Ocean Frontiers

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Oceanography, as we are reminded here, is a complex, interdisciplinary science that is involved in projects that range from mapping the ocean floor to aquaculture, from pollution studies to shipping safety, from underwater acoustics to fish migration. Borgese ( The Drama of the Oceans ) offers profiles of 12 major oceanographic institutions contributed by writers associated with Scripps and Woods Hole in the U.S., Bedford in Canada and national research centers in Japan, China, Russia, Germany, India, Mexico, Peru, Kenya and the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. For each institution there is a brief history followed by a description of its primary interests and its accomplishments. Some are teaching as well as research facilities; all are dedicated to maintaining ocean health and to pushing back the last frontier on the planet. Text and photographs combine to give the reader a fresh understanding of marine science as well as mysteries yet to be solved.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Through profiles of 12 international oceanographic institutions, the editor, an authority on the law of the sea and a prolific author of ocean-related topics, traces the history of oceanography, summing up past accomplishments while detailing current research programs. Striking color photos accompany accesible articles contributed by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts; Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Nova Scotia; Oceanographic Museum of Monaco; Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven; P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanography, Moscow; the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa; State Oceanic Administration, Beijing; Ocean Research Institute, Tokyo; Peruvian Marine Institute, Callao; Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, Mexico City; and Kenya Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Mombasa. Written for lay readers, this volume is recommended for larger public library collections as well as academic libraries.
- Judith B. Barnett, Pell Marine Science Lib., Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.