| Fish and Habitat Community Assessments on North Carolina Shipwrecks: Potential sites for detecting climate change in the Graveyard of the Atlantic Contributor(s): U. S. Department of Commerce (Author) |
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ISBN: 149533516X ISBN-13: 9781495335167 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Marine Life |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.30 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (MNMS) was the nation's first sanctuary, originally established in 1975 to protect the famous civil war ironclad shipwreck, the USS Monitor. Since 2008, sanctuary sponsored archeological research has branched out to include historically significant U-boats and World War II shipwrecks within the larger Graveyard of the Atlantic off the coast of North Carolina. These shipwrecks are not only important for their cultural value, but also as habitat for a wide diversity of fishes, invertebrates and algal species. Additionally, due to their unique location within an important area for biological productivity, the sanctuary and other culturally valuable shipwrecks within the Graveyard of the Atlantic are potential sites for examining community change. |