Overview
Sigue a dos cientificos que pasan una noche en los Everglades recogiendo muestras de agua, fotografiando la vida silvestre y chapoteando a traves de pantanos en un intento por comprender este ecosistema misterioso. Los cientificos son sometidos a la nitida hierba de serrucho, a caimanes y tortugas y aun son sorprendidos por la repentina presencia de lo que se denomina en los Everglades un ""gigger de rana.""
Full Product Details
Author: Joyce Mihran Turley ,
Laurel Larsen, Ph.D. ,
Alida Ribbi ,
Rudolf Jaffé
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Imprint: Taylor Trade Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 26.70cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.503kg
ISBN: 9780981770086
ISBN 10: 0981770088
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 16 August 2012
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: Spanish
Reviews
An ecologist records a typical research night in Florida's Everglades, using her own experiences to paint a picture of this unique geological/biological habitat. Larsen's informative text records the efforts of scientists Laurel and Dan to evaluate water quality and flow, measure peat layers and sediment rates, photograph floc and zooplankton, and collect water samples from a tiny research platform in the heart of the 'Glades. Slathered in mosquito repellent, they spend a night under the stars, working on their projects and enjoying the wildlife in this wide ecosystem (except for said mosquitoes). Larsen defines unfamiliar terms in the margin and includes snips of data. All is illuminated by Turley's colorful, full-page illustrations of such sights as airboats, birds, alligators, and a sunrise, and some smaller details of bladderworts, crayfish, and the like. Team this title with Jeff Corwin's photo-full Jeff Corwin: The Extraordinary Everglades (Grossett & Dunlap, 2010) and Wayne Lynch's anecdote-graced The Everglades (NorthWorld, 2007) for a clear look at the endangered River of Grass. (Review of the English language edition) -- Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Library Journal
An ecologist records a typical research night in Florida s Everglades, using her own experiences to paint a picture of this unique geological/biological habitat. Larsen s informative text records the efforts of scientists Laurel and Dan to evaluate water quality and flow, measure peat layers and sediment rates, photograph floc and zooplankton, and collect water samples from a tiny research platform in the heart of the Glades. Slathered in mosquito repellent, they spend a night under the stars, working on their projects and enjoying the wildlife in this wide ecosystem (except for said mosquitoes). Larsen defines unfamiliar terms in the margin and includes snips of data. All is illuminated by Turley s colorful, full-page illustrations of such sights as airboats, birds, alligators, and a sunrise, and some smaller details of bladderworts, crayfish, and the like. Team this title with Jeff Corwin s photo-full Jeff Corwin: The Extraordinary Everglades (Grossett & Dunlap, 2010) and Wayne Lynch s anecdote-graced The Everglades (NorthWorld, 2007) for a clear look at the endangered River of Grass. (Review of the English language edition)--Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY Library Journal
Author Information
Laurel Larsen, Ph.D., realizo su investigacion doctoral sobre el paisaje de la cienaga de los Everglades. Actualmente se desempena como investigadora ecologica con el U.S. Geological Survey en Reston, Virginia. Joyce Mihran Turley ha ilustrado muchos libros para ninos que representan los ecosistemas unicos de nuestros parques nacionales. Ella vive en Fort Collins, Colorado.
