Golden kelp forests shelter a rich community of living creatures. 
In these beautifully illustrated pages, youll discover underwater forests that nourish and protect sea life in every nook and cranny, from swaying canopies to hideouts in the holdfasts. As giant kelp stretches upward, it spreads its canopy of golden blades across the waters surface. Shafts of sunlight penetrate this spots to highlight bright sea stars in the red seaweeds. And rainbow-colored snails crawl up the kelp, while fishes hang motionless in this undersea jungle. Monterey Bay Aquariums Natural History Series brings you closer to the living marine and coastal communities of the nations largest marine sanctuary, where youll come face to face with some of the more interesting residents. Produced by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Press, these books will stimulate your curiosity and understanding of the natural world. from chapter 1: "Scramble along the rocky shore at low tide and crouch down in a respectful bow to slippery rocks and seaweeds. Reach out and touch the tangle of nearshore kelps: tough cabbage heads, slick leathery neckties and feathery boas. Out beyond the pounding surf, you can see the canopies of the elegant deep water kelps. Isolated floats of bull kelp bob in the surge like the heads of swimming otters. Stretching upward from the deeper rocks, a snarl of giant kelp spreads fronds across the waters surface."

Kelp Forests (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Science & Math

Baxter, Charles

Connor, Judith

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Seashore Life on Rocky Coasts (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

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Venture into the dark, frigid and alien world of the deep sea with scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. 
Mysteries of the deep fascinate us with visions of giant squid, sea serpents, and bizarre fishes. Challenges to exploring this deep world have been many, and few have ever ventured into this remote realmuntil now. 
Journey there yourself in these pages filled with lively writing by the scientists who study deep-sea life firsthand, and who took many of these rare, beautiful images of living creatures of the deep. Rich with the latest findings about this largest habitat on Earth, youll discover animals that create their own light fish that see in the dark, and read about bizarre vampire squid, gulper eel and hatchetfish. 
Monterey Bay Aquariums Natural History Series brings you closer to the living marine and coastal communities of the nations largest marine sanctuary, where youll come face to face with some of the more interesting residents. Produced by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Press, these books will stimulate your curiosity and understanding of the natural world.

The Deep Sea (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series)

Robison, Bruce H

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