep-2024, Hardback, Leidėjas: Dived Up Publications, ISBN-13: 9781909455573)
The Coral Triangle, a kaleidoscope of marine life, boasts the greatest biodiversity on Earth. Yet, most focus on the giants of the deep. This book dives deeper, celebrating the small majority - the tiny but vital creatures that power this underwate...Daugiau...
Coral Reefs and Associated Marine Fauna around the Arabian Peninsula is a unique text that contains studies on a diverse range of topics related to the biology of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf region. Containing invited and peer-reviewed ch...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Jun-2024, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Asian Development Bank, ISBN-13: 9789292705411)
Explores the benefits of Asia and the Pacifics coral reefs, outlines the myriad risks they face from climate change, pollution, and development, and considers how nature-positive investments can finance their protection and restoration. It shows how...Daugiau...
Coral reefs, which are one of the most productive and biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, serve various important roles, such as providing shelter and spawning grounds to a wide range of marine animals. However, the global decline of hard corals in tropi...Daugiau...
The health status and future of tropical coral reefs, as tourist destinations, are regularly subjected to media coverage. Many documentaries recognize the natural beauty and biological richness of the Australian Great Barrier Reef and French Polyn...Daugiau...
This comprehensive volume gathers foremost experts on the coral reefs of Cuba who represent a spectrum of disciplines, including biology, conservation ecology, economics and geology. The volume is organized along general themes including the Cuban...Daugiau...
The life story of the deep sea and its ancient creatures. Deep Water explains how this unique and largely unexplored habitat came into being, what lives there and why, how it has evolved and what the future will bring in this dark and mysterio...Daugiau...
From the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland, Australia, to Mabul Island off Borneo, from East African coral reefs stretching from the Red Sea down to Madagascar to the Amazon Reef off Brazil, from the Mesoamerican Reef off Belize to Vancouver Island,...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 06-Jul-2023, Hardback, Leidėjas: Little Tiger, ISBN-13: 9781838915315)
Ayla and her marine biologist mum live on a beautiful tropical island, surrounded by a coral reef. One morning, Ayla notices that many of the fish have disappeared, and the once vibrant corals have turned pale. Is it too late to save the reef?...Daugiau...
Coral reefs, which are one of the most productive and biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, serve various important roles, such as providing shelter and spawning grounds to a wide range of marine animals. However, the global decline of hard corals in tropi...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 07-Jun-2023, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487594848)
Drawing from concrete examples in the contemporary Canadian context, this book gives readers the tools to think critically about Canadian environmental issues, ranging from theory to practice. Organizing Nature explo...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 07-Jun-2023, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487594855)
Organizing Nature explores how the environment is organized in Canada’s resource-dependent economy. The book examines how particular ecosystem components come to be understood as natural resources and how these resources in turn ar...Daugiau...
The health status and future of tropical coral reefs, as tourist destinations, are regularly subjected to media coverage. Many documentaries recognize the natural beauty and biological richness of the Australian Great Barrier Reef and French Polynesi...Daugiau...
Why are we as humans so attracted to water and to colorful reefs? Indeed, why are reefs so dazzling? How did cleaning station symbiosis evolve? How come there are so many extraordinary defense mechanisms among reefs animals? Do the denize...Daugiau...
Serija: Critical Green Engagements: Investigating the Green Economy and Its Alternatives
(Išleidimo metai: 07-Feb-2023, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 9780816544356)
An ethnographic exploration of the world of conservation voluntourism and relations of care between humans and vulnerable species on the Honduran Bay Island of Utila. Voluntourism and Multispecies Collaboration is a lively eth...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Nov-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487527211)
Canadian landscape architecture is distinct because of the unique qualities of the Canadian terrain and the particular relationship that Canadians hold with the landscapes of our nation. The concept of wilderness remains a sustaining identity for...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Nov-2022, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487527228)
Canadian landscape architecture is distinct because of the unique qualities of the Canadian terrain and the particular relationship that Canadians hold with the landscapes of our nation. The concept of wilderness remains a sustaining identity for...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 18-Nov-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487528614)
The Sensory Studies Manifesto explores the origin and development of the revolutionary new field of sensory studies. The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform research acro...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 17-Nov-2022, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487528621)
The Sensory Studies Manifesto explores the origin and development of the revolutionary new field of sensory studies. The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform research acro...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 05-Oct-2022, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Queensland Press, ISBN-13: 9780702265754)
While in the past Australians wrestled with what the Reef is, today they are struggling to reconcile what it will be To do this, we need to understand the Reef s intertwining human story. The Great Barrier Reef has come to...Daugiau...
Through his powerful and spectacular photographs, Martin Colognolis first book lies somewhere between documentary and art. It is at once an ode to biodiversity protection, an homage to coral as an ecosystem essential to our survival, and a personal...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-Jul-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487543402)
Colonial Geography charts changes in conceptions of the relationship between people and landscapes in mainland Tanzania during the German colonial period. In German minds, colonial development would depend on the relationship between East...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 29-Jun-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487540425)
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Canada’s Past and Future in Latin America examines the evolution of political, economic, and social ties between Canada and Latin America. Many historians and political scientists argue that ties between Canada...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 31-May-2022, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487540432)
Many historians and political scientists argue that ties between Canada and Latin America have been weak and intermittent because of lack of mutual interest and common objectives. Has this record of diverging paths changed as Canada has attempted...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 31-May-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487529772)
Boots on the Ground captures the lessons learned from some of Canada’s worst natural disasters to ensure all levels of government and the military are better prepared for the future. Over the last century, the s...Daugiau...
Offers insights on the connection between artificial reefs and the tourism industry in order to encourage the sharing of experiences and development of new innovative possibilities that create value for society. The book presents the experiences, te...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 29-Apr-2022, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487529789)
Boots on the Ground captures the lessons learned from some of Canada’s worst natural disasters to ensure all levels of government and the military are better prepared for the future. Over the last century, the s...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 15-Apr-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487509101)
Beyond the Megacity reconnects to the Latin American tradition of theorizing urbanization from the margins, moving urban theory closer to the complexity and diversity of urbanization in the Global South. Beyond the Mega...Daugiau...
Nathan Andrews, j. Andrew Grant, Jesse Salah Ovadia
(Išleidimo metai: 07-Apr-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487505219)
There is no question that Africa is endowed with abundant natural resources of different magnitudes. However, more than a decade of high commodity prices and new hydrocarbon discoveries across the continent has led countless international organ...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-Feb-2022, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487500108)
Streetcars and the Shifting Geographies of Toronto visually compares historic and contemporary images of different parts of Toronto to better understand how and why the city has changed. When looking at old pictures of the...Daugiau...
Serija: Critical Green Engagements: Investigating the Green Economy and Its Alternatives
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Nov-2021, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 9780816542604)
An ethnographic exploration of the world of conservation voluntourism and relations of care between humans and vulnerable species on the Honduran Bay Island of Utila-- In this highly readable text, anthropologist Keri Vacanti Brondo provid...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 17-Aug-2021, Hardback, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691198682)
An illustrated look at corals from around the worldCorals are among the most varied lifeforms on Earth, ranging from mushroom corals and leather corals to button polyps, sea fans, anemones, and pulse corals. Bridging the gap between...Daugiau...
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringCoral reefs are among the most beautiful, and most diverse, of ecosystems. Early seafarers were wary of them, naturalists were c...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 09-Mar-2020, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487501099)
This is the first comprehensive look at the role of North American suburbs in the last half century, departing from traditional and outdated notions of American suburbia. This book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in Nort...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 28-Feb-2020, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781487520779)
This is the first comprehensive look at the role of North American suburbs in the last half century, departing from traditional and outdated notions of American suburbia. This book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in Nort...Daugiau...
