TY - BOOK AU - Ellis,Richard TI - The empty ocean: plundering the world's marine life SN - 1559639741 AV - QL121 .E5794 2003 U1 - 591.77 22 PY - 2003///] CY - Washington, D.C PB - Island Press/Shearwater Books KW - Marine animals KW - Endangered species N1 - 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? ER -