Ocean life

Carson, R. (1941). Under the Sea-Wind A Nacurahsi s Picture of Ocean Life. New York Simon and Schuster. 

Oil s main disadvantage is its effect on the surrounding air, land, water, and wildlife. The extraction of oil from the land and the sea can be messy. On land, large, invasive oil drills can disturb local wildlife and destroy landscapes. Oil from broken pipelines sometimes pollutes the land. Much oil drilling takes place in the oceans, where oil spills and leaks can harm or kill ocean life. The process of extracting oil has prompted many political and environmental arguments. 

The effects of polluted waters on the proliferation and edibility of fishes and other forms of ocean life have been researched extensively in recent years, and this knowledge has created a vital incentive for reducing pollution. Just a few years ago lightweight refuse that rises to die ocean s surface and littered beaches created an environmental crisis and another incentive for ceasing ocean dumping of sewage and solid wastes into the oceans. 

Coulombe, Deborah A. The Seaside Naturalist. New York Fireside, 1990. A delightful book for young students who are beginning their study of ocean life. 

We are thrilled to have the chance to use our own experiences and appreciation of the sea as platforms from which to develop these books on ocean life. Our thanks go to Frank K. Darmstadt, executive editor at Facts On File, for this enjoyable opportunity. He has guided us through the process with patience, which we greatly appreciate. Frank s skills are responsible for the book s tone and focus. Our appreciation also goes to Katy Barnhart for her copyediting expertise. 

Ocean life is destroyed, and on a number of occasions in the past, garbage dumped east of New York City has been found littering the New Jersey shore. 

Earth s Earliest Crust, Ocean, Life and Atmosphere... 

Levin, L. A., 2002, Deep-ocean life where oxygen is scarce. Am. Sci. 90 436 444. 

The cooperation with Professor Frank Fish of West Chester University in Philadelphia, the Director of the Liquid Life Laboratory, is also gratefully acknowledged. Fie shared with the Author his unique understanding of biology and of ocean life and provided various private pictures, which were used in the book. 

KLIMPEL s, KELLERMANNS E and PALM H w (2008) The role of pelagic swarm fish (Myctophidae Teleostei) in the oceanic life cycle of Anisalds sibling species at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Central Atlantic. Parasitology Research, 104,43-53. 

M. J. Hardt and C. Safina, Threatening Ocean Life from the Inside Out, Scientific American, August 2010, p. 66. 

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