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Informationen zum Autor Imants G. Priede is Professor Emeritus at Oceanlab, a field research station of the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen. He has over forty years of experience studying deep-sea fish, from longlining and trawling on the Royal Research Ship Challenger in the 1970s to participating in and leading expeditions to the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The founder of Oceanlab, he also pioneered satellite tracking of sharks in the 1980s and is the recipient of the 2011 Beverton Medal of the Fish Society of the British Isles. Klappentext A comprehensive account of deep-sea fishes, covering evolution, ecology and the potential threats posed by the growing fishing industry. Zusammenfassung Synthesising the very latest research! this comprehensive account of deep-sea fishes covers evolution! physiology and ecology as well as the history of their discovery. Priede provides a global account of both pelagic and demersal species and! crucially! considers the effect of the growing deep-sea fishing industry on sustainability. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Colonisation of the deep-sea by fishes; 3. Adaptations to the deep sea; 4. Systematic description of deep-sea fishes; 5. The deep-sea fish faunas; 6. Deep-sea fisheries and conservation; 7. Epilogue; Appendix.
