UID:
almafu_9959235254102883
Format:
1 online resource (571 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-27715-8
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9786613277152
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0-520-94255-8
Content:
No environment on Earth imposes greater physical and biological constraints on life than the deep oceanic midwaters. Near-freezing temperatures, the absence of sunlight, enormous pressure, and a low food supply make habitation by any living thing almost inconceivable. Yet 160 species of anglerfishes are found there in surprising profusion. Monstrous in appearance, anglerfishes possess a host of unique and spectacular morphological, behavioral, and physiological innovations. In this fully illustrated book, the first to focus on these intriguing fish, Theodore W. Pietsch delivers a comprehensive summary of all that is known about anglerfishes-morphology, diversity, evolution, geographic distribution, bioluminescence, and reproduction.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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PREFACE --
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
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1. Introduction and Historical Perspective --
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2. What Makes an Anglerfish? --
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3. Biodiversity --
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4. Evolutionary Relationships --
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5. Geographic Distribution --
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6. Bioluminescence and Luring --
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7. Locomotion, Food, and Feeding --
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8. Reproduction and Early Life History --
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Introduction --
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Families, Genera, and Species of the Ceratioidei --
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REALLOCATION OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF THE CERATIOIDEI BASED ON FEMALES --
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REALLOCATION OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF THE CERATIOIDEI BASED ON FREE-LIVING MALES --
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SYMBOLIC CODES FOR INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS --
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GLOSSARY --
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REFERENCES --
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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS --
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INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-25542-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520942554
