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Discoveries of the Census of Marine Life : making ocean life count / Paul V.R. Snelgrove
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574.92 SNE
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Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press,
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2010
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xvi, 270 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
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9780521165129
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Book
Abstract:
"Explores how new technologies and partnerships have contributed to greater knowledge of marine life, from unknown species and habitats, to migration routes and distribution patterns, and to a better appreciation of how the oceans are changing. Looking
to the future, it identifies what needs to be done to close the remaining gaps in our knowledge and provide information that will enable us to better manage resources, conserve diversity, reverse habitat losses, and respond to global climate change"-- Provided by publisher.
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Contents:
Part I. The Unknown. Why a Census?: 1. Planet Ocean; 2. The ocean environments; 3. A riot of species from microbes to whales -- Part II. The Known. What has the Census Learned?: 4. New ways of seeing deeper and farther; 5. Around the ocean rim; 6. At
the ends of the Earth; 7. Ocean life in motion; 8. Into the deep; 9. Changing ocean -- Part III. From Unknown to Unknowable: 10. Planet Ocean beyond 2010.
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