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Marine Atlas
Helmut Debelius
其他書名
The Joint Aquarium Care of Invertebrates and Tropical Marine Fishes
出版Mergus, 2005
ISBN38824450179783882445015
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=pApPAAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋It proved impossible to present all the animals suitable for an aquarium in one volume. Therefore, we presented certain fish families, such as the surgeon-fishes and wrasses, as completely as possible, since there is no complete reference of them. This means that even fishes unsuitable for an aquarium are included, but they are clearly marked as such. However, the taxonomist will enjoy their listing. The great majority of the pictured fishes can be housed with invertebrates. The crustaceans and the anthozoans are presented here. In the plant section, W. A. Tomey from the Netherlands presents an elaborate treatise on a great variety of Caulerpa. Since these higher marine algae are an almost indispensable part of the biological cycle and green decoration, the chapter on marine algae is quite extensive. We strove to present the technological and chemical aspect of the marine hobby at today's state-of-the-art-level and to entice the reader to try new methods following the newest trends. 1216 pages, full color photography, 600 marine fishes - feeding, breeding and natural history, 450 invertebrates and plants. While the Marine Atlas Volume 1 dealt with anemones (Anthozoa) and crustaceans (Decapods), Volumes 2 and 3 present us with additional invertebrates. However, due to the scope of the subject, only a representative number of invertebrates can be presented, even though these two volumes (2 and 3) together consist of more than 1.300 pages. Approximately 1,000 species of anemones and about 10,000 species of crustaceans are known. All of them will never be photographed. The invertebrates in the following two volumes were selected on the basis of their abundance in nature, the depths at which the organisms occur (up to 120 feet, corresponding to the diving range of novices), and on the possibility of actually maintaining most of these species in an aquarium. We have chosen representatives from every class to give readers interested in marine biology an overview of the multitude of organisms in our seas. No other book concerning invertebrates has dealt so exhaustively with the husbandry of these beauties, and very few, if any, books provide such expansive information. With over 670 photos (+ more than 500 in Volume 3) and explicit textual information, the reader is introduced into a multitude of marine organisms.