Oceans 2020
Subtitle: Science, Trends, and the Challenge of Sustainability
Contributors: John G. Field (Editor); Gotthilf Hempel (Editor); Colin P. Summerhayes (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: August 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781559634694
Subjects: Applied ecology; Management of land & natural resources; Oceanography (seas); Sustainability; Nature; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Science; Nature/Ecology; Research; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Oceans & Seas; Science / Oceanography; Marine sciences
First sentence: The oceans cover 72 percent of the Earth's surface and, with an average depth of several kilometers, provide an enormous and varied living space that is mainly hidden.