50 Ways to Save the Ocean (Inner Ocean Action Guide) (Inner Ocean Action Guide)5 reviews David Helvarg New World Library, 2006 An Inconvenient Truth + Many ideas for protecting the world's oceans and the creatures therein... + An informed introduction to the innovative ways anyone can use to help preserve Earth's oceans and aquatic-life + Great Family Book! + Excellent Resource!             Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas41 reviews Paul Humann, Ned DeLoach New World Publications, 2002 pleased + Great Book + When you want to know what you've been watching (or what was watching you)! + Impressive book. + Fish ID "Bible"             Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled a Climate Crisis -- ...25 reviews Ross Gelbspan Basic Books, 2004 The Cusp of a Change + Incendiary Indictment of Big Business and the Press + If global warming is myth, why are the insurers hedging towards disaster? + Enviro-skeptics are barbarians at the gate!             The Empty Ocean9 reviews Richard Ellis Island Press, 2003 What 'bury my heart at wounded knee' was for the sea. + A must read for People who care about the Earth + Stopped eating Tuna... + A truly disturbing book + NO MORE SUSHI FOR ME !             Marine Biology, 6th Edition8 reviews Peter Castro, Michael E. Huber McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2005 Excellent for newcomers and veterans alike + Marine Biology + Turned the beach into an exciting classroom! + A Good Introductory Textbook + Marine Biology w/ OLC bind-in card (Hardcover)             The Edge of the Sea4 reviews Rachel Carson Mariner Books, 1998 Simply Beautiful + Informative as a textbook, entertainment like a novel Having never heard of Rachel Carson except in relation to "Silent Spring", I was pleasantly surprised on first reading her writing in this book by the masterly and near-poetic elegance of her prose. Written in the 1950s, before nature documentaries allowed most of us to see the wonders of marine ...             Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation16 reviews James R. Spotila The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004 Beautiful and educational + Turtle watcher + Absolutely wonderful!!!!! + EVERYTHING You need to know about Sea Turtles + Superb book             Secrets of the Ocean Realm2 reviews Michele Hall, Howard Hall Atria Books/Beyond Words, 1997 A poetic underwater journey! + 10 stars for this book Stare at the beautiful underwater photographs. Sitback, relax and gently discover the Ocean Realm with the still images of Howard Hall and his wife Michele, images that, as Peter Benchley (Jaws, The Deep) writes in the foreword, are among the finest in the world. Dive. Wander through the Kelp ...             The Living Ocean: Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity3 reviews Boyce Thorne-Miller, Sylvia Earle Island Press, 1999 Great book, but may need some marine science knowledge + Not an easy read or pretty picture book This book clearly summarizes all the threats our oceans face today from human activities. I have a BS in Marine Science and I found that this book shows the reader how complex and inter-related the oceanic systems are and how many of our activities can, AND DO, adversely affect those ecosystems. ...             Master Guide for Underwater Digital Photography13 reviews Jack Drafahl, Sue Drafahl Amherst Media, 2005 Underwater photography guide for beginner intermediate + Husband Loves It + good intro Found this book very helpful. Have some experience with underwater digital photography but found the explainations and examples very helpful. Took it to Palau...and left it with the captain who kept picking it up to read. So am ordering my replacement!             Blue Frontier : Saving America's Living Seas4 reviews David Helvarg W. H. Freeman, 2001 America's Great Ocean Adventure + Core Information is Brilliant, Presentation is Marginal + Waxing poetic on oil rigs + THIS BOOK IS GREAT!!!!             Water Light Time28 reviews David Doubilet Phaidon Press, 1999 Incredible photography! + Water Light Time + Beautiful + Absolutely amazing! + beauty out of the water             Reef Fish Identification - Tropical Pacific12 reviews Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, ... New World Publications, 2003 Excellent reference for identification of my species in Pacific area + Lots of Fish Photos from the Pacific + most comprehensive tropical pacific fish book + An ambitious work             Jacques Cousteau: The Ocean World (Abradale)12 reviews Jacques-Yves Cousteau Harry N. Abrams, 1985 A PERFECT 5 - WISH I COULD GIVE IT MORE + Flawed but Great + WONDERS OF SILENT WORLD + Wonderful and complete + The most complete appraisal of our Oceans.             Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A World Handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation2 reviews Erich Hoyt Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2004 Recommended reading + My Bible for MPA for cetacean management! In this excellent and definitive book, the author makes clear that Marine Protected Areas, even in the earliest stages of full evaluation, offer a realistic and informed approach to immediate and future marine conservation. Whilst the science and logisitcs are complex, the theory behind MPAs is ...             Blue Planet12 reviews DK Publishing, Alastair Fothergill, ... DK ADULT, 2002 "The Blue Planet - Seas of Life"! + Great Book + The Book of the Ocean + Beautiful Book             Introductory Oceanography (10th Edition) (Introductory Oceanography)1 review Harold V. Thurman, Alan P. Trujillo Prentice Hall, 2003 overillustrated, overpriced Might there be an economic incentive for textbook to be in its tenth edition? Probably 20% of the illustrations are unncesessary. Photographs of pretty girls pulling up a bucket of water and scientists are a waste of ink, the reader's time and money. Dimensions are always given in metric, ...             The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef5 reviews Osha Gray Davidson Wiley, 1998 Great book! Educational and engaging. + Great book for a layman! + Every marine life and coral lover should read this book + Excellent read + A great book for the sport diver and reef lover.             Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans9 reviews Sylvia Earle Ballantine Books, 1996 Learn from one of the best + The Vanishing Oceans + The history and science of oceanography + A message of The Oceans + Excellent story about the Oceans and the environment             Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity Island Press, 2005 Humans are terrestrial animals, and our capacity to see and understand the importance and vulnerability of life in the sea has trailed our growing ability to harm it. While conservation biologists are working to address environmental problems humans have created on land, loss of marine biodiversity, including extinctions and habitat degradation, has received much less attention. At the same time, ...