A Galápagos Island Food Chain
A Galápagos Island Food Chain

Author: Donald Wojahn

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0761357157

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Welcome to the Galápagos Islands! As you follow a path through the black lava rock on one of the islands, you may hear the sea lions barking or the hum of a white-lined sphinx moth flying past your head. The Galápagos Islands are full of life, from a huge tortoise trudging toward a cactus patch to a Galápagos barn owl gliding in the air, ready to snatch up a Santa Fe rice rat. Day and night in the Galápagos Islands, the hunt is on to find food - and to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. All the living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, plant to insect, and insect to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the islands? Will you . . . Go fishing with a blue-footed booby? Snack on some crabs with a Galápagos sea lion? Dive under the reef in search of algae with a marine iguana? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!

A Gal˜pagos Island Food Chain
A Gal˜pagos Island Food Chain

Author: Rebecca Hogue Wojahn

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0822576139

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Profiles a variety of Galâapagos Island consumers, producers, and decomposers, explaining how each one fits into the region.

An Estuary Food Chain
An Estuary Food Chain

Author: Donald Wojahn

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0761357181

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Welcome to a North American estuary! As you travel through the swamp’s murky water, you wade through green duckweed and push ahead to the moss-draped trees at the water’s edge. Everything seems green and still. But the estuary is full of life, from an American alligator lying in wait for a cottonmouth snake, to a swarm of biting midges stinging you. Day and night in the estuary, the hunt is on to find food - and to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. All living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, plant to insect, and insect to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the estuary? Will you ...swoop through the sky with a barred owl chasing a mouse? Join a family of opossums munching on a poisonous snake? Nibble on some water plants with a swamp rabbit? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!

A Cloud Forest Food Chain
A Cloud Forest Food Chain

Author: Donald Wojahn

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0761357130

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Welcome to an African cloud forest! As you set off down the mountain path, all you see ahead is a thick tangle of vines and bamboo trees. But the cloud forest is full of life, from a collared sunbird hovering over some flowers to a leopard stalking a giant forest hog. Day and night in the cloud forest, the hunt is on to find food - and to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. All living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, plant to insect, and insect to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the cloud forest? Will you . . . Watch a fierce honey badger battle a dangerous snake? Slink along with an African golden cat as it tails its prey? Munch on some leaves with a family of mountain gorillas? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!

A Nile River Food Chain
A Nile River Food Chain

Author: Donald Wojahn

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0761357173

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Welcome to the Nile River in Egypt! As you slosh through the river bank and puddle-jump the marshy areas, you can hear birds calling, frogs peeping and little scurrying sounds from the underbrush. The Nile River is full of life, from Egyptian vultures snatching ostrich eggs to golden jackals gnawing on a dead rabbit. Day and night in the Nile River delta, the hunt is on to find food - and to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. All the living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, plant to insect, and insect to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the river delta? Will you . . . Swoop through the air with an Egyptian slit-faced bat hunting insects? Stalk for frog dinner through thick reeds with a swamp cat? Scavenge for road kill with a striped hyena? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!

A Mangrove Forest Food Chain
A Mangrove Forest Food Chain

Author: Rebecca Hogue Wojahn

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0822576155

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Gives readers an exciting glimpse into animals and their habitats while illuminating curriculum concepts related to food webs and biomes.

A Coral Reef Food Chain
A Coral Reef Food Chain

Author: Donald Wojahn

Publisher: Lerner Publications

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0761357149

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Welcome to a Caribbean coral reef! As you snorkel just offshore, you see brilliant fish, waving sea anemones, diving turtles - maybe even a prowling barracuda! The coral reef is full of life - from coral polyps snagging plankton to a moray eel gobbling up a goby fish. Day and night on the coral reef, the hunt is on to find food - and to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. All living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, and plant to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the coral reef? Will you . . . Tail a tiger shark as it sniffs out its next victim? Check out a stingray crushing clams? Watch a feathery fan worm trap bits of leftovers? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!

New Approaches to the Study of Marine Mammals
New Approaches to the Study of Marine Mammals

Author: Aldemaro Romero

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2012-11-07

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9535108441

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The highly specialized nature of marine mammals when compared with their terrestrial counterparts, the environment in which they live, and the impact of humans on them throughout history and at the present, have made of the scholarship on these creatures something unique in itself. Therefore, it is not surprising that many researchers have also taken a distinctive approach to their study. This volume is aimed at providing a glimpse at such diversity of views and approaches while delivering valuable information on marine mammalogy. Given the increasing concerns regarding issues of anthropogenic factors affecting these animals, it is not surprising that the majority of chapters in this book deal with this subject.

Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs
Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs

Author: Tim McClanahan

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-04-16

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0195319958

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Biologists have made significant advances in our understanding of the Earth's shallow subtidal marine ecosystems, but the findings on these disparate regions have never before been documented and gathered in a single volume. Now, in Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs, Tim R. McClanahan and George M. Branch fill this lacuna with a comparative and comprehensive collection of nine essays written by experts on specific aquatic regions. Each essay focuses on the food webs of a respective ecosystem and the factors affecting these communities, from the intense and direct pressure of human influence on fisheries to the multi-vector contributors to climate change. The book covers nine shallow water marine ecosystems from selected areas throughout the world: four coral reef systems, three hard bottom systems, and two kelp systems. In summarizing their organization, human influence on them, and recent developments in these ecosystems, the authors contribute to our understanding of their ecological organization and management. Food Webs and the Dynamics of Marine Reefs will be a useful tool for all benthic marine investigators, providing an expert, comparative view of these aquatic regions.

Ecology and Evolution
Ecology and Evolution

Author: Richard Benz

Publisher: NSTA Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0873551834

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"Many of the ideas in this volume appeared in an earlier version in The Galâapagos: JASON Curriculum, 1991 by the National Science Teachers Association."