Darwin's fishes : an encyclopedia of ichthyology, ecology, and evolution / / Daniel Pauly [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Pauly D (Daniel)
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 597/.03
• Soggetto topico: Fishes
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Preface and acknowledgments; Conventions used in the text; Darwin and ichthyology; The years before the Beagle; The Beagle years (1831-6); The return of the Beagle to the Foundations of Origin (1837-44); The mature Darwin (1845-82); Darwin's Fishes: a dry run; Entries (A to ZZZ); A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Appendix I: Fish in Spirits of Wine; Appendix II: Fish of the Beagle in the BMNH ; Appendix III: Checklist of fish specimens, identified as collected by Charles Darwin on the Beagle voyage, that ought to be present...Catalogue of ' NON-EXHIBITED SERIES'; Catalogue of 'EXHIBITED SERIES'; Bibliography; Index to the Fishes
• Sommario/riassunto: In Darwin's Fishes, Daniel Pauly presents an encyclopaedia of ichthyology, ecology and evolution, based upon everything that Charles Darwin ever wrote about fish. Entries are arranged alphabetically and can be about, for example, a particular fish taxon, an anatomical part, a chemical substance, a scientist, a place, or an evolutionary or ecological concept. The reader can start wherever they like and are then led by a series of cross-references on a fascinating voyage of interconnected entries, each indirectly or directly connected with original writings from Darwin himself. Along the way, the reader is offered interpretation of the historical material put in the context of both Darwin's time and that of contemporary biology and ecology. This book is intended for anyone interested in fishes, the work of Charles Darwin, evolutionary biology and ecology, and natural history in general.
• Titolo autorizzato: Darwin's fishes
• ISBN: 1-107-14734-4; 1-280-47778-4; 9786610477784; 0-511-19518-4; 0-511-19584-2; 0-511-19377-7; 0-511-31420-5; 0-511-60659-1; 0-511-19451-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784439003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II