The Girl of the Sea of Cortez - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Girl of the Sea of Cortez write by Peter Benchley. This book was released on 1972. The Girl of the Sea of Cortez available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Vaquita
Vaquita - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vaquita write by Brooke Bessesen. This book was released on 2018-09-11. Vaquita available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Intrepid conservation detective story." --Nature "A lucid, informed, and gripping account...a must-read." --Science "Passionate...a heartfelt and alarming tale." --Publishers Weekly "Gripping...a well-told and moving tale of environmentalism and conservation." --Kirkus "Compelling." --Library Journal In 2006, vaquita, a diminutive porpoise making its home in the Upper Gulf of California, inherited the dubious title of world's most endangered marine mammal. Vaquita have been in decline for decades, dying in illegal gillnets intended for a giant fish, totoaba. Author Brooke Bessesen takes us to the Upper Gulf region in search of answers to a heart-wrenching dilemma. When diplomatic efforts to save the porpoise failed, Bessesen followed a scientific team in a binational effort to capture remaining vaquita and breed them in captivity--the only hope for their survival. In this fast-paced, soul-searing tale, she learned that there are no easy answers when extinction is profitable.
Nowhere Near the Sea of Cortez
Nowhere Near the Sea of Cortez - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nowhere Near the Sea of Cortez write by Jim Harris. This book was released on 2001-06. Nowhere Near the Sea of Cortez available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A phone call reunites Jacob Belmo and his cousin Dorina after fifteen years apart. Dorina has been unjustly imprisoned for shooting a naked lawyer in a parking lot, but Dorina isn't angry. She just wants to talk about old times. The most magical time of t
White Shark
White Shark - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook White Shark write by Peter Benchley. This book was released on 1995-08-15. White Shark available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Something even more dangerous than the observed sixteen-foot pregnant great white shark has risen from the depths and is feeding in the waters off the coast of Connecticut.
The Desert Islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez
The Desert Islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Desert Islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez write by Stewart W. Aitchison. This book was released on 2010-11-15. The Desert Islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The desert islands in the Sea of Cortez are little known except to a few intrepid tourists, sailors, and fishermen. Though at first glance these stark islands may appear barren, they are a refuge for an astounding variety of plants and animals. While many of the species are typical of the greater Sonoran Desert region, some are endemic or unique to one or two islands. For example, Isla Santa Catalina is home to the worldÕs only rattlesnake that has lost its ability to grow a rattle. Other islands host nesting birds, such as Isla Rasa, a tiny, flat flow of basalt lava that attracts nearly half a million elegant and royal terns and HeermannÕs gulls each spring. The Desert Islands of MexicoÕs Sea of Cortez is one of the few books devoted to the biogeography of this remarkable part of the world. The book explores the geologic origin of the gulf and its islands, presents some of the basics of island biogeography, details insular lifeÑincluding residents of the intertidal zone Ñand provides a brief outlook for preserving this area. More than a simple guidebook, AitchisonÕs writing will take both actual and armchair travelers through a gripping tale of natural history. Like the rest of our fragile planet, the Sea of Cortez and its islands are threatened by humans. Overfishing has eliminated or greatly diminished many fish stocks, and dams on rivers that once flowed into the gulf prevent certain nutrients from reaching the sea. The tenuousness of this area makes the bookÕs extraordinary photographs and the firsthand descriptions by a well-known teacher, writer, and photographer all the more compelling.
