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Это свободно организованное издание состоит из 28 глав (большинство из них - две страницы). В каждом из абзацев текста содержится обзор конкретного аспекта экологии пруда или рек. Остальное пространство заполнено четкими фотографиями флоры или фауны, сопровождаемое подписью одного или двух предложений, идентифицирующих их и описывающих их основные характеристики. Включены описания сезонной жизни пруда, а также краткие обзоры видов рыб, водоплавающих птиц, птиц, рептилий, млекопитающих, насекомых, моллюсков и растений, которые обычно встречаются в этих средах.This loosely organized, general introduction consists of 28 chapters (most are two pages long). In each, a paragraph of text provides an overview of a particular aspect of pond or river ecology. The remaining space is crammed with clear photographs of flora or fauna, accompanied by a caption of one or two sentences identifying them and describing their basic characteristics. Included are descriptions of seasonal pond life as well as short surveys of the kinds of fish, waterfowl, birds, reptiles, mammals, insects, mollusks, and plants that are commonly found in these environments.
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EYEWITNESS BOOKS CLI PA RT CD Eyewitness POND & RIVER Common reed fruiting head Common reed Swan mussel shell Water snail shell Otter skull Kingfisher skull Mayfly Cattail fruit Reed bunting nest and eggs Mallard egg Great diving beetle Kingfisher wing Banded demoiselle damselfly Bittern egg Snipe egg Great ramshorn shell Eyewitness POND & RIVER Written by STEVE PARKER Wandering snail shells Trout Great pond snail shell Tufted duck skull Hornwort Southern hawker dragonfly Teasel heads Pintail feather DK Publishing Floating pondweed leaves Curly waterweed River snail Waterbird feather Yellow flag seeds Water beetle Fern Bog pondweed leaves Azolla water fern Water boatman Dragonfly larva London, new York, MeLbourne, Munich, and deLhi Project editor Sophie Mitchell Art editor Pamela Harrington Managing art editor Jane Owen Special photography Philip Dowell Picture researcher Millie Trowbridge Editorial consultants The staff of the Natural History Museum, London This Edition Editors Karen O’Brien, Steve Setford, Jessamy Wood Art editors Ann Cannings, Peter Radcliffe Senior editor Kitty Blount Senior art editor Martin Wilson Managing editors Julie Ferris, Jane Yorke Managing art editors Owen Peyton Jones, Jane Thomas Associate Publisher Andrew Macintyre Production editors Andy Hilliard, Jenny Jacoby, Hitesh Patel Picture researchers Lorna Ainger, Harriet Mills DTP designer Siu Yin Ho Jacket editor Adam Powley US editor Margaret Parrish Water starwort Three-spined sticklebacks Waterbird feather This Eyewitness ® Guide has been conceived by Dorling Kindersley Limited and Editions Gallimard First published in the United States in 1988 This revised edition published in the United States in 2011 by DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Copyright © 1988, 2003, 2011 Dorling Kindersley Limited 11 12 13 14 15 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 175400—11/10 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. Marestail Water lily leaves