All about fish and fellows: Untold science stories from the vast ocean - Softcover

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All about fish and fellows - Untold science stories from the vast ocean

Have you ever heard of crabs that hitchhike through the seas on the back of whales? Were you aware that there are red-blinking colonies of clones that silently drift through the ocean? Or that fish bathe in freshwater springs that gush out of the bottom of the sea? You will find these and many other enthralling stories in this book, which presents some of the most fascinating facets of current marine research. In exciting chapters you will get to know exotic, colourful and sometimes even frightening creatures. You will learn what insights marine scientists have gained in recent years about life in the sea; whether on their expeditions with high-resolution cameras, through automatic diving robots or highly sensitive measuring instruments.

Dive with us into this remote world for a few hours. Relax and enjoy chapters that not only offer new information about the oceans, but are also a pleasure to read.

"Hitchhiking crabs, saltwater-slurping kangaroos and sponges with fibreglass technology: Tim Schröder tells the exciting story of life around the sea - clearly understandable. It is a great pleasure to read the book and the texts are just as entertaining as the lovingly designed little drawings."
Scientific American (German edition)


About the author:
Tim Schröder is a 53-year-old biologist and has been working as a scientific journalist and ambassador of the oceans for journals and magazines all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He lives in Oldenburg in North Germany. From there it’s a
40-kilometre ride to his happy place at the coast.

Content:
Marine gemstones – valuable microalgae
On tour – barnacles on whales

Forensics in the sea – environmental DNA
Marine night owls – sex and slaughter after sunset
Salty freshwater – submarine springs

Bullying beneath the waves – on jellyfish’s bad reputation
The aliens – translucent colonies of clones
Evil worm – on the fight against marine termites

Oceanic nomads – migration around the globe
Lords of the seas – who really reigns the deep

Deadly salt – how plants survive in brackish waters
The super kidney – survival of the fittest kangaroo
SpongeBob’sTM classmates – the oceans’ pharmacy

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