A fascination for fish : adventures of an underwater pioneer / David C. Powell ; with a foreword by Sylvia A. Earle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, David C., 1927-

Series:

University of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium series in marine conservation ; 3.

University of California Press/Monterey Bay Aquarium series in marine conservation ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Powell, David C., 1927-.

Powell, David C.

Aquarists--United States--Biography.

Aquarists.

Public aquariums--United States--Anecdotes.

Public aquariums.

United States.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 339 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press : Monterey Bay Aquarium, [2001]

Summary:

David Powell, pioneering aquarist and long-time curator at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, gives a highly personal view of the mind-boggling challenges that make modern aquariums possible. From the early techniques he devised to get fish into aquariums alive and healthy to his later exploratory dive to a depth of eleven hundred feet in a two-person submarine, Powell's action-packed narrative inspires laughter, wonder, and philosophical reflection. A Fascination for Fish also includes many stories about Powell's diving adventures in many remote and exotic locations around the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 323) and index.

ISBN:

0520223667

OCLC:

44425533