Manatee Scientists - Saving Vulnerable Species

Zusatztext "It lives up to the standards set by others in this stellar series."— Kirkus Reviews , starred review "This is a living, breathing window into the watery world of manatee studies, with eager scientists pursuing the preservation of stressed sirenian populations with determination and grit."— School Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Peter Lourie is an author and photographer. He has published more than twenty books for young readers. He lives with his family in Vermont. Klappentext Manatees are docile, large sea mammals who are eaten in some parts of the world, feared in others, and adored in still others. But human encroachment, disease, environmental hazards, and being hunted, among many other issues, are causing their numbers to decline. In Manatee Scientists, readers meet three scientists working very hard in three different parts of the world to save the manatee. Get an eye-opening, close-up view of their far-flung expeditions to Brazil, Senegal, and Florida in this beautifully photographed addition to the paperback collection of Scientist in the Field books. Zusammenfassung Manatees are docile, large sea mammals who are eaten in some parts of the world, feared in others, and adored in still others.  But human encroachment, disease, environmental hazards, and being hunted, among many other issues, are causing their numbers to decline. In Manatee Scientists, readers meet three scientists working very hard in three different parts of the world to save the manatee. Get an eye-opening, close-up view of their far-flung expeditions to Brazil, Senegal, and Florida in this beautifully photographed addition to the paperback collection of Scientist in the Field books.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Lourie
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780544225299
• ISBN: 978-0-544-22529-9
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Scientists in the Field (Paperback); Scientists in the Field (Paper; Scientists in the Field (Paper; Scientists in the Field Series; Scientists in the Field
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Marine Life, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Endangered, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Animal Welfare, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Science & Nature / Zoology, JUVENILE NONFICTION: People & Places / Africa