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The fragile edge : diving and other adventures in the South Pacific / Julia Whitty.

by Whitty, Julia.

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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Coral reef ecology -- French Polynesia.

French Polynesia.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0618/2006023706.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006023706-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2006023706-s.html

viii, 292 p. : maps ; 22 cm.

Part 1. Rangiroa. Rapture -- Swimming in the Bellybutton -- The manysided lagoon -- Changeover -- Breath control -- Inside the turtle's shell -- The Near-field/Far-field boundary -- Eavesdropping -- Big songs --The king of Lake Vaihiria -- Impermanence -- The Infinity pool -- Inshallah -- Poi dogs -- The consorting together of dissimilar organisms -- It furthers one to cross the great water -- The lemon shark affair -- Grand secret. Part 2. Tuvalu. Hideaway-- Falling dominoes -- Liquid faultline -- Leave your values at the Front desk -- Little cemeteries -- Diving the Apocalypse -- Nuptials -- Just do it -- Beseeching the wind horses -- Sinking dragons. Part 3. Mo'orea. The churning of the ocean -- An ocean of silence and bliss -- The sleep of plants -- Living lanterns -- The clamor of true democracy -- The spirit of godly gamesomeness -- Coral noose -- Mother ocean -- Fish tamer -- A force like a hundred thousand wedges -- Gleanings -- Across the threshold.

A mesmerizing, scientifically rich portrait of the teeming coral reefs of Rangiroa in French Polynesia and the island of Mo'orea in the South Pacific.

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