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Thau, Oasis
de vie Ecosystemes, patrimoines et paysages sous-marins
Thau - Oasis of life
F.
Maxant & JP. Quignard (photogrpahs and author co-ordination)
ISBN 2-914817-01-0
published Apr-04
27 x 12 cm hardback,
223 pages, full colour throughout
Online Price £33.70 (post-free in the UK)
- The etang du Thau is neither a lake nor the sea: it is a 7500 hectare salt lagoon open to the Mditterannean coast near Montpellier
- The management of Thau in a sustainable way: combining oyster farming with nature protection has become an internationally recognised success story
- A team of specialist authors (professors of biology, geology, marine sciences together with naturalistes and divers have written a detaileed account of this remarkable management success
- Superb photographs reveal the unique submarine fauna, flora and "landscapes"