
Hand-written, signed card dated June 1999 from Rosemary Dobson loosely inserted. Inscribed, signed and dated May 1975 by Casey for Frances on front cover.

Few small blemishes to green folder, spine area faded. Words by Marnie Bassett, Maie Casey, Rosemary Dobson and Joan Lindsay, music by Margaret Sutherland (1897-1984). Original green folio containing five carols. ISBN 0709915454 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550 Originalhalbleinen mit Schutzumschlag in Schuber.


Characteristics of the Various Types of Water: Water and Landscape - Beginning and Ending - Chemical and Physical Conditions in the Water - Astonishing Variety - Producers, Consumers, Decomposers - Organisms as Indicators of Water Quality - Explosion of Life: The Four Seasons - Colonization of the Water Surface - Water Plants Conquer Their Environment - Life on a Water-lily Leaf - Eggs in Abundance - Transformation from Aquatic into Terrestrial Animal - Drying-up, Survival, Recolonization - Water Animals in Winter - Complications of Life: Oxygen Is a Problem - The Archetype of the Diving Bell - How to Manage without Oxygen - Making a Meal and Being a Meal - Filter-feeders Aided by Cilia - Symbiosis and Parasitism - Movement-A Fundamental Character of Living Matter - Strange Characteristics of Corixids - A Moth Which Lives in Water - A Lifelong Bond with the Spawning Water - Brood Care - Many Means Are Feasible for Self-protection - The Advantages of Shallow Still Waters: Economic Aspects - Holidays, Relaxation, Hobbies - Research - Restoration, Upkeep, Protection - Bibliography and Suggested Reading - List of Species and Genera Mentioned in this Book.
