Description
Progress in Underwater Science vol 5
Editor: H M Platt
Proceedings of the 13th symposium of the Underwater Association, London, 1979
Hardback with dust jacket. Very good condition. Reg Vallintine bookplate on inside front cover.
Contents:
Man versus machine underwater
Physiological monitoring of North Sea divers
Outline of recent pressure research at AMTE Physiological Laboratory (abstract)
The co-ordination of diving and shipboard techniques in investigations of carbonate sediment deposition on the west coast of Scotland
The application of electronic devices to studies of the behaviour and physiology of aquatic animals (abstract)
The preservation of ships and artefacts in shallow water Mediterranean wreck sites
Marine archaeology in Newfoundland – a review
Slatewrecks – industrial archaeology in a new context (abstract)
The aquatic flora of a Snowdonia lake: Llyn Gwynant
A preliminary study of Loch Obisary: a brackish Hebridean loch
Microfaunal communities of the sediments off the coast of Lundy
The use of a grid to survey selected biotic and abiotic features of the rocky sublittoral
Spatial interaction in a sublittoral benthic community
Cayman Islands natural resources study
Marine life of the North Sea oil platforms (abstract)
Substrate and tidal limitations on the distribution and behaviour of the lobster and edible crab
Geotactic movements following disturbance in the European sea urchin Echinus esculentus
Grunts at twilight (abstract)
Exploitation and pollution in Antarctica: a case history
200 pages
Black and white diagrams and photographs
160 mm x 240 mm (approx. 6.25 in x 9.5 in)
1979, Pentech Press, Plymouth