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Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa

ISBN 
9781775848363
Format 
Epub
Recommended Price 
R425.00
Published 
September 2022
About the book: 
This popular and authoritative guide has been fully revised, updated and expanded to encompass more than 2,200 species found in and around southern Africa’s oceans. It includes an additional 125 species, 190 new photographs, revised distribution maps, and 260 updated species names to reflect the new taxonomy.
 
Key features include:
• Concise and easy-to-use species descriptions
• Spectacular full-colour photographs
• Accurate and up-to-date distribution maps.
 
This new edition of Two Oceans is a celebration of the extraordinary diversity of life that inhabits the sea and surrounding coastline, reaffirming this book’s reputation as the region’s pre-eminent guide for scientists, students, divers and beachcombers.
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About the Author

Professor George Branch is world renowned for his research on marine ecology. Together with his wife, Margo, he wrote  The Living Shores of Southern Africa,  an award-winning best-seller on the ecology of marine life. He was A-rated by the NRF and has received Fellowships from the University of Cape Town and the Royal Society of South Africa, the Gilchrist Medal for marine science, the Gold Medal of the Zoological Society, a Distinguished Teachers’ Award and the International Temperate Reef Lifetime Award. His research spans coastal ecology, fisheries policy, subsistence fisheries, and Marine Protected Areas. His photographs have been widely published and exhibited.

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