Oceans Under Threat
- ISBN-10
- 0713463724
- ISBN-13
- 9780713463729
- Category
- Marine ecology
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Trafalgar Square Publishing
- Author
- Philip Neal
Description
Discusses the importance of the oceans, the sources and effects of their pollution and misuse, and ways to protect them.
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