Record details

• ISBN: 1566120810
• ISBN: 9781566120814
• Physical Description: vii, 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
• Publisher: Fairbanks, Alaska : Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, ©2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Accompanying compact disc, entitled North Pacific marine research, features radio interviews with marine scientists who talk about their research on the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.

Contents of compact disc: Why care about the Bering Sea? -- Arctic getting warmer -- Huge corals provide habitat -- Ear bones reveal birthplace -- Kittiwakes go up and down -- Airborne lasers count animals -- Northern pike contain mercury -- Uninvited drifters populate Bering Sea -- Salmon growth slowing down.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-186) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Map of Bering Sea -- 1. Global context -- 2. Physical environment -- 3. Life in the sea -- 4. Life above the sea -- 5. Minerals and energy -- 6. Culture and commerce -- 7. Managing the resources -- 8. Challenges.

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Subject:

Bering Sea Region.
Bering Sea.
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
Natural resources > Bering Sea Region.
Marine biology > Bering Sea.
Marine biology > North Pacific Ocean.
Béring, Mer de.
Aléoutiennes (Alaska)
Biologie marine > Béring, Mer de.
Biologie marine > Pacifique Nord.
Marine biology.
Natural resources.
Alaska > Aleutian Islands.
North Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Ocean > Bering Sea.
Pacific Ocean > Bering Sea Region.

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• SG-ED ; 42
• Sea Grant education publication ; no. 42.