Balliett, James Fargo.

Oceans : environmental issues, global perspectives / James Fargo Balliett. - Armonk, NY : M.E. Sharpe, c2010. - xii, 156 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to oceans -- Oceans around us -- Humans and oceans -- Ocean locations -- Part II : oceans of the world : case studies -- Gulf of Alaska -- Northeastern Pacific Ocean -- Mid-Atlantic ridge, Central Atlantic Ocean -- Maldive islands, Northern Indian Ocean -- Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean -- North Sea, North Atlantic Ocean -- Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount, Central Pacific Ocean -- Sargasso Sea, North Atlantic Ocean -- Part III : oceans conclusion -- State of the oceans -- Future of the oceans.

9780765682291 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2010019428


Ocean--Environmental aspects.
Global environmental change.

GC21 / .B34 2010

333.91/64