MacAulay, Kelley.

Tropical oceans / Kelley MacAulay & Bobbie Kalman. - New York, NY : Crabtree Pub., c2006. - 32 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - The living ocean series. .

Includes index.

What are tropical oceans? -- Clear, empty water -- Life in the great wide open -- Bustling communities -- Types of coral reefs -- Trading nutrients -- Part-time residents -- The Great Barrier Reef -- Tropical ocean food webs -- Among the mangroves -- Swirling storms -- The effects of El Niño -- Terrible tsunamis! -- Tropical oceans in trouble -- People can help.

ISBN: 9780778713005 (rlb) 0778713008 (rlb) 9780778713227 (pb) 0778713229 (pb)

LCCN: 2005019993

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Marine biology--Tropics.
Ocean--Tropics.

LC Class. No.: QH95.59 / .M33 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 578.77/0913