Antarctic Fishes - Hardcover

Fukuchi, Mitsuo; Marchant, Harvey J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801886104 ISBN 13: 9780801886102

Verlag: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Fukuchi Mitsuo Marchant Harvey J

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Críticas:

For each fish, the authors provide a brief description that covers the fish's habits and distribution and usually mentions interesting aspects of its ecology or physiology. Each is depicted in a full-page illustration. Nagase created these delicate, detailed fish rubbings by molding a moistened sheet of paper over a specimen and dabbing colored inks onto the paper using a silk-covered wad of cotton.

(Science 1900-01-00)

Readers will want it on their coffee tables... stands on its own as an elegant and informative work of art.

(Natural History)

This fascinating and gorgeous large-format book uses a traditional Japanese art form to beautifully illustrate some of the most interesting fish in the world.

(Jeff Rubin Polar Times 1900-01-00)

Reseña del editor:

The break-up of the supercontinent of Gondwana and the formation of the Southern Ocean resulted in the creation of some of the strangest species imaginable -- the Antarctic fish fauna. The waters surrounding the southern continent are home to an enormous number of fish species rarely seen by anyone outside the worlds of Antarctic research and commercial fisheries. This book describes the physical characteristics, habits, and distribution of fifty-four species of these fascinating fish. Each description is accompanied by a delicate full-page illustration executed in the unique gyotaku method as employed by master artist Boshu Nagase. The result is an impressive tribute to these little-known fishes.

Antarctic Fishes is an important contribution to our knowledge of a unique environment and extraordinary species equipped with their own "antifreeze." A book for anyone seeking to truly understand the diversity of fishes in the world, Antarctic Fishes will also find a welcome home among fans of Asian and nature art, as well as the growing number of gyotaku collectors.

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• Verlag: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0801886104
• ISBN 13: 9780801886102
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 136