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		Image from Amazon.com	Essentials of oceanography / Harold V. Thurman by Harold V. Thurman Edition: 5th ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QC11.2 T487E 1996. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Essentials of oceanography by Harold V. Thurman Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Columbus, Ohio : Merrill Pub. Co., 1987 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GC11.2 T487E 1987. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	An introduction to the world's oceans by Duxbury, Alyn C Duxbury, Alison B Edition: 5th ed. Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Boston, Mass. : WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1997 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GC11.2 D892I 1997. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Descriptive physical oceanography [electronic resource] / M.P.M. Reddy by Reddy, M.P.M Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Lisse : CRC Press, 2001 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Ecological geography of the sea by Longhurst, Alan Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 1998 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QH541.5 .S3 L663E. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Oceanography and marine biology [electronic resource] : an annual review : volume 36 / editors A.D. Ansell, R.N. Gibson, Margaret Barnes by Ansell, A. D, 1934-1999 [ed.] Gibson, Robin N [ed.] Barnes, Margaret [ed.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : UCL Press, 2004 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Oceanography and marine biology [electronic resource] : an annual review S4016811, v.39 / editors R.N.Gibson and Margaret Barnes by Gibson, R. N [ed.] Barnes, Margaret [ed.] Series: Oceanography and Marine Biology Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Taylor & Francis, 2001 Online resources: Electronic Resource Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	The oceans [electronic resource] / Ellen J. Prager with Sylvia A. Earle. by Prager, Ellen J Earle, Sylvia A, 1935- Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c2000 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Geographic information systems in oceanography and fisheries [electronic resource] / Vasilis D. Valavanis. by Valavanis, Vasilis D Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Taylor & Francis, 2005 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Oceans in motion / Authors, Mary Atwater ... [et al.] by Atwater, Mary Series: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill science ; unit 34 Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Pub. Co., c1995 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GC16 O232. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Marine and coastal geographical information systems [electronic resource] / edited by Dawn J. Wright and Darius J. Bartlett. by Wright, Dawn J, 1961- [ed.] Bartlett, Darius J, 1955- [ed.] Series: Research monographs in geographic information systems Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Philadelphia : Taylor & Francis, 2001 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	50 years of ocean discovery [electronic resource] : National Science Foundation, 1950-2000 / Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council. by National Science Foundation (U.S.). Division of Ocean Sciences National Research Council (U.S.). Ocean Studies Board Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000 Other title: Fifty years of ocean discovery Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)