Renards Fanciful Fish

Author : Louis Renard
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486996239
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Renard's Fanciful Fish written by Louis Renard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvelous colors and spectacular patterns of real and fanciful fish abound in this eye-catching collection. Reproduced from illustrations in a rare 18th-century volume on natural history, the 261 royalty-free designs are ideal for use by illustrators and commercial artists and can be used as well in craft projects and classroom activities.

Author : Theodore W. Pietsch
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421432536
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frogfishes written by Theodore W. Pietsch and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Carl Zimmer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476799741
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At the Water's Edge written by Carl Zimmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody Out of the Pond At the Water's Edge will change the way you think about your place in the world. The awesome journey of life's transformation from the first microbes 4 billion years ago to Homo sapiens today is an epic that we are only now beginning to grasp. Magnificent and bizarre, it is the story of how we got here, what we left behind, and what we brought with us. We all know about evolution, but it still seems absurd that our ancestors were fish. Darwin's idea of natural selection was the key to solving generation-to-generation evolution -- microevolution -- but it could only point us toward a complete explanation, still to come, of the engines of macroevolution, the transformation of body shapes across millions of years. Now, drawing on the latest fossil discoveries and breakthrough scientific analysis, Carl Zimmer reveals how macroevolution works. Escorting us along the trail of discovery up to the current dramatic research in paleontology, ecology, genetics, and embryology, Zimmer shows how scientists today are unveiling the secrets of life that biologists struggled with two centuries ago. In this book, you will find a dazzling, brash literary talent and a rigorous scientific sensibility gracefully brought together. Carl Zimmer provides a comprehensive, lucid, and authoritative answer to the mystery of how nature actually made itself.

Author : Pomegranate Communications, Inc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764923869
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louis Renard's Fish written by Pomegranate Communications, Inc and published by . This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael D. Breed
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128016833
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Behavior written by Michael D. Breed and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-05-16 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Behavior, Second Edition, covers the broad sweep of animal behavior from its neurological underpinnings to the importance of behavior in conservation. The authors, Michael Breed and Janice Moore, bring almost 60 years of combined experience as university professors to this textbook, much of that teaching animal behavior. An entire chapter is devoted to the vibrant new field of behavior and conservation, including topics such as social behavior and the relationship between parasites, pathogens, and behavior. Thoughtful coverage has also been given to foraging behavior, mating and parenting behavior, anti-predator behavior, and learning. This text addresses the physiological foundations of behavior in a way that is both accessible and inviting, with each chapter beginning with learning objectives and ending with thought-provoking questions. Additionally, special terms and definitions are highlighted throughout. Animal Behavior provides a rich resource for students (and professors) from a wide range of life science disciplines. Provides a rich resource for students and professors from a wide range of life science disciplines Updated and revised chapters, with at least 50% new case studies and the addition of contemporary in-text examples Expanded and updated coverage of animal welfare topics Includes behavior and homeostatic mechanisms, behavior and conservation, and behavioral aspects of disease Available lab manual with fully developed and tested laboratory exercises Companion website includes newly developed slide sets/templates (PowerPoints) coordinated with the book

Author : Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486816117
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Illustration: The Essential Reference written by Carol Belanger Grafton and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and entertaining, this volume presents black-and-white and color images from medieval illuminated manuscripts, woodcuts from the dawn of printing, and illustrations by Merian, Seba, Cuvier, Audubon, and many others. Detailed bibliographies and artist biographies.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Current References in Fish Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : University of Washington. School of Fisheries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research in Fisheries written by University of Washington. School of Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
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Download or read book Natural History written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
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Download or read book Archives of Natural History written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: