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A Sierra Club naturalist's guide to the North Atlantic coast : Cape Cod to Newfoundland / by Berrill, Michael.(CARDINAL)515074; Berrill, Deborah,1948-(CARDINAL)515056; Sierra Club.(CARDINAL)139586;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 440-446) and index.

Subjects: Natural history; Natural history; Coastal ecology; Coastal ecology;

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West Coast Wild at Low Tide. by Hodge, Deborah.(CARDINAL)220008;

At the edge of the Pacific Ocean, where land and sea meet, lies a narrow strip of beach called the intertidal zone. Endless tides move back and forth across the zone twice a day. A remarkable community of hardy shoreline creatures flourishes in this environment of ever-changing conditions. In this third book in the West Coast Wild series, readers will meet brightly colored sea stars, a giant Pacific octopus, busy hermit crabs, delicate sand dollars, fish that camouflage and other intriguing marine animals that a child might see on a beach walk at low tide. Author Deborah Hodge relates fascinating facts about each of the fourteen creatures, while Karen Reczuch's vibrant watercolor illustrations bring the magnificent shoreline and its unique inhabitants to life. Includes a note about the west coast intertidal zone and safety tips for beachcombers, as well as a further reading list.

Subjects: Science and nature; Marine life;

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The ocean book : explore the hidden depths of our blue planet / by Harvey, Derek,author.(CARDINAL)604858; Burningham, Helene,consultant.(CARDINAL)837989; Limon, Daniel Sanchez,illustrator.(CARDINAL)838992;

"Did you know that oceans cover 70% of our planet? That's a lot to explore! Plunge into Lonely Planet Kids' The Ocean Book to travel around the world and discover amazing animals, birds and plants who call the ocean home, explore the ruins of shipwrecks and underwater cities, meet marine biologists and fishers who work on the water. You'll also come ashore to discover amazing islands and beaches, and learn what it's like to live in a remote place in the middle of the ocean. Join explorers on their voyages to learn about the sea, from the very first explorations and trade routes, to the latest technology used to discover what lies in the ocean's forbidden depths. What effect does climate change have on our oceans? What about plastic waste and oil spills? Learn about how the ocean has been put in danger by humans and the ways you can help make a difference and protect the seas for future generations."--

Subjects: Marine animals; Ocean;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3

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Nature's wild ideas [audio-enabled device] : how the natural world is inspiring scientific innovation by Hamilton, Kristy,author.(CARDINAL)858036; Shade, Patricia,narrator.; Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268; Playaway Digital Audio,issuing body.(CARDINAL)565887; Playaway Products, LLC.,issuing body.;

Read by Patricia Shade.When astronomers wanted a telescope that could capture X-rays from celestial bodies, they looked to the lobster. When doctors wanted a medication that could stabilize Type II diabetic patients, they found their muse in a lizard. When scientists wanted to drastically reduce emissions in cement manufacturing, they observed how corals construct their skeletons in the sea. This is biomimicry in action: taking inspiration from nature to tackle human challenges. In Nature's Wild Ideas, Kristy Hamilton goes behind the scenes of some of our most unexpected innovations. She traverses frozen waterfalls, treks through cloudy forests, discovers nests in the Mojave desert, scours intertidal zones, and takes us to the deepest oceans and near volcanoes to introduce us to the animals and plants that have inspired everything from cargo routing systems to non-toxic glues, and the men and women who followed that first spark of "I wonder" all the way to its conclusion, sometimes against all odds. While the joy of scientific discovery is front and center, Nature's Wild Ideas is also a love letter to nature--complete with a deep message of conservation: If we are to continue learning from the creatures around us, we must protect their untamed homelands.Adult.Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.

Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biomimicry; Inventions; Technological innovations;

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Nature's wild ideas : how the natural world is inspiring scientific innovation / by Hamilton, Kristy,author.(CARDINAL)858036;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- A cold case -- Fishing for stars -- Drinking from a cloud -- Who's in charge -- A leggy turn of events -- Bonding with nature -- Concrete evidence -- Driving on a seed -- Skeletons in the closet -- A monster is born -- Bumps are beautiful -- Window pain -- Flashes of brilliance."A lively and endlessly fascinating deep-dive into nature and the many groundbreaking human inventions inspired by the wild. When astronomers wanted a telescope that could capture X-rays from celestial bodies, they looked to the lobster. When doctors wanted a medication that could stabilize Type II diabetic patients, they found their muse in a lizard. When scientists wanted to drastically reduce emissions in cement manufacturing, they observed how corals construct their skeletons in the sea. This is biomimicry in action: taking inspiration from nature to tackle human challenges. In Nature's Wild Ideas, Kristy Hamilton goes behind the scenes of some of our most unexpected innovations. She traverses frozen waterfalls, treks through cloudy forests, discovers nests in the Mojave desert, scours intertidal zones and takes us to the deepest oceans and near volcanoes to introduce us to the animals and plants that have inspired everything from cargo routing systems to non-toxic glues, and the men and women who followed that first spark of "I wonder" all the way to its conclusion, sometimes against all odds. While the joy of scientific discovery is front and center, Nature's Wild Ideas is also a love letter to nature--complete with a deep message of conservation: If we are to continue learning from the creatures around us, we must protect their untamed homelands."--

Subjects: Biomimicry; Technological innovations; Inventions;

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Marine biology : a very short introduction / by Mladenov, Philip V.,author.(CARDINAL)610481;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-150) and index.The marine environment -- Marine biological processes -- Life in the coastal ocean -- Polar marine biology -- Marine life in the tropics -- Deep-ocean biology -- Intertidal life -- Food from the oceans.The marine environment is the largest, most important, and yet most mysterious habitat on our planet. It contains more than 99% of the world's living space, produces half of its oxygen, plays a critical role in regulating its climate, and supports a remarkably diverse and exquisitely adapted array of life forms, from microscopic viruses, bacteria, and plankton to the largest existing animals. In this unique Very Short Introduction, biologist Philip Mladenov provides a comprehensive overview of marine biology, offering a tour of marine life and marine processes that ranges from the polar oceans to tropical coral reefs, and from shoreline mollusks to deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Mladenov also looks at a number of factors that pose a significant threat to the marine environment and to many of its life forms-threats such as overfishing, coastal development, plastic pollution, oil spills, nutrient pollution, the spread of exotic species, and the emission of climate changing greenhouse gases. Throughout the book he successfully weaves around the principles of marine biology a discussion of the human impacts on the oceans and the threats these pose to our welfare.

Subjects: Marine biology.;

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Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium / by Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium(2007 :Washington, D.C.)(CARDINAL)299505; Lang, Michael A.(CARDINAL)291848; Macintyre, Ian G.(CARDINAL)299504; Rützler, Klaus.(CARDINAL)292834; Smithsonian Institution.Office of the Under Secretary for Science.(CARDINAL)299754;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Overview of Smithsonian Marine Science. Introduction to the Smithsonian Marine Science Network / Michael A. Lang ; Land-Sea Interactions and Human Impacts in the Coastal Zone / Anson H. Hines ; Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce : Thirty-Eight Years of Research on the Marine Biodiversity of Florida / Valerie J. Paul [and others] ; Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems : Thirty-Five Years of Smithsonian Marine Science in Belize / Klaus Rützler ; The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute : Marine Research, Education, and Conservation in Panama / D. Ross Robertson [and others] -- Marine Biodiversity, Evolution, and Speciation. Protandric Simultaneous Hermaphroditism Is a Conserved Trait in Lysmata (Caridea: Lysmatidae) : Implication for the Evolution of Hermaphroditism in the Genus / J. Antonio Baeza ; Reconciling Genetic Lineages with Species in Western Atlantic Coryphopterus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) / Carole C. Baldwin [and others] ; Recent Insights into Cnidarian Phylogeny / Allen G. Collins ; Biodiversity and Abundance of Sponges in Caribbean Mangrove : Indicators of Environmental Quality / Maria Cristina Diaz, Klaus Rützler ; Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) Variation in the Gorgonian Coral Pseudopterogorgia bipinnata in Belize and Panama / Daniel Dorado, Juan A. Sánchez ; Obvious Invaders and Overlooked Infauna : Unexpected Constituents of the Decapod Crustacean Fauna at Twin Cays, Belize / Darryl L. Felder [and others] ; Imposex in One of the World's Busiest Shipping Zones / Carter Li, Rachel Collin ; Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific Online Information System / D. Ross Robertson ; Nephasoma pellucidum : A Model Species for Sipunculan Development? / Anja Schulze, Mary E. Rice ; Mitochondrial Phylogeography of the Intertidal Isopod Excirolana braziliensis on the Two Sides of the Isthmus of Panama / Renate Sponer, Harilaos A. Lessios ; Stability and Change in the Indian River Area Bryozoan Fauna over a Twenty-Four Year Period / Judith E. Winston.Biogeography, Invasive Species, and Marine Conservation. The Turtles' Tale : Flagships and Instruments for Marine Research, Education, and Conservation / John G. Frazierian ; Latitudinal Gradients in Recruitment and Community Dynamics in Marine Epifaunal Communities : Implications for Invasion Success / Amy L. Freestone, Richard W. Osman, Robert B. Whitlatch ; Ex Situ Culture of Caribbean and Pacific Coral Larvae Comparing Various Flow-Through Chambers / Mary Hagedorn [and others] ; Worldwide Diving Discoveries of Living Fossil Animals from the Depths of Anchialine and Marine Caves / Thomas M. Iliffe, Louis S. Kornicker ; Decimating Mangrove Forests for Commercial Development in the Pelican Cays, Belize : Long-Term Ecological Loss for Short-Term Gain? / Ian G. Macintyre [and others] ; Using the Panama Canal to Test Predictions about Tropical Marine Invasions / Gregory M. Ruiz, Mark E. Torchin, Katharine Grant ; Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Caribbean / Patricia A. Tester [and others] -- Forces of Ecological Change in Marine Systems. History of Reef Coral Assemblages on the Rhomboid Shoals of Belize / Richard B. Aronson [and others] ; Climate and Hydrological Factors Affecting Variation in Chlorophyll Concentration and Water Clarity in the Bahia Almirante, Panama / Rachel Collin [and others] ; Nutrient and Chlorophyll Dynamics in Pacific Central America (Panama) / Luis D'Croz, Aaron O'Dea ; Growth and Nutrient Conservation in Rhizophora mangle in Response to Fertilization along Latitudinal and Tidal Gradients / Ilka C. Feller [and others] ; Underwater Spectral Energy Distribution and Seagrass Depth Limits along an Optical Water Quality Gradient / Charles L. Gallegos [and others] ; Interannual Variation in Gelatinous Zooplankton and Their Prey in the Rhode River, Maryland / Eileen S. Graham [and others] ; Patterns of Water Quality and Movement in the Vicinity of Carrie Bow Cay, Belize / Karen H. Koltes, Thomas B. Opishinski ; Global Change and Marsh Elevation Dynamics : Experimenting Where Land Meets Sea and Biology Meets Geology / J. Adam Langley [and others] ; Herbivory, Nutrients, Stochastic Events, and Relative Dominances of Benthic Indicator Groups on Coral Reefs : A Review and Recommendations / Mark M. Littler [and others] ; Impacts of Human Disturbance on Soil Erosion Potential and Habitat Stability of Mangrove-Dominated Islands in the Pelican Cays and Twin Cays Ranges, Belize / Karen L. McKee, William C. Vervaeke ; An Overview of Symbiont-Bleaching in the Epiphytic Foraminiferan Sorites dominicensis / Susan L. Richardson ; New Perspectives on Ecological Mechanisms Affecting Coral Recruitment on Reefs / Raphael Ritson-Williams [and others] ; Do Indian River Lagoon Wetland Impoundments (Eastern Florida) Negatively Impact Fiddler Crab (Genus Uca) Populations? / Bjorn G. Tunberg ; Dynamic Hydrology of a Mangrove Island : Twin Cays, Belize / Daniel W. Urish [and others] ; Ecological Characteristics of Batis maritima in Florida and Belize / Dennis F. Whigham [and others] ; Sponge Community Dynamics on Caribbean Mangrove Roots : Significance of Species Idiosyncrasies / Janie L. Wulff.The Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium was held on 15-16 November 2007 in Washington, D.C. It represented the first major dissemination of marine research results since the establishment of the Smithsonian Marine Science Network (MSN). The 39 papers in this volume represent a wide range of marine research studies that demonstrate the breadth and diversity of science initiatives supported by the MSN. The first section contains an overview of the MSN along with papers describing the multidisciplinary investigations spanning more than 37 years for the four Smithsonian marine facilities that constitute the Network: the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center at the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland; the National Museum of Natural History's Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida; the Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program, with its Carrie Bow Marine Field Station in Belize; and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Subsequent papers represent findings by Smithsonian scholars and their collaborators on overarching topics of marine biodiversity, evolution, and speciation; biogeography, invasive species, and marine conservation; and forces of ecological change in marine systems.

Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Marine sciences;

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