Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Living Shores
Originally published in 1981, Living Shores was for many years the standard reference for marine science students but was also embraced by a popular market for its fascinating insights into marine and coastal habitats and the life they support. After a long absence, this classic has been revived and thoroughly reworked to incorporate the many dramatic changes that our oceans and coasts have undergone over the past few decades. This book is the fi rst of a two volume set, and examines the di_ erent marine ecosystems and how humankind interacts with them. It discusses the evolution of the sea and continents and looks at the ecology of coastal systems, including intertidal zones, beaches, dunes...
Exploring the Seashore in Southern Africa
With this lively guide, young adventurers will discover the many treasures along southern Africa’s shores, learn all about the strange and beautiful creatures they can expect to see at the beach and where to find them, then try the fascinating activities and make their own first-hand discoveries. A companion volume to the popular Exploring Fynbos, this lively book is loaded with interesting topics in accessible text; interactive activities; ‘did you know’ boxes; ‘things to do’ panels. Sales points: an absorbing, interactive and fact-filled introduction to southern Africa’s shore life; a companion volume to Exploring Fynbos, both providing good-value fun and entertainment for young readers, while they learn; colourful illustrations and photographs; activities to inspire insight into our coastal environment.
Living Shores
Living Shores is a pivotal work on southern Africa's shores and oceans, published originally in 1981. It reprinted 9 times but finally went out of print because it became dated. This comprehensively revised edition will now be published across two volumes. Volume 1 deals with coastal habitats - sea; rocky shores; sandy beaches; kelp beds; estuaries; open sea - and with marine management. Volume 2 will deal with the numerous animal and plants groups that inhabit these different ecosystems. Highly regarded and widely used in the academic and scientific worlds, this book, with its lively, fascinating text and multiple colour images will also appeal to lay enthusiasts.
Two Oceans
For over two decades Two Oceans has been the pre-eminent book to which scientists, students, divers and beachcombers turn to identify and learn about marine life, from sponges to whales and seaweeds to dune forests. In this exuberantly colourful, fully revised fourth edition, over 2 000 species are now covered, names and other details have been updated to refl ect the latest taxonomy and many new photographs have been added.
The Living Shores of Southern Africa
An illustrated guide to the marine biology of Southern Africa. Key features of this book include an appendices on the classification of animals and plants, together with current regulations governing their collection.
A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique (Volume 1)
Decapods are a culmination of nearly 600 million years of Crustacean evolution, during which time they have radiated into a variety of superfamilies, families, genera and species which occupy a variety of niches from fresh mountain streams to the abysses of the oceans. This book will fill a gap in the current literature on southern African decapods. Since Barnard published his Descriptive Catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea in 1950, there have been numerous additions and name changes. This publication updates the taxonomy, and includes ecological and fisheries information. In addition, Kensley’s (1981) distributional checklist for the region has been updated and includes large num...
Your Health Guide
" Yoga has become a household name these days. It is one of the oldest and most effective way of cleansing and keeping the body, mind and soul completely fit. It also helps in removing the harmful toxins from the body and improves the blood circulation. This book discusses exhaustively the countless beneficial effects of various yogic asanas enabling one to cure some of the very severe diseases like diabetes, arthritis, acidity, obesity, piles, kidney and liver diseases, indigestion and constipation, genital disorders and many more. It also lays emphasis on the importance of practising yogasanas and meditation regularly to keep yourself away from life threatening diseases and staggering doct...
Palgrave's Trees of Southern Africa
This third edition of Trees of Southern Africa has been updated, revised and expanded by Meg Coates Palgrave. It features new simplified keys based on leaf characteristics, and incorporates updated names, reclassifications and new species. All known indigenous trees and many naturalised aliens occurring in southern Africa, south of the Zambezi-Cunene rivers, are included. Accompanying the descriptions are comprehensively revised maps reflecting up-to-date distribution, and drawings of a characteristic leaf and / or fruit. Other features incllude English and Afrikaans common names, notes on medicinal or magical properties and an illustrated glossary. A comprehensive, user-friendly guide, it will appeal to tree enthusiasts and professional botanists across the sub-continent.
Adventure Walks and Scrambles in the Cape Peninsula
A guidebook for the adventurous walker and mountaineer looking for something new and unusual.
