| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 339 pages) : illustrations |
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University of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium series in marine conservation ; 3 |
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University of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium series in marine conservation ; 3.
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| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Underwater Thoughts; 2 Marineland of the Pacific; 3 A First Look at Realism; 4 The Road to Gonzaga Bay; 5 The Steinhart Aquarium; 6 San Francisco and the Sea of Cortez; 7 Sea World and South; 8 Carnival in Mazatlán; 9 The Lure of Sharks; 10 Tanner Bank and Mexico Expo; 11 The Revillagigedo Islands; 12 Roundabout to Steinhart Aquarium; 13 Search for a Living Fossil; 14 To Chile, Easter Island, and Rarotonga; 15 Monterey Bay Aquarium; 16 Creating the Exhibits; 17 Aquarists at Work; 18 Collecting the Fish; 19 Always Something New |
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20 The Open Ocean21 Pelagic Fishes; 22 A Million-Gallon Fishbowl; 23 A New Direction; Selected Reading; Index |
| Summary |
This engaging memoir presents one man's lifelong love of the ocean and gives a highly personal, behind-the-scenes look at California's magnificent and innovative aquariums. David Powell, for many years curator of the world-renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium, tells the story of his life as a pioneering aquarist |
| Analysis |
Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) Andre fag |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 323) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Powell, David C., 1927-
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Powell, David C., 1927- |
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Aquarists -- United States -- Biography
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Public aquariums -- United States -- Anecdotes
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Fish.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology.
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Aquarists
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Public aquariums
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United States
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Anecdotes
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520930346 |
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0520930347 |
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0585467463 |
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9780585467467 |
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1597346136 |
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9781597346139 |
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9780520223660 |
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0520223667 |
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