Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Two Oceans

A Guide To The Marine Life Of Southern Africa

Av George Branch, Charles Griffiths

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This popular and authoritative guide has been fully revised, updated and expanded to encompass more than 2,200 species found in and around southern Africa's oceans. It includes an additional 125 species, 190 new photographs, revised distribution maps, and 260 updated species names to reflect the new taxonomy. Key features include: Concise and easy-to-use species descriptions; spectacular full-colour photographs; accurate and up-to-date distribution maps. This new edition of Two Oceans is a celebration of the extraordinary diversity of life that inhabits the sea and surrounding coastline, reaffirming this book's reputation as the region's pre-eminent guide for scientists, students, divers and beachcombers. Sales points: Covers over 2,200 species; full-colour photos, maps and concise text make identification easy; up-to-date information; highly accomplished author team.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2022-08-18
Mått: 168 x 245 x 27 mm
Vikt: 1 132 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 464
Upplaga: 5
Förlag: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 9781775848356

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Professor George Branch is world renowned for his research on marine ecology. Together with his wife, Margo, he wrote The Living Shores of Southern Africa, an award-winning best-seller on the ecology of marine life. He was A-rated by the NRF and has received Fellowships from the University of Cape Town and the Royal Society of South Africa, the Gilchrist Medal for marine science, the Gold Medal of the Zoological Society, a Distinguished Teachers' Award and the International Temperate Reef Lifetime Award. His research spans coastal ecology, fisheries policy, subsistence fisheries, and Marine Protected Areas. His photographs have been widely published and exhibited. Margo Branch is an award-winning author and illustrator. She has spent many years exploring the natural wonders of southern Africa and believes in developing skills and a conservation ethic by interactive, first-hand discovery. Charles Griffiths is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town. He has authored over 200 scientific papers, five other guide books to various components of the South African fauna, and has discovered over 100 species new to science. He is also a well-known wildlife photographer whose images have appeared in many books and magazines. Lynnath Beckley is an internationally acclaimed award-winning scientists with a passion for communicating the rich diversity of our marine world.

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