Dive Atlas of the World. Jack Jackson

      

       An aerial view of Green Island, Great Barrier Reef.

      A pair of Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) among the tentacles of their host anemone. Sulawesi, Indonesia.

       Cleaner shrimp on anemone, Caribbean.

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      GENERAL EDITOR Jack Jackson

      PUBLISHING MANAGERS Claudia dos Santos and Simon Pooley

      COMMISSIONING EDITOR Simon Pooley

      PUBLISHER Mariëlle Renssen

      STUDIO MANAGER Richard MacArthur

      DESIGNER Geraldine Cupido

      EDITOR Anna Tanneberger

      ILLUSTRATOR Steven Felmore

      CARTOGRAPHER Genené Hart

      PICTURE RESEARCHER Karla Kik

      PROOFREADER/INDEXER Natie and Kobie Ferreira

      PRODUCTION Myrna Collins

      MARINE BIOLOGY CONSULTANT Dr Charles Anderson

      CONTENTS

      DIVE ATLAS OF THE WORLD

       Map of the world’s oceans and seas

       Introduction to diving the world

       El Niño and climate change

       Weather, currents and tides

       The marine environment

       Diving with gases other than normal air

       Travelling to dive

       DIVING THE WORLD’S OCEANS AND SEAS

       ATLANTIC OCEAN

       Introduction and map

       East Coast of the United States (Including West Coast of Florida)

       Wreck diving, deep diving, temperate and tropical waters

       United Kingdom

       An introduction

       Scotland

       Scapa Flow, St Abbs and Eyemouth Marine Reserve

       The Wreck of the Lusitania

       South Africa

       Diving with Great White Sharks

       THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

       Introduction and map

       Spain and the South of France

      The Medas islands, cave diving, Costa Brava, Cerbère-Banyuls, Porquerolles, offshore islands near Cannes, Cape Juan and Cape Antibes

       Malta

       Malta,