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082 0 4 _a591.776
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100 _aAnderson, Iain A,
_926871
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe surface of the sea :
_bencounters with New Zealand's upper ocean life /
_cIain A. Anderson.
260 _aAuckland [N.Z.] :
_bReed,
_c2007.
300 _a151 pages :
_billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aRaupo series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 144-146) and index.
505 8 _aThe boom-and-bust, up -and-down world of plankton -- Cilia : synchronised swimmers -- Which came first : the jellyfish or the polyp? -- Lobster plankton drifters -- Plankton giants -- Squid : living in the fast lane -- Which way is the reef? -- To swim like a fish -- Avoiding that sinking feeling -- Snakes at sea -- Turtle navigators.
520 _a In this book Iain Anderson studies, photographs and explains how, why and what exists within the top strata of the ocean surrounding New Zealand: the complex relationships different species have with each other and how these animals survive the vagaries of their place on the food chain.
650 0 _aMarine animals
_zNew Zealand.
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650 0 _aMarine biology
_zNew Zealand.
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830 0 _aRaupo series.
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_cNZNONFIC
948 _hHELD BY NZWMT - 66 OTHER HOLDINGS
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