Ultimate Oceanpedia: The Most Complete Ocean Reference Ever
MORE THAN 350 AMAZING COLOR PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE BOOK
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC kids ULTIMATE OCEAN pedia CHRISTINA WILSDON THE MOST COMPLETE OCEAN REFERENCE EVER
CONTENTS Introduction 6 Discovering the Ocean 8 CHAPTER 1 OCEANS 10 Earth World of Water 12 The Pacific Ocean 14 Pacific Ocean Wild Places 16 Pacific Ocean Wild Wonders 18 The Atlantic Ocean 20 Atlantic Ocean Wild Places 22 Atlantic Ocean Wild Wonders 24 The Indian Ocean 26 Indian Ocean Wild Places 28 Indian Ocean Wild Wonders 30 The Arctic Ocean 32 Arctic Ocean Wild Places 34 Arctic Ocean Wild Wonders 36 Salty Water 38 Sea Levels The Ocean's Layers 40 The Sunlit Zone 42 The Twilight Zone 44 The Midnight Zone 46 Into the Abyss 48 Deep Sea Life 50 Coral 70 Life on a Coral Reef 72 Sponges 74 A Splendor of Sponges 76 Mollusks 78 Giant Clam 80 Mimic Octopus 82 Humboldt Squid 84 Crustaceans 86 Peacock Mantis Shrimp 88 Giant Hermit Crab 90 Yeti Crab 92 Echinoderms 94 Sunflower Star 96 Leopard Sea Cucumber 98 Sea Squirts 100 Fish 102 Bony Fish 104 Sailfish 106 Spot Fin Porcupinefish 108 Greenthroat Parrotfish 110 Sharks Rays and Skates 112 Great White Shark 114 Whale Shark 116 Giant Devil Ray 118 Sea Turtles 120 Loggerhead Turtle 122 Leatherback Turtle 124 Whales Dolphins and Porpoises 126 Humpback Whale 128 Orca 130 Bottlenose Dolphin 132 Seals Sea Lions and Walruses 134 Pacific Walrus 136 Weddell Seal 138 CHAPTER 2 OCEAN LIFE 52 A Sea of Wonder 54 Food Webs 56 Phytoplankton 58 Seaweed 60 Zooplankton 62 Jellyfish 64 Lion's Mane Jellyfish Box Jellyfish 68 66
Polar Bear 140 Sea Otter 142 Seabirds 144 Laysan Albatross 146 Penguins 148 Emperor Penguin 150 CHAPTER 3 OCEAN IN MOTION 152 Waves 154 Currents and Gyres 156 Garbage Patches 158 The Sargasso Sea 160 The Global Conveyor Belt 162 Look Out Above Here Comes Dinner 164 Tides 166 Supersize Tides 168 CHAPTER 6 ALONG THE COAST 210 The Seashore 212 It's a Shore Thing 214 Sand sational 216 Rugged Rocky Beaches 218 Living the Tide Pool Life 220 Seashore Home 222 Seagrass Meadows 224 Kelp Forests 226 Lovely Lagoons 228 Mighty Mangroves 230 Excellent Estuaries 232 Caves Cliffs and Stacks 234 CHAPTER 43 WILD WEATHER 170 The Water Cycle 172 Taking the Heat 174 El Niño 176 Monsoon Season 178 Storms at Sea 180 Climate Change 182 CHAPTER 7 WHEN PEOPLE AND OCEANS MEET 236 Living by the Sea 238 Gone Fishing 240 Exploring the Ocean 242 Into the Deep 244 Shore to Shore by Ship 246 Fueling Our Planet 248 Rehabbing Habitats 250 Saving Sea Life 252 Saving the Seas Protecting Marine Areas 254 Enric Sala on Pristine Seas 256 A Talk With Oceanographer Grace Saba 258 How You Can Help 260 CHAPTER 5 UNDERWATER EXPLORATION 184 Beneath the Surface 186 Continents on the Move 188 Towering Tsunamis 190 Underwater Mountains 192 Islands 194 The Birth of an Island 196 Coral Islands 198 Amazing Island Animals 200 Undersea Mountains and Volcanoes 202 Trenches Earth's Deepest Canyons 204 The Abyssal Plains 206 Slippery Slope Where Sea Meets Land 208 Glossary 262 Find Out More 265 Index 267 Photo Credits 271 Credits 272
