Life on Surtsey, Iceland's upstart island
By: by Loree Griffin Burns
Series: Scientists in the field; Scientists in the field
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9780544687233
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Island ecology
Description: "In this addition to the Scientists in the Field series, readers join scientists as they tackle something unusual in the world of ecosystems: colonization. Not a colonization by people, but one of cells, seeds, spores, and other life forms that blow in, fly in, float in, and struggle to survive on the beautiful but harsh new island of Surtsey."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) and index.

Ages 10-12.

Grades 4 to 6.
Table of contents: title: Arrival; title: Life; title: Growth; title: Survival; title: Change; title: Departure.