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Author Powell, David C., 1927-

Title A fascination for fish : adventures of an underwater pioneer / David C. Powell ; with a foreword by Sylvia A. Earle
Published Berkeley : University of California Press ; [Monterey] : Monterey Bay Aquarium, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 339 pages) : illustrations
Series University of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium series in marine conservation ; 3
University of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium series in marine conservation ; 3.
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
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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Subject Powell, David C., 1927-
SUBJECT Powell, David C., 1927- fast
Subject Aquarists -- United States -- Biography
Public aquariums -- United States -- Anecdotes
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
NATURE -- Animals -- Fish.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Aquarists
Public aquariums
United States
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Anecdotes
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520930346
0520930347
0585467463
9780585467467
1597346136
9781597346139
9780520223660
0520223667