The Resource Eye of the shoal : a fishwatcher's guide to life, the oceans and everything, Helen Scales
Eye of the shoal : a fishwatcher's guide to life, the oceans and everything, Helen Scales
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- Summary
- "Seventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. This vast aquatic realm is inhabited by a multitude of strange creatures and reigning supreme among them are the fish. There are giants that live for centuries and thumb-sized tiddlers that survive only weeks; they can be pancake-flat or inflatable balloons; they can shout with colors or hide in plain sight, cheat and dance, remember and say sorry; some rarely budge while others travel the globe restlessly. And yet the mesmerizing and complex lives of fish remain largely underrated and unseen, living hidden beneath the waterline, out of sight and out of mind. Helen Scales is our guide on an underwater journey, as we fathom the depths and watch these animals going about the glorious business of being fish. As well as the fish, we meet devoted fishwatchers past and present, from voodoo zombie potion hunters and scientists who taught fish how to walk to nonagenarian explorers of the deep sea. Woven throughout are vignettes of Helen's own aquatic explorations, from eerie nighttime dives with glowing fish and up-close encounters with giant manta rays, to floating in the middle of a swirling shoal being watched by thousands of inquisitive eyes. As well as being a rich and entertaining read, this book will inspire readers to think again about these animals and the seas they inhabit, and to go out and appreciate the wonders of fish, whether through the glass walls of an aquarium or, better still, by gazing into the fishes' wild world and swimming through it."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Note
- Series numbering from dust jacket
- Isbn
- 9781472936844
- Label
- Eye of the shoal : a fishwatcher's guide to life, the oceans and everything
- Title
- Eye of the shoal
- Title remainder
- a fishwatcher's guide to life, the oceans and everything
- Statement of responsibility
- Helen Scales
- Title variation
- Eye of the shoal
- Title variation remainder
- a fish-watchers guide to life, the ocean and everything
- Subject
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- Fish communities
- Fish communities
- Fish watching
- Fish watching
- Fishes
- trueFishes
- trueFishes -- Folklore
- Fishes -- Social aspects
- Folklore
- History
- Ichthyology
- trueIchthyology
- trueMarine biologists
- Marine biology
- trueMarine biology -- History
- trueMarine ecology
- Marine resources conservation
- trueMarine resources conservation
- NATURE / Animals / Fish
- NATURE / Animals / Marine Life
- trueObserving things
- trueOceans
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology
- trueScuba diving
- Marine biologists
- trueAnimal behavior
- trueDeep diving
- Deep diving
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Seventy per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water. This vast aquatic realm is inhabited by a multitude of strange creatures and reigning supreme among them are the fish. There are giants that live for centuries and thumb-sized tiddlers that survive only weeks; they can be pancake-flat or inflatable balloons; they can shout with colors or hide in plain sight, cheat and dance, remember and say sorry; some rarely budge while others travel the globe restlessly. And yet the mesmerizing and complex lives of fish remain largely underrated and unseen, living hidden beneath the waterline, out of sight and out of mind. Helen Scales is our guide on an underwater journey, as we fathom the depths and watch these animals going about the glorious business of being fish. As well as the fish, we meet devoted fishwatchers past and present, from voodoo zombie potion hunters and scientists who taught fish how to walk to nonagenarian explorers of the deep sea. Woven throughout are vignettes of Helen's own aquatic explorations, from eerie nighttime dives with glowing fish and up-close encounters with giant manta rays, to floating in the middle of a swirling shoal being watched by thousands of inquisitive eyes. As well as being a rich and entertaining read, this book will inspire readers to think again about these animals and the seas they inhabit, and to go out and appreciate the wonders of fish, whether through the glass walls of an aquarium or, better still, by gazing into the fishes' wild world and swimming through it."--Dust jacket
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- 10677466
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- Scales, Helen
- Dewey number
- 597
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QL615
- LC item number
- .S33 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- Series statement
- Bloomsbury Sigma
- Series volume
- book thirty-five
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fishes
- Fish watching
- Fishes
- Fish communities
- Ichthyology
- Fishes
- Deep diving
- Marine biologists
- Marine biology
- Marine resources conservation
- Deep diving
- Fish communities
- Fish watching
- Fishes
- Ichthyology
- Marine biologists
- Marine biology
- Marine resources conservation
- NATURE / Animals / Fish
- NATURE / Animals / Marine Life
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology
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- a fish-watcher's guide to life, the ocean and everything
- Label
- Eye of the shoal : a fishwatcher's guide to life, the oceans and everything, Helen Scales
- Note
- Series numbering from dust jacket
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-310) and index
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- txt
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- Control code
- on1038029813
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472936844
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- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1038029813
- Label
- Eye of the shoal : a fishwatcher's guide to life, the oceans and everything, Helen Scales
- Note
- Series numbering from dust jacket
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-310) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1038029813
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472936844
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1038029813
Subject
- Fish communities
- Fish communities
- Fish watching
- Fish watching
- Fishes
- trueFishes
- trueFishes -- Folklore
- Fishes -- Social aspects
- Folklore
- History
- Ichthyology
- trueIchthyology
- trueMarine biologists
- Marine biology
- trueMarine biology -- History
- trueMarine ecology
- Marine resources conservation
- trueMarine resources conservation
- NATURE / Animals / Fish
- NATURE / Animals / Marine Life
- trueObserving things
- trueOceans
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology
- trueScuba diving
- Marine biologists
- trueAnimal behavior
- trueDeep diving
- Deep diving
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