This photographic atlas presents light and (or) scanning electron micrographs of 580 pairs of sagittal otoliths representing 288 species, 97 families, and 27 orders of fish from the northwest Atlantic. For most species, multiple individuals across a range of sizes are presented …
The shape of fish otoliths is highly species specific. Since otoliths resist degradation better than most other tissues, the shape and size of preserved or undigested otoliths recovered from fossilized sediments, native middens, and the stomachs and droppings of fish predators c…
Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the May 1941 destruction of the British battle cruiser Hood by the German battleship Bismarck, soon followed by the sinking of the German ship by British forces.
On the 100th anniversary of the Titanic 's sinking, a prominent Titanic researcher offers a final chance to see the ship before it disappears forever The Titanic was the biggest, most luxurious passenger ship the world had ever seen; the ads proclaimed it to be unsinkable. When …
"This remarkable new book covers all the fascinating Titanic research, which the author has been involved in, since 2000. Interspersed with the scientific material are gripping recreations of the last hours of the Titanic and the panic and heroism among the doomed passengers"--
"This remarkable new book covers all the fascinating Titanic research, which the author has been involved in, since 2000. Interspersed with the scientific material are gripping recreations of the last hours of the Titanic and the panic and heroism among the doomed passengers"--