Earth's Aquarium

Earth’s Aquarium is a beautiful, oversize nonfiction book about aquatic life, filled with facts and presented in vibrant full-color illustrations.<BR><BR> Discover the wonder of 15 real-life aquatic habitats all around the world, from mysterious deepwater vents to majestic coral reefs, teeming with life.<BR><BR> Award-winning environmental writer Alexander C. Kaufman and illustrator Mariana Rodrigues takes us on a tour of rainforest waterways, oyster reefs, seagrass meadows, and more, then introduces the incredible species that live there, each specially adapted to their unique ecosystems.<BR><BR> The following habitats are featured in this book:<BR><BR> Channel Islands National Park, United States – Kelp Forests<BR> Chesapeake Bay, United States – Oyster Reefs<BR> Gulf of Saint Lawrence River, Canada – Estuaries<BR> Amazon River, South America – Fast-moving Freshwater<BR> North Pacific Ocean – Open Water<BR> Wadden Sea, Northern Europe – Mudflats<BR> Phang Nga Bay, Thailand – Mangrove Forests<BR> Wadi el Gemal, Egypt – Seagrass Meadows<BR> Great Barrier Reef, Australia – Coral Reefs<BR> Southern Ocean – Sea Ice<BR> Drowned Land of Saeftinghe, Netherlands – Salt Marshes<BR> Lake Baikal, Russia – Slow-moving Freshwater<BR> Norfolk Broads, United Kingdom – Wetlands<BR> Galápagos Rift, Ecuador – Vents and Seeps<BR> Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy – Deepwater<BR>