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Title: The Living Ocean: Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity by Sylvia Earle, Boyce Thorne-Miller ISBN: 1-55963-678-5 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Not an easy read or pretty picture book
Comment: There are many pretty books which do a good job cataloging threats to our ocean environment. If you want a brief, graphic outline effective at stirring your emotion and imagination stay away from this book. If you want in depth and have the time... check this out.
Boyce Thorne-0Miller took a interesting approach to a difficult assignment. She sets out to catalogue man's negative impacts of the sea and threats to oceanic biodiversity. She begins by outlining the definitions and necessity of biodiversity. Then chapter by chapter, topic by topic gives us the potential for various human-ocean interaction to damage it. She backs up her conclusions well with explanation and statistics and goes to great length to explain her deductive reasoning. This book would only be a bore to a person who doesn't have a serious interest in the subject and a little bit of a biology background. I would use this as a text for an undergraduate course on marine conservation biology. I would also suggest it for people with more than a cursory interest in marine conservation. It is wordy and thought provoking, but it presents information, it does not tell you what to think.

Rating: 3
Summary: This book is not accessible for the casual reader
Comment: I bought this book in an attempt to expand my understanding of marine ecology from the perspective of a recreational scuba diver and a scientific reader.

The book seems to have a lot of good content, but I had to put it down because I didn't have the strong foundation in marine biology for it to make much sense.

Probably suitable for advanced readers!

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