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Autore |
Pietsch Theodore W |
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Titolo |
Oceanic anglerfishes [[electronic resource] ] : extraordinary diversity in the deep sea / / Theodore W. Pietsch |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-27715-8 |
9786613277152 |
0-520-94255-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (571 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anglerfishes |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-545) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction and Historical Perspective -- 2. What Makes an Anglerfish? -- 3. Biodiversity -- 4. Evolutionary Relationships -- 5. Geographic Distribution -- 6. Bioluminescence and Luring -- 7. Locomotion, Food, and Feeding -- 8. Reproduction and Early Life History -- Introduction -- Families, Genera, and Species of the Ceratioidei -- REALLOCATION OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF THE CERATIOIDEI BASED ON FEMALES -- REALLOCATION OF NOMINAL SPECIES OF THE CERATIOIDEI BASED ON FREE-LIVING MALES -- SYMBOLIC CODES FOR INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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known about anglerfishes-morphology, diversity, evolution, geographic distribution, bioluminescence, and reproduction. |
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