Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 19: The Oceans and Human Affairs

For Further Reading

Ballard, R. D., 2004. Titanic revisited. National Geographic, vol. 206, no. 6, December, pp. 96–113. The Titanic wreck is revisited 19 years after its discovery.

Clarke, W. M., 2002. Pieces of history. Smithsonian, vol. 33, no. 8, November, pp. 62–70. The salvage of the turret of the USS Monitor reveals details about the lives of sailors who perished in the sinking of the Civil War’s most famous ship.

De Jonge, P., 2004. Being Bob Ballard. National Geographic, vol. 205, no. 5, May, pp. 112–129. Many problems spoil an expedition to explore a shipwreck in the Mediterranean.

Gadsby, P., 2004. The Inuit paradox. Discover, vol. 25, no. 10, October, pp. 48–55. The Inuit people of the Arctic traditionally feed on fat-rich marine mammals and other seafood. Yet, they seem healthy.

Hall, C., 2005. Homage to the anchovy coast. Smithsonian, vol. 36, no. 2, May, pp. 98–104. Fishing (and eating) anchovies is a centuries-old tradition in Catalonia, Spain.

Stewart, D., 2004. Salem sets sail. Smithsonian, vol. 35, no. 2, June, pp. 50–59. Maritime trade with the Orient made Salem, Massachusetts, the wealthiest city per capita in the United States.

Basuttil, O., 2004. Globalisation and the sea. Ocean Yearbook, vol. 18, pp. 117–122.

Castro, J. I., 2002. On the origins of the Spanish word “tiburón” and the English word “shark.” Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 249–253.

Dzidzornu, D. M. and S. B. Kaye, 2002. Conflicts over maritime boundaries: The 1982 United Nations Law of the Sea Convention provisions and peaceful settlement. Ocean Yearbook, vol. 16, pp. 541–607.

Rick, T. C., J. M. Erlandson, M. A. Glasgow and M. L. Moss, 2002. Evaluating the economic significance of sharks, skates, and rays (elasmobranchs) in prehistoric economics. Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 111–122.

Woodard, C., 2004. The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier. Viking, New York.

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