The empty ocean : plundering the world's marine life /
written and illustrated by Richard Ellis.
- xiv, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-350) and index.
Gray whales in the Atlantic. Emptying the ocean. Decline of the fisheries -- The plight of the sea turtles -- Missing marine birds. Killing the marine mammals. Steller's legacy -- Slaughter of the southern seals -- Lions and elephants -- Seals -- Little cetaceans in peril -- The tuna-porpoise "problem" -- The hunting of whales. Ecology in trouble. What is killing the coral reefs? -- Deepwater corals -- Biological invaders. Is this the end?