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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Bulletin of the Vanderbilt Oceanographic Museum
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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Publisher:
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Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Bulletin of the Vanderbilt Marine Museum
Author: Vanderbilt Marine Museum
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Category : Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Category : Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Frogfishes
Author: Theodore W. Pietsch
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421432536
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
The authoritative expert's guide to fascinating frogfishes and their unusual lives. Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Single Volume Reference in Science by the Association of American Publishers Unique among the world's fishes, frogfishes display a bizarre combination of attributes and behaviors that make them a subject of fervent study. Through cunning and trickery, they turn would-be predators into prey; they "walk" across the ocean floor and jet-propel through open water; some lay their eggs in a floating mucoid mass, while others employ complex patterns of parental care; and they are certainly among the most colorful of nature's productions. In Frogfishes, two of the world's leading anglerfish experts, Theodore W. Pietsch and Rachel J. Arnold, bring together an enormous amount of information about these incredible creatures. The only detailed exploration of frogfishes in print, the book touches on everything from their morphology and biomechanics to their diets and habitats. Enhanced with more than 500 spectacular color images, the book also includes • a thorough look at about 5,000 preserved specimens; • an annotated synonymy for all extant taxa, as well as keys and tables to facilitate identification; • insights into frogfish feeding, locomotion, mimicry, and reproductive behavior; • descriptions of recent scientific advances, including the discovery of new species, shifts in geographic distribution, and emerging DNA sequencing techniques; and • tips for frogfish-seeking divers and aquarists that emphasize conservation. Unmasking the mysteries of frogfish evolution and phylogenetic relationships through close examination of their fossil record, morphology, and molecular reconstruction, Frogfishes demonstrates the surprising diversity and beauty of this remarkable assemblage of marine shorefishes.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421432536
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
The authoritative expert's guide to fascinating frogfishes and their unusual lives. Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Single Volume Reference in Science by the Association of American Publishers Unique among the world's fishes, frogfishes display a bizarre combination of attributes and behaviors that make them a subject of fervent study. Through cunning and trickery, they turn would-be predators into prey; they "walk" across the ocean floor and jet-propel through open water; some lay their eggs in a floating mucoid mass, while others employ complex patterns of parental care; and they are certainly among the most colorful of nature's productions. In Frogfishes, two of the world's leading anglerfish experts, Theodore W. Pietsch and Rachel J. Arnold, bring together an enormous amount of information about these incredible creatures. The only detailed exploration of frogfishes in print, the book touches on everything from their morphology and biomechanics to their diets and habitats. Enhanced with more than 500 spectacular color images, the book also includes • a thorough look at about 5,000 preserved specimens; • an annotated synonymy for all extant taxa, as well as keys and tables to facilitate identification; • insights into frogfish feeding, locomotion, mimicry, and reproductive behavior; • descriptions of recent scientific advances, including the discovery of new species, shifts in geographic distribution, and emerging DNA sequencing techniques; and • tips for frogfish-seeking divers and aquarists that emphasize conservation. Unmasking the mysteries of frogfish evolution and phylogenetic relationships through close examination of their fossil record, morphology, and molecular reconstruction, Frogfishes demonstrates the surprising diversity and beauty of this remarkable assemblage of marine shorefishes.
Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Order Beloniformes: Needlefishes, Sauries, Halfbeaks, and Flyingfishes
Author: Bruce B. Collette
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 1933789212
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
An authoritative guide to the identification, systematics, distribution, and biology of the thirty-eight species of the Order Beloniformes in the western North Atlantic Ocean The final volume in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series covers the Beloniformes, a diverse order of fishes containing six families and at least two hundred and thirty extant species found worldwide in marine and freshwater environments. This excellently illustrated, authoritative book describes the thirty-eight species of beloniform fishesneedlefishes, sauries, halfbeaks, and flyingfishesthat live in the western Atlantic Ocean. Compiled from new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information, this tenth book in the series completes a major reference work in taxonomy and ichthyology for both amateurs and professionals, and all students of the sea.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 1933789212
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
An authoritative guide to the identification, systematics, distribution, and biology of the thirty-eight species of the Order Beloniformes in the western North Atlantic Ocean The final volume in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series covers the Beloniformes, a diverse order of fishes containing six families and at least two hundred and thirty extant species found worldwide in marine and freshwater environments. This excellently illustrated, authoritative book describes the thirty-eight species of beloniform fishesneedlefishes, sauries, halfbeaks, and flyingfishesthat live in the western Atlantic Ocean. Compiled from new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information, this tenth book in the series completes a major reference work in taxonomy and ichthyology for both amateurs and professionals, and all students of the sea.
The Biological Bulletin
Author: Frank Rattray Lillie
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Vol. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952.
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Vol. 17, 21-105 contain Annual reports of the Marine Biological Laboratory for 1907/08-1952.
Catalog
Author: Library of the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438
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New Serial Titles
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 2106
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 2106
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Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Vol. 152, 2002)
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Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437955514
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
ISBN: 9781437955514
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Leptocephali
Author: Eugenia B. Böhlke
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 1933789204
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Part Nine in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes in two volumes 180 species in 85 genera (19 families) of eels and related gulper eels found in the western and mid-Atlantic, and the unique larvae known as leptocephali (168 species). Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 1933789204
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Part Nine in the Fishes of the Western North Atlantic series describes in two volumes 180 species in 85 genera (19 families) of eels and related gulper eels found in the western and mid-Atlantic, and the unique larvae known as leptocephali (168 species). Specialist authorships of its sections include detailed species descriptions with keys, life history and general habits, abundance, range, and relation to human activity, such as economic and sporting importance. The text is written for an audience of amateur and professional ichthyologists, sportsmen, and fishermen, based on new revisions, original research, and critical reviews of existing information. Species are illustrated by exceptional black and white line drawings, accompanied by distribution maps and tables of meristic data.