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Author : Andrew I. L. Payne,R. J. M. Crawford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Aquatic resources
ISBN : CORNELL:31924051766875
Author : George Branch
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781775842781
For over two decades Two Oceans has been the pre-eminent book to which scientists, students, divers and beachcombers turn to identify and learn about marine life, from sponges to whales and seaweeds to dune forests. In this exuberantly colourful, fully revised fourth edition, over 2 000 species are now covered, names and other details have been updated to refl ect the latest taxonomy and many new photographs have been added.
Author : George Branch,Margo Branch,Charles Griffiths,Lynnath Beckley
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 2159 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781775848363
This popular and authoritative guide has been fully revised, updated and expanded to encompass more than 2,200 species found in and around southern Africa’s oceans. It includes an additional 125 species, 190 new photographs, revised distribution maps, and 260 updated species names to reflect the new taxonomy. Key features include: Concise and easy-to-use species descriptions; spectacular full-colour photographs; accurate and up-to-date distribution maps. This new edition of Two Oceans is a celebration of the extraordinary diversity of life that inhabits the sea and surrounding coastline, reaffirming this book’s reputation as the region’s pre-eminent guide for scientists, students, divers and beachcombers. Sales points: Covers over 2,200 species; full-colour photos, maps and concise text make identification easy; up-to-date information; highly accomplished author team.
Author : George Branch,Charles Griffiths,Margo Branch,Lynnath Beckley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1775848353
Southern Africa has a particularly rich marine fauna and flora - almost 6% of all coastal marine species known worldwide occur here, along only 0.5% of the world's coastline. The most frequently encountered species of this rich assemblage - fish to whales, algae to sponges, and seaweeds to dune forests - are covered in detail in this newly revised and comprehensively updated edition of the best-selling Two Oceans - A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa. It encompasses descriptions of more than 2,200 species, covering diagnostic features, biology, related species, and distribution. Stunning full-color photographs illustrate the species.The only guide to southern Africa's marine heritage, this fifth edition brings the science up to date and features an additional 120 species, 260 updated species names, revised distribution maps, and more than 190 new photographs.Highly recommended for scientists, students, divers, fishers, and beachcombers.
Author : T. R. McClanahan,C. R. C. Sheppard,D. O. Obura
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780195352177
Coral reefs are among Earth's most diverse, productive, and beautiful ecosystems, but until recently, their ecology and the means to manage them have been poorly understood and documented. In response to the inadequate information base for coral reefs, this book reviews the ecological and conservation status of coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean, bringing together presentations of the region's leading scientists and managers working on coral reefs. Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean: Their Ecology and Conservation starts with a general overview of the biogeography of the region and a historical account of attempts to conserve this ecosystem. It goes on to describe the state of the reefs in each of the countries with coral reefs, and it concludes with a series of management case studies. The book also summarizes most of the existing ecological information on reefs in this region and efforts at management, making it useful for students, teachers, and investigators interested in tropical or marine ecology, conservation biology and management, and environmental sciences.
Author : Thomas P. Peschak
Publisher : Struik Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Coastal organisms
ISBN : 1770070869
This accessible, informative and entertaining, book provides the detail and substance that will reward the serious naturalist or the amateur diver
Author : George Branch,C. L. Griffiths,M. L. Branch,L. E. Beckley
Publisher : Struik Publishers
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1770076336
Exuberant in color and bursting with life, Two Oceans captures the diversity of southern Africa's rich marine heritage
Author : Roberta Griffiths
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781920544102
Young children will enjoy discovering the 58 fascinating ocean creatures in My First Book of Southern African Ocean Life, which range in size from the earth's largest animal – the blue whale – to the tiniest plankton. This newest title in the popular My first book series offers: vibrantly colourful, accurate illustrations of each creature; simple texts that will satisfy the curiosity of those who are learning to read and of young listeners; simple pictograms that show at a glance where each species can be found, what it eats and its relative size.
Author : R. N. Gibson,R. J. A. Atkinson,J. D. M. Gordon
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780203507810
Ever-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues creates a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review has answered this demand since its founding by the late Harold Barnes more than forty years ago. Its obj
Author : W. D. Emmerson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781443896122
Decapods are a culmination of nearly 600 million years of Crustacean evolution, during which time they have radiated into a variety of superfamilies, families, genera and species which occupy a variety of niches from fresh mountain streams to the abysses of the oceans. This book will fill a gap in the current literature on southern African decapods. Since Barnard published his Descriptive Catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea in 1950, there have been numerous additions and name changes. This publication updates the taxonomy, and includes ecological and fisheries information. In addition, Kensley’s (1981) distributional checklist for the region has been updated and includes large numbers of new species and records for the region, bringing the total number of decapod to over 1000 species. Although not exhaustive, 262 species are featured, some of which are beautiful, some have commercial or artisinal value, both for consumption and the aquarium, and some have important ecological functions, while others are rare or interesting. For each species there is a photograph, synonymies, common names, a description, ecological information and name derivation (etymology). All the decapod families found in South Africa are described, some new, along with chapters on decapod research history in southern Africa, commercial and artisinal food value of decapods, biodiversity and future research direction. The book is arranged systematically, as taxonomy is based on phylogeny, starting with the earliest forms and progressing to the most derived and advanced forms, and will serve to stimulate interest and future research into southern Africa’s rich decapod biodiversity, especially at a time when biodiversity itself is threatened by global warming, coral bleaching and habitat loss. It will appeal to people interested in Decapoda, including academics, scholars, students, fishermen, aquarists, aquaculturists, recreational snorkel and SCUBA divers, as well as those interested in conservation, biodiversity, management and governance.
Author : Irene J. De Moor
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1919713034
Whether you are a bird-watcher, an angler, a hiker, a diver, an environmentalist, or merely a weekend nature lover, this guide will provide hours of fascinating reading and be an invaluable reference for years to come.
Author : George Branch
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781775846307
Originally published in 1981, Living Shores was for many years the standard reference for marine science students but was also embraced by a popular market for its fascinating insights into marine and coastal habitats and the life they support. After a long absence, this classic has been revived and thoroughly reworked to incorporate the many dramatic changes that our oceans and coasts have undergone over the past few decades. This book is the fi rst of a two volume set, and examines the di_ erent marine ecosystems and how humankind interacts with them. It discusses the evolution of the sea and continents and looks at the ecology of coastal systems, including intertidal zones, beaches, dunes, estuaries, islands, kelp forests and reefs. The book unpacks the relationship between humans and the marine environment, and the consequences of harvesting and mining to meet our needs. It also addresses the impact of climate change, and highlights what can be done to protect our environment. Richly supported by full-colour photography and numerous explanatory illustrations, diagrams and graphs, this book will prove invaluable to students and teachers but will also appeal to anyone with a fascination for nature and our marine world in particular.
Author : W. Roy Siegfried
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642782831
It seems almost trite to introduce this book by saying that man has been exploiting the intertidal zone for food for a long time. Just how long nobody knows for sure but the prehistoric inhabitants of Terra Amata, on the Mediterranean coast near Nice, ate marine intertidal animals at least 300 000 years ago. Similar impressive evidence, going back to at least 100000 years, exists for prehistoric man's consumption of intertidal animals along the South African coast. However, early man's dependence on intertidal resources probably goes back much further in time. During the last 2 million or so years temperate Eurasia experienced some 20 glaciations interspersed by warm equable periods. Different modes of life were open to man in colonizing the northern temperate zone. One was to become a "big-game" hunter, specializing, for example, on mammoths, the other to exploit marine intertidal resources. Of the two, probably the shoreline offered an easier environment for an original scavenging food-gatherer.
Author : Patrick H.G. Vrancken
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004210042
South Africa and the Law of the Sea brings together the many threads of the rich South African marine-law tapestry by covering both the public international law as context and the details of South African marine law and policy within their African framework.
Author : Nicholas Gales,Mark Hindell,Roger Kirkwood
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643099265
Marine Mammals: Fisheries, Tourism and Management Issues brings together contributions from 68 leading scientists from 12 countries to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date review on the way we manage our interactions with whales, dolphins, seals and dugongs. The book examines how we have fared conserving the world’s marine mammal populations, with a focus on the key issues of fisheries and tourism. From a unique southern hemisphere perspective, the authors consider how science informs the culling debate, how wild fisheries and aquaculture interact with marine mammal populations and how we might manage the effects of whale, dolphin and seal watching industries. The authors also address other issues such as the way in which ethics, genetics, acoustics, ecosystem models and pollution influence the management and conservation of marine mammals. Marine Mammals is an invaluable and accessible resource for all those involved with marine mammals, including scientists, managers, policy makers, industry representatives and students. Winner of a 2004 Whitley Award.