Comments on: Book review – Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries

By: Book review – The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabed | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:32:43 +0000

[…] here, as she populates the pages with a bewildering cast of creatures. Notable examples of bizarre deep-sea fishes are included, but she gives you so much more. Whale carcasses, so-called whale falls, become […]

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By: Book review – The Deep: The Hidden Wonders of Our Oceans and How We Can Protect Them | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:21:46 +0000

[…] that are all mouth and stomach. And do not get me started on the fish (see also my review of Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries). Rogers’s eyewitness descriptions of the bizarre fauna are mesmerizing. The colour plate […]

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By: Book review – Luminous Creatures: The History and Science of Light Production in Living Organisms | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:50:51 +0000

[…] map the sea bottom, scientists discovered the many bizarre denizens of the deep (see my review of Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries, and pictorial works such as Creatures of the Deep: In Search of the Sea’s Monsters and the […]

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By: Book review – Eyes to See: The Astonishing Variety of Vision in Nature | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 09:37:00 +0000

[…] many adaptations to seeing (and prevent being seen) in the deep sea. If you have read my review of Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries, or have browsed more pictorial works such as Creatures of the Deep: In Search of the Sea’s […]

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By: Book review – The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:23:56 +0000

[…] abundant multicellular animals on the planet (though I have heard that claimed of lanternfish, see Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries) that migrates vast distances in the water column. We are not quite sure how old they get – one […]

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By: Book review – The Oceans: A Deep History | The Inquisitive Biologist

Book review – The Oceans: A Deep History | The Inquisitive Biologist — Thu, 31 May 2018 10:11:25 +0000

[…] for carbon. But just as the oceans aren’t a featureless bathtub (see the introduction to Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries for a good overview of ocean topography), they are also not a chemically inert bathtub. Levels of […]

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By: Book review – Eye of the Shoal: A Fish-Watcher’s Guide to Life, the Ocean and Everything | The Inquisitive Biologist

Tue, 08 May 2018 12:04:11 +0000

[…] and their function, the bioluminescence so often seen in deep sea species (see also my review of Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries), shoaling and schooling behaviour, eating and hunting, toxic fish, prehistoric fish, and fish […]

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