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The empty ocean : plundering the world's marine life /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Richard, 1938-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, [2003]
Subjects:
Marine animals.
Endangered species.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Gray whales in the Atlantic. Emptying the ocean. Decline of the fisheries
  • The plight of the sea turtles
  • Missing marine birds. Killing the marine mammals. Steller's legacy
  • Slaughter of the southern seals
  • Lions and elephants
  • Seals
  • Little cetaceans in peril
  • The tuna-porpoise "problem"
  • The hunting of whales. Ecology in trouble. What is killing the coral reefs?
  • Deepwater corals
  • Biological invaders. Is this the end?