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Kelp and Critters

Peter Mieras and Kathy Johnson
by John F. Williams

6-gill sharkStretching from Oregon all the way to Alaska, the waters that border the Pacific Northwest house an amazing array of life.

This DVD takes you on a journey through 4 seasons of marine life in the Pacific Northwest introducing you do many of its underwater inhabitants and discovering their lives. Witness the interaction between fish, invertebrate life and mammals in their environments of salt water, kelp, eelgrass and rocks.

lingcod and salmonThis collection of beautiful, informative, and often unique high-definition footage represents 3 years of underwater filming, tide-pool watching and above water footage.

See a preview of the movie on YouTube. Visit the Rendezvous Diving web site for information on how to obtain this DVD. Their web site also has a media page containing links to other interesting media about marine life in the Pacific Northwest.

Produced in 2011

 

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