Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide
Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide is a comprehensive digital PDF reference to the physical world, environments, life, and geography of the oceans. This digital format is available for instant download after purchase.
Written by Robert Dinwiddie, Philip Eales, Sue Scott, Michael Scott, Kim Bryan, David Burnie, and Frances Dipper, with an introduction by Fabien Cousteau, the revised edition was published by DK in 2014.
The book combines explanatory text, species profiles, maps, photographs, diagrams, a glossary, and an index. It is suitable for readers exploring oceanography, marine life, marine geography, and ocean conservation.
Book Overview
This visual guide covers the structure and behavior of the world’s oceans. It begins with ocean water, including seawater chemistry, temperature, salinity, light, sound, waves, tides, and circulation.
The ocean environments section moves from coasts and shallow seas to the open ocean, ocean floor, and polar oceans. It discusses beaches, estuaries, coral reefs, continental shelves, seamounts, trenches, hydrothermal vents, ice shelves, sea ice, and polar circulation.
The ocean life section introduces classification, energy cycles, marine zones, migrations, bioluminescence, and the history of ocean life. It includes profiles of organisms from bacteria and archaea to plants, mollusks, arthropods, fishes, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
The final atlas contains maps of the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans. Regional maps and feature profiles identify seas, undersea features, coastal features, ocean depths, and tectonic-plate boundaries.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- The properties and chemistry of seawater, including temperature, salinity, gases, nutrients, and dissolved minerals.
- Ocean geology, tectonics, the formation of Earth, and the origin of oceans and continents.
- Circulation and climate, including winds, currents, the global water cycle, El Niño and La Niña, hurricanes, and typhoons.
- Coasts, seashores, shallow seas, coral reefs, the open ocean, ocean-floor landscapes, and polar environments.
- Marine classification and life cycles, from plankton and seaweeds to mollusks, fishes, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
- Maps and profiles covering the five major oceans and selected seas, reefs, basins, trenches, islands, and other features.
- A glossary, index, acknowledgments, distribution maps, and species profiles for reference use.
Why Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide Matters
This reference brings together physical oceanography, geology, climate, marine biology, and geographic mapping in one structured volume. Its combination of visual material and explanatory sections supports both browsing and focused study.
The book also presents marine environments alongside documented pressures such as coral bleaching, pollution, overfishing, climate change, sea-level rise, and other human impacts. This makes it relevant to readers seeking a factual introduction to ocean science and marine conservation.
Book Details
| Title | Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Dinwiddie, Philip Eales, Sue Scott, Michael Scott, Kim Bryan, David Burnie, Frances Dipper |
| Introduction | Fabien Cousteau |
| Publisher | DK |
| Publication date | August 18, 2014 |
| Edition | Updated |
| Original publication detail | First published in the United States in 2006 |
| Revised edition detail | This revised edition published in 2014 by DK Publishing |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 514 |
| Print length | 512 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 978-1465419682 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1465419682 |
| PDF ISBN | 978-1-4654-1968-2 |
| ASIN | 1465419683 |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 139.7 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 146438119 |
| Dimensions | 10.38 x 1.33 x 12.13 inches |
| Item Weight | 5.85 pounds |
| Rating | 4.9 out of 5 stars |
| Review Count | 212 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #264,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books); #69 in Oceanography (Books); #111 in Scuba Diving; #169 in Marine Life |
| Price | EUR 19.85 |
Device Compatibility
This is a digital download, not a physical book. No physical shipping is provided, and access is available after purchase.
The PDF can be opened with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps. Compatibility may vary by device and application.
FAQ
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Access is available after purchase, with instant download of the digital file.
Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This listing provides a digital PDF download, and no physical copy is shipped.
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Download Ocean: The Definitive Visual Guide for convenient digital reference on oceanography, marine life, ocean environments, and the atlas of the oceans.
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