Keywords:
Anglerfishes.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (571 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520942554
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=656360
DDC:
597/.62
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART I: The Biology of Deep-Sea Anglerfishes -- 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 -- PART II: A Classification of Deep-Sea Anglerfishes -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- U -- V -- REFERENCES -- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- INDEX -- 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.
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