Author: Wendy Pfeffer
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060295538
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Coral reefs are beautiful underwater cities that bustle with excitement and activity. From clown fish to spiny lobsters, hundreds of plants and animals live on coral reefs, making them one of nature's greatest treasures. What happens during a typical day in these marine metropolises? Read and find out!
Author: Kari Schuetz
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 168103140X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Coral reefs are home to thousands of living species, including some of the most vibrant plants and animals on the planet. Many reef inhabitants help each other survive. Sea anemones, for example, provide shelter for clownfish. In return, the striped fish bring tasty treats to the anemones and help lure prey into their tentacles! Dive into this colorful, educational book for young learners.
Author: Charles Birkeland
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780412035418
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Illustrated throughout, this book presents what is known about factors that "shift the balance" between accretion and erosion, recruitment and mortality, stony corals and filamentous algae, recovery and degradation - the life and death of coral reefs.
Author: Norbert Wu
Publisher: Atheneum
ISBN: 9780689318962
Category : Coral reef animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Magnificent coral formations create a lovely and mysterious ocean home for schools of anemones, sharks, and barracuda in this photo essay by one of the world's leading underwater photographers. Flounders hide in the sandy bottom and predators lurk at the edges while a sea turtle swims through to lay her eggs on the beach beyond. Colorful and dramatic photos bring to the reader the wonders of a very special undersea realm.
Author: Juli Berwald
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593087313
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND BOOKLIST The story of the urgent fight to save coral reefs, and why it matters to us all Coral reefs are a microcosm of our planet: extraordinarily diverse, deeply interconnected, and full of wonders. When they’re thriving, these fairy gardens hidden beneath the ocean’s surface burst with color and life. They sustain bountiful ecosystems and protect vulnerable coasts. Corals themselves are evolutionary marvels that build elaborate limestone formations from their collective skeletons, broker symbiotic relationships with algae, and manufacture their own fluorescent sunblock. But corals across the planet are in the middle of an unprecedented die-off, beset by warming oceans, pollution, damage by humans, and a devastating pandemic. Juli Berwald fell in love with coral reefs as a marine biology student, entranced by their beauty and complexity. Alarmed by their peril, she traveled the world to discover how to prevent their loss. She met scientists and activists operating in emergency mode, doing everything they can think of to prevent coral reefs from disappearing forever. She was so amazed by the ingenuity of these last-ditch efforts that she joined in rescue missions, unexpected partnerships, and risky experiments, and helped rebuild reefs with rebar and zip ties. Life on the Rocks is an inspiring, lucid, meditative ode to the reefs and the undaunted scientists working to save them against almost impossible odds. As she also attempts to help her daughter in her struggle with mental illness, Berwald explores what it means to keep fighting a battle whose outcome is uncertain. She contemplates the inevitable grief of climate change and the beauty of small victories.
Author: Ruth Soffer
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486285429
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Depicts " ... a host of marine creatures for whom the coral reef is home: seahorse, butterflyfish, hawksbill turtle, parrotfish, octopus, damselfish, moray eel, sea cucumber, dolphin, hydromedusa jellyfish, sea dragon, royal empress angelfish, triggerfish, moorish idol and many more. Detailed captions provide a fascinating overview of the great diversity of life on coral reefs"--Back cover.
Author: Jason Chin
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596435631
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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A young girl gets quite a surprise when the text of a library book she is reading transforms her surroundings into those of a teeming-with-life coral reef!
Author: Oona Gaarder-Juntti
Publisher: Super SandCastle
ISBN: 9781604531701
Category : Coral reef animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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An introduction to eight of the animals which live in coral reefs.
Author: Roger Priddy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312516770
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Introduces the coral reefs in the oceans through descriptions and photographs, including creatures that live in reefs, locations of the world's coral reefs, and why the reefs are endangered.
Author: Madeleine Dunphy
Publisher: Reading Rainbow Books
ISBN: 9780977379552
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Poetically cumulative text and illustrations capture the relationships between plants and animals in the ecology of the Great Barrier Reef.
