DOW
Deep Ocean Water
as Our Next
Natural Resource
Masayuki Mac TAKAHASHI
Translated by
K. KITAZAWA and P. SNOWDEN
Terra Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo
DOW
Deep Ocean Water as Our Next Natural Resource
Cover photograph: Overview of Kochi Deep Sea-Water Laboratory (see pp. 72–73).
Photograph by Japan Marine Science & Technology Center.
DOW
Deep Ocean Water
as Our Next
Natural Resource
Masayuki Mac TAKAHASHI
Department of Systems Sciences,
The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo, Japan
Translated by
Kazuhiro KITAZAWA
Japan Marine Science & Technology Center, Yokosuka-shi, Japan
Paul SNOWDEN
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Terra Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo
DOW: Deep Ocean Water as Our Next Natural Resource
ISBN No. 4-88704-125-x
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Umi ninemuru shigen ga chikyuu osukuu, by Masayuki Mac Takahashi
© 1991 by Masayuki Mac Takahashi
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follows:
All illustrations from Mr. Tetsuji Ueda; Figs. 6, 15, 16, 28, 51, 55, 56, and 57 from Prof.
Takenobu Kajikawa; Figs. 7, 14, 15, and 17 from Prof. Haruo Uehara; Fig. 12 from Mr. P.
Marchand; Fig. 15 from Prof. Takuya Honma; Figs. 21, 22, 66, 71, and 72 from Dr. Toshimitu
Nakashima; Fig. 25 from Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.; Figs. 44, 47, 48,
49, and 50 from Watersport Publishing Co. Ltd.; Fig. 46 from the Monterey Aquarium; Figs.
47 and 48 from Mrine Biology Ltd.; Figs. 58, 60, 61, and 62 from Natural Energy Laboratory
of Hawaii Authority; Figs. 66, 70, 77, and 78 from Dr. Takayoshi Toyota; Fig. 68 from Kochi
Deep Seawater Research Institute.
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