Guide to the Manta and Devil Rays of the World (eBook)

Marc Dando, Daniel Fernando, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Guy Stevens (Autoren)

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2019
144 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20721-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Manta and devil rays are some of the most intriguing creatures in the ocean. Driven forward by powerful beats of wing-like pectoral fins, these filter feeders search the waters for prey, their horn-like head fins giving rise to ancient mariners' tales of fearsome devilfish dragging boats into the ocean depths. Beloved by scuba divers and marine biologists alike, these impressive animals have never had a comprehensive field guide dedicated to them-until now.Guide to the Manta and Devil Rays of the World includes detailed information on the identification, characteristics, threats, and distribution for each species in this family. Illustrated with more than 200 color photos, drawings, and plates, this guide also contains an expansive introduction to the general taxonomy, biology, and behavior of these iconic animals. This book will be an essential resource for fisheries management and international trade enforcement, and for anyone involved in ongoing manta and devil ray research and conservation.The first dedicated field guide for manta and devil raysExhaustive treatment of every aspect related to their identification and biologyFilled with 200+ color drawings, photos, and diagrams

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Wild Nature Press
• Reihe/Serie: Wild Nature Press
• Zusatzinfo: 200 color illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: ACCOBAMS • Aetobatus ocellatus • allopatric speciation • anchovy • Bait fish • Bentfin devil ray • Branchial arch • Bull shark • Butterflyfish • bycatch • Cetacea • Chondrichthyes • CITES • Clasper • Cleaning station • copulation • coral bleaching • coral reef • coral reef fish • courtship • Cownose ray • Deep scattering layer • Deep sea • defecation • dermis • Detritus • Devil ray • dorsal fin • Dugong • eagle ray • Elasmobranchii • electric ray • endemism • exoskeleton • Filter Feeder • fishery • Fishing • Freediving • fungus • Gillnetting • Gill raker • Gill slit • Great hammerhead • Guitarfish • humpback whale • International Whaling Commission • Intestinal parasite • introgression • Invertebrate • IUCN Red List • killer whale • Krill • Lanternfish • Leonard Compagno • Leucism • Manta Ray • Marine Biology • Marine debris • mating • Methanol • Mission Bay (San Diego) • Mobula • Mobula eregoodootenkee • Mobula kuhlii • Mobula munkiana • Myliobatiformes • Ocean Acidification • Osteichthyes • Overfishing • parasitism • Pelagic zone • Philopatry • Pipefish • Plankton • Polymorphism (biology) • predation • Pygmy devil ray • Reef manta ray • Remora • Sawfish • scripps institution of oceanography • sea monster • Sexual Dimorphism • shark • Shark attack • Shark Bites • Shoaling and schooling • Slit (gene family) • Sperm • Spiracle • Spotted eagle ray • Stolephorus • Suckerfish • Suction cup • Sunburst butterflyfish • Tiger Shark • Tragedy of the commons • Whale Shark • Wrasse • Zooplankton
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20721-6 / 0691207216
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20721-6 / 9780691207216