Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean Despite their often dazzling appearance, jellyfish are simple creatures with simple needs: namely, fewer predators and competitors, warmer waters to encou. Recent documentaries about swarms of g
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| Title | : | Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean |
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 022621303X |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-25 |
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Editorial : “Gershwin is a scientist who can write. She is a scientist, a conservationist, a public conscience, and a prophet. ‘Prophet’ is a mantle which nobody dons willingly because part of the definition of 'prophet' is that nobody listens to the warning until it is too late. It is probably not too late yet. So read Stung!. Then start making noise.”
Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life—growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of collapse. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick environment: the beautiful, dangerous, and now incredibly numerous jellyfish. As foremost jellyfish expert Lisa-ann Gershwin describes in Stung!, the jellyfish population bloom is highly indicative of the tragic state of the world’s ocean waters, while also revealing the incredible tenacity of these remarkable creatures. Recent documentaries about swarms of giant jellyfish invading Japanese fishing grounds and summertime headlines about armadas of stinging jellyfish in the Mediterranean and Chesapeake are only the beginning—jellyfish are truly taking over the oceans. Despite their often dazzling appearance, jellyfish are simple creatures with simple needs: namely, fewer predators and competitors, warmer waters to encou
I say almost becaue there are many references to obsolete instructions used with a PLC no longer manufactured. This book is amazing. Mike, being an amnesiac wanted to piece his life back together, but could not trust his thoughts and the images that came to his mind. Vossler publishes a second edition in a year or two with corrections, additional pictures, and new listings of items released since this book was published.. He does give an interesting example that illustrates this, but does not go into the singular perturbation theory needed for an effective analysis of such systems.
An introduction to global bifurcations and chaos is given in the next part, which starts off with a detailed construction of the Smale horseshoe map. My professor for this course has been doing groups for over 20 years and says she still refers back to this book for insight when leading her groups. Unfortunately you can only get this from the UK, try Amazon.co.uk. I know the sales of the car (especiall
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