Turning Up the Heat: How Global Warming Threatens Life in the Sea

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Year: 1999
Pages: 47
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0788188399

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Amy Mathews-Amos & Dwann A. Berntson. Discusses current predictions of global climate change & synthesizes scientific evidence of the likely impacts of global climate change on some species & ecosystems. Chapters: global climate change & the oceans: sea level rise, wind patterns, deep-ocean circulation patterns, ocean stratification & primary productivity, & natural climate variability; lessons from El Nino & decadal variation; evidence of impacts on marine life: impacts in polar regions, coral reefs, shifts in species’ distribution & the fate of Pacific Salmon, seabirds & marine mammals, & disease & harmful algal blooms; conclusion; & literature cited.

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