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Author Cancelmo, Jesse, author

Title Glorious Gulf of Mexico : Life Below the Blue / Jesse Cancelmo
Edition First edition
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2016
[Place of publication not identified] : Texas A & M University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Gulf Coast books ; number twenty-eight
Gulf Coast books ; no. 28.
Contents Introduction: America's sea -- The Mexican Gulf waters from Tuxpan to Isla Holbox -- The northern coast of Cuba from Cayo Levisa to Cabo San Antonio -- The Dry Tortugas of Florida -- From middle Florida to Mississippi -- The northwestern Gulf waters of Texas and Louisiana -- On and off the shelf -- Call to action
Summary Stunned by widespread ignorance about the Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 Macondo oil spill, underwater photographer Jesse Cancelmo decided to turn his camera on the marine life of this 600,000 square mile international sea that connects five US states, six Mexican states, and the island nation of Cuba. With the goal of countering dismissive descriptions of a Gulf plagued with dead zones and overrun by oil rigs, Cancelmo set out to capture a world rarely acknowledged, let alone seen. Between the Gulf's rich shoreline habitats and its prolific oceanic communities, thriving amid dazzling coral
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Marine photography -- Mexico, Gulf of
Marine resources -- Mexico, Gulf of
Marine ecology -- Mexico, Gulf of
Nature / Animals / Marine Life.
Photography / Individual Photographers / Essays.
Travel / Special Interest / Ecotourism.
Marine ecology
Marine photography
Marine resources
Travel
SUBJECT Mexico, Gulf of -- Pictorial works
Mexico, Gulf of -- Description and travel
Subject Gulf of Mexico
Genre/Form Electronic books
Pictorial works
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1623493757
9781623493752