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Can I read The Marine World: A Natural History of Ocean Life 28 on EtoBox?

The Marine World: A Natural History of Ocean Life 28 by Frances Dipper, Mark Carwardine is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Marine World: A Natural History of Ocean Life 28 about?

The Marine World is a book for everyone with an interest in the ocean, from the marine biologist or student wanting expert knowledge of a particular group to the naturalist or diver exploring the seashore and beyond. With colour illustrations, line drawings, more than 1,500 colour photographs, and with clear accessible text, this book encompasses all those organisms that live in, on and around the ocean, bringing together in a single text everything from the minuscule to the immense. It includes sections on all but the most obscure marine groups, covering invertebrate phyla from sponges to sea squirts, as well as plants, fungi, bacteria, fish, reptiles, mammals and birds. It incorporates information on identification, distribution, structure, biology, ecology, classification and conservation of each group, addressing the questions of 'what?', 'where?' and 'how?'. Today global warming, overfishing, ocean acidification and pollution are just a few of the ever increasing number of threats and challenges faced by ocean life. Without knowledge of the animals, plants and other organisms that live in the marine world, we cannot hope to support or implement successful conservation and man

Who reads The Marine World: A Natural History of Ocean Life 28?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Frances Dipper, Mark Carwardine
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9780691232447
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Photography, Nature, History
Updated
2026-03-24

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