River Otter -- Lutra canadensis
The River Otter, Lutra canadensis, is an important animal for scientists because its presence (or lack thereof) provides some valuable clues about the local ecosystem's general quality. River otters are also the comics of the mammal world. Once ... [... more]
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Ken Wilcox
Chile's Native Forests: A Conservation Legacy is a book about one of the wildest remaining temperate forest regions of the world, including the largest temperate rainforest outside of North America. All of the nation's major forest ecosystems are ... [... more]
Random House |
Snorkel Hawaii the Big Island: Guide to the Underwater ...
 Snorkel Hawaii The Big Island --New Edition: The second edition of this book is great. There are so many snorkeling sites that this book will be a welcome companion for years. In fact, it has already made the Big Island a favorite. You won't find places [... more]
CDN$15.58
Amazon CA |
The Seaside Reader
A quality browse musing on the coastal experience: Compiled and edited by Dery Bennett (Director of the coastal habitat preservation and conservation group American Littoral Society ), The Seaside Reader is an anthology of excerpts from classic works by [... more]
CDN$16.95
Amazon CA |
Restless Sea
From Amazon.com: The Restless Sea is an homage to marine-obsessed scientists. Discover editor Robert Kunzig lovingly describes pioneering oceanographers mapping the mountains and valleys of the sea floor, discovering strange ecosystems thriving in the [... more]
CDN$34.99
Amazon CA |
Song For The Blue Ocean
From Amazon.com: The oceans of the world rank foremost among humankind's last great frontiers, and their climatological and ecological workings remain mysterious to all but specialists. In this lively, well-written survey, marine scientist Carl Safina [... more]
CDN$20.00
Amazon CA |
Ocean's End Travels Through Endangered Seas
From Amazon.com: Take a pristine coral reef off the mangrove-forested coast of Belize, one that draws a handsome roster of fish and other sea creatures--and, therefore, a complement of scuba divers, sports fishermen, photographers, and other consumers of [... more]
CDN$20.95
Amazon CA |
Snow Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Examination of ...
Biology and Physics of Snow: Being at just the right distance from the Sun to have three states of water (ice, liquid and vapor) we are most fortunate to have snow. Snow is the most unstable substance on Earth - snow constantly changes as it forms, falls, [... more]
CDN$136.95
Amazon CA |
Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 577.570913 EAN: 9781566704854 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1566704855 Number Of Pages: 456 Publication Date: 1999-12-20 [... more]
CDN$135.39
Amazon CA |
Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9595 EAN: 9780520248847 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0520248848 MPN: C1 Number Of Pages: 418 Package Quantity: 1 Publication Date: 2007-01-16 [... more]
CDN$57.25
Amazon CA |
Creatures of the Deep: In search of the sea's 'monsters' ...
Amazon.ca: The English word "monster," writes marine conservationist Erich Hoyt, means, at heart, "a creature having a strange or frightening appearance." The world's oceans are full of such creatures, but the association with the [... more]
CDN$40.00
Amazon CA |
Blue Planet
From Amazon.co.uk: Whether you have seen the BBC TV series or not, The Blue Planet is a must-have book. It tells the story of life in the oceans, upon which we all ultimately depend. From the tropics to the poles, from the shores to the deeps, the waters [... more]
CDN$59.95
Amazon CA |
