World atlas of the oceans
Subtitle: with the general bathymetric chart of the oceans (GEBCO) published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service
By: published by Manfred Leier.
Publisher: Firefly Books (U.S.)
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Ocean -- Maps; Oceanography -- Charts, diagrams, etc
Genres: Maps.; Charts, diagrams, etc.
Notes: Includes index.

Translation of: Weltatlas der ozeane.
Table of contents: title: How the oceans were formed; title: The oceans : the sea floor in relief; title: Historical maps of the world; title: [The ocean as a habitat and a commercial area]. Home to remarkable creatures ; Predatory fish in the deep seas ; Sea lions, fish, and crustaceans ; Migratory movements of the whales ; Ocean currents ; The layers of the oceans ; The driving force of the sun ; When air and sea clash ; What causes the tides ; Life between land and sea ; The long travels of an iceberg ; Earth plates and volcanic chains ; Sea freight ; Straits : the eye of the needle ; The lifelines of sea trade ; The North Sea : Europe's turntable ; A little sea with a great future [Baltic Sea] ; Transit traffic on the Mediterranean ; The Atlantic : bridge to the new world ; New terminal centers in the Pacific ; Sunken ships and treasure ; For whom the bell tolls [sea disasters of the 20th century] ; Food from the sea ; International fishing ; Giant pumps on the high seas ; Crude oil : the gold of the seas ; Atlantic and Alaskan oil deposits ; Mineral resources under the sea ; The Arctic Ocean and its perpetual ice ; Antarctica : the white continent ; A garden of Eden in the sea [coral reefs] ; Sun, sea, and white beaches ; Endangered marine life ; How the oceans are polluted ; Surveying the seas; title: Bathymetric charts : the individual oceans and basins. [The Atlantic Ocean]; title: [The Pacific Ocean]; title: [The Indian Ocean]; title: The Arctic and the Antarctic : land masses and sea basins at the Poles; title: The Mediterranean : individual basins and their water depths; title: The North Sea and the Baltic : the shallow border seas of the Atlantic.