| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01544cam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780670023547 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
067002354X |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
591.92 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Roberts, Callum. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The ocean of life : |
| Sub Title |
the fate of man and the sea / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Callum Roberts. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
Viking, |
| Year of publication |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
x, 405 p., [16] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Accompanying material |
24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
pt. 1. Changing seas. Four and a half billion years ; Food from the sea ; Fewer fish in the sea ; Winds and currents ; Life on the move ; Rising tides ; Corrosive seas ; Dead zones and the world's great rivers ; Unwholesome waters ; The age of plastic ; The not so silent world ; Aliens, invaders, and the homogenization of life ; Pestilence and plague ; Mare incognitum ; Ecosystems at your service -- pt. 2. Changing course. Farming the sea ; The great cleanup ; Can we cool our warming world? ; A new deal for the oceans ; Life renewed ; Saving the giants of the sea ; Preparing for the worst ; Epilogue : the sea ahead -- Appendix 1. Seafood with a clear conscience -- Appendix 2. Conservation charities working to protect ocean life. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Putting our exploitation of the seas into historical context, Roberts offers a devastating account of the impact of modern fishing techniques, pollution, and climate change, and reveals what it would take to steer the right course while there is still time. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Ocean and civilization. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Ocean |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
CIU Library |