Название: Growth and Decay of Coral Reefs: Fifty Years of Learning
Автор: Peter J. Vine
Издательство: CRC Press
ISBN: 1032371951
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 195
Размер: 43,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Growth and Decay of Coral Reefs: Fifty Years of Learning describes how coral reefs have alternately flourished and declined over the last 50 years and the dynamics of these changes. The study is based on recordings at 30 different locations along the Sudanese coast, visited by the author between 1971 and 1973. Beyond the Red Sea’s desert shores lie some of the richest and most diverse coral reefs on our planet.

Название: The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence
Автор: John C. Ryan, Patrícia Vieira
Издательство: Synergetic Press
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 18 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world. From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at large has long been studied by researchers, scientists and spiritual teachers and seekers. The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence brings together works from all these disciplines and more in a collection of essays that highlights what we know and what we intuit about botanical life.

Название: The New Beachcomber's Guide to the Pacific Northwest
Автор: J. Duane Sept
Издательство: Harbour Publishing
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 54 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The Pacific Northwest coast is home to one of the most diverse displays of intertidal marine life in the world, including sponges, clams, snails, crabs, sea stars, sea anemones, jellies, fishes, seaweeds and more. The New Beachcomber’s Guide to the Pacific Northwest is a portable and easy-to-use reference for searching out and identifying the hundreds of species of seashore life found on the beaches of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Northern California and Southeast Alaska. Covering the Pacific Northwest’s most common shoreline-dwelling flora and fauna, the guide gives in each entry a detailed description of appearance and habitat accompanied by colour photos for easy identification of any creature you might encounter as you explore your local beach. Simple but essential information on tides and the various habitats within the intertidal zones is also provided to assist beachcombers in exploring safely with minimal ecological impact. The New Beachcomber’s Guide even contains up-to-date descriptions of the best beachcombing sites and when to visit them―you may even find your new favourite exploration grounds!

Название: Atlantic Seashore Field Guide: Florida to Canada
Автор: J. Duane Sept
Издательство: Stackpole Books
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 41 Мб
Язык: английский / English

A photographic guide to the common plants and animals that inhabit the intertidal zone--the area covered by water at high tide and exposed during low tide--on the Atlantic coast from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Cape Breton, Canada. Includes color photos, descriptions, and details for crabs, crustaceans, mollusks and their shells, jellies, barnacles, shrimp, worms, squid, mosses, seaweeds, and lichens. Learn how to identify over 500 of the most common intertidal species. Covers all different types of intertidal habitats, whether rocky, sandy, or muddy.

Название: Methods, Mounds, and Missions: New Contributions to Florida Archaeology
Автор: Ann S. Cordell, Jeffrey M. Mitchem
Издательство: University of Florida Press
Год: 2021
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 27 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Methods, Mounds, and Missions offers innovative ways of looking at existing data, as well as compelling new information, about Florida’s past. Diverse in scale, topic, time, and region, the volume’s contributions span the late Archaic through historic periods and cover much of the state’s panhandle and peninsula, with forays into the larger Southeast and circum-Caribbean area. Subjects explored in this volume include coastal ring middens, chiefly power and social interaction in mound-building societies, pottery design and production, faunal evidence of mollusk harvesting, missions and missionaries, European iron celts or chisels, Hernando de Soto’s sixteenth-century expedition, and an early nineteenth-century Seminole settlement. The essays incorporate previously underexplored markers of culture histories such as clay sources and non-chert lithic tools and address complex issues such as the entanglement of utilitarian artifacts with sociocultural and ritual realms.

Название: Методы линейной алгебры в физической химии
Автор: Степанов Н.Ф., Ерлыкина М.Е., Филиппов Г.Г.
Издательство: М.: Изд-во МГУ
Год: 1976
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 363
Размер: 12,8 МБ
Язык: русский

В книге представлен важный раздел современного математического аппарата физической химии, основанный на использовании методов линейной алгебры для описания сложных химических превращений. Рассмотрены методы решения наиболее часто встречающихся в физической химии задач, связанных с линейными комбинациями стехиометрических уравнений и с нахождением ряда линейных и степенных функций.

Название: Extreme Birder: One Woman's Big Year
Автор: Lynn E. Barber, Thomas R. Dunlap
Издательство: Texas A&M University Press
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Размер: 25 Мб
Язык: английский / English

One woman . . . one year . . . 723 species of birds. . . In 2008, Lynn Barber's passion for birding led her to drive, fly, sail, walk, stalk, and sit in search of birds in twenty-five states and three provinces. Traveling more than 175,000 miles, she set a twenty-first century record at the time, second to only one other person in history. Over 272 days, Barber observed 723 species of birds in North America north of Mexico, recording a remarkable 333 new species in January but, with the dwindling returns typical to Big Year birding, only eight in December, a month that found her crisscrossing the continent from Texas to Newfoundland, from Washington to Ontario. In the months between, she felt every extreme of climate, well-being, and emotion. But, whether finally spotting an elusive Blue Bunting or seeing three species of eiders in a single day, she was also challenged, inspired, and rewarded by nearly every experience.

Название: Sea Mammals: The Past and Present Lives of Our Oceans' Cornerstone Species
Автор: Annalisa Berta
Издательство: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069123664X
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 225
Размер: 92,6 МБ
Язык: Английский

A richly illustrated introduction to the world’s living and extinct sea mammals. From the gregarious sea otter and playful dolphins to the sociable narwhal and iconic polar bear, sea mammals are a large, diverse, and increasingly precious group. In this book, Annalisa Berta, a leading expert on sea mammals and their evolution, presents an engaging and richly illustrated introduction to past and present species of these remarkable creatures, from the blue whale and the northern fur seal to the extinct giant sperm whale, aquatic sloth, and walking sea cow.

Название: The Evolution of Power: A New Understanding of the History of Life
Автор: Geerat Vermeij
Издательство: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691250413
Год: 2023
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 265
Размер: 13,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

A sweeping new account of the role of power in the evolution of all life on Earth. Power has many dimensions, from individual attributes such as strength and speed to the collective advantages of groups. The Evolution of Power takes readers on a breathtaking journey across history and the natural world, revealing how the concept of power unifies a vast range of phenomena in the evolution of life―and how natural selection has placed humanity and the planet itself on a trajectory of ever-increasing power.

Название: The World's Wildest Waters: Protecting Life in Seas, Rivers, and Lakes
Автор: Catherine Barr
Издательство: DK
ISBN: 0744081734
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 98
Размер: 70,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

A beautifully presented entry point text about our oceans and other watery worlds for 6 years and up. Dive into the world’s wildest oceans, lakes, and rivers, and get ready for an underwater adventure! Embark on the journey of a lifetime to 20 of the world’s wildest waters! Explore each environment and learn about the people who are working to preserve them for future generations. Meet the creatures who call these watery worlds home and discover how you can take active steps to make a difference.