A fascination for fish [electronic resource] : 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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press ; [Monterey] : Monterey Bay Aquarium, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This engaging memoir presents one man's lifelong love of the ocean and gives a highly personal, behind-the-scenes look at California's magnificent and innovative aquariums. David Powell, for many years curator of the world-renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium, tells the story of his life as a pioneering aquarist.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Underwater Thoughts; 2 Marineland of the Pacific; 3 A First Look at Realism; 4 The Road to Gonzaga Bay; 5 The Steinhart Aquarium; 6 San Francisco and the Sea of Cortez; 7 Sea World and South; 8 Carnival in Mazatlán; 9 The Lure of Sharks; 10 Tanner Bank and Mexico Expo; 11 The Revillagigedo Islands; 12 Roundabout to Steinhart Aquarium; 13 Search for a Living Fossil; 14 To Chile, Easter Island, and Rarotonga; 15 Monterey Bay Aquarium; 16 Creating the Exhibits; 17 Aquarists at Work; 18 Collecting the Fish; 19 Always Something New

20 The Open Ocean21 Pelagic Fishes; 22 A Million-Gallon Fishbowl; 23 A New Direction; Selected Reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323) and index.

ISBN:

0-520-93034-7

1-59734-613-6

OCLC:

475931859