Jellyfish

A Natural History

Lisa-Ann Gershwin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2016
Ivy Press (Verlag)
978-1-78240-322-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Jellyfish are mysterious creatures, luminously beautiful with remarkably varied life cycles. These ancient animals are found in every ocean at every depth, and have lived on Earth for at least 500 million years. Jellyfish looks at their anatomy, life history, taxonomy and ecology, and includes species profiles featuring stunning marine photography.

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Jellyfish are mysterious creatures, luminously beautiful with remarkably varied life cycles. These simple, ancient animals are found in every ocean at every depth, and have lived on Earth for at least the last 500 million years. Ominously, they are also increasing in number as they adapt well to marine environmental degradation. Jellyfish is a timely title that looks at their anatomy, life history, taxonomy and ecology, and includes species profiles featuring stunning marine photography that will have you scanning the depths with renewed interest.

Autor

Lisa-ann Gershwin (Tasmania, AUS) is director of the Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 1998 for her studies on jellyfish blooms and evolution. She has discovered over 190 new jellyfish species, as well as a new species of dolphin. Lisa-ann is the author of Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and Future of the Ocean published by University of Chicago Press in 2013.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.04.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 240 mm
• Gewicht: 1030 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 1-78240-322-1 / 1782403221
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78240-322-7 / 9781782403227
• Zustand: Neuware