Fire in the Sea : Bioluminescence and Henry Compton's Art of the Deep / David A. McKee, with Larry J. Hyde, Michael Barrett, Jennifer Hardell, and Mark Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKee, David A., 1947- author.

Anderson, Mark (Mark Wayne), author.

Hardell, Jennifer, author.

Barrett, Michael (Biologist), author.

Hyde, Larry J., author.

Series:

Gulf Coast books ; no. 25.

Gulf Coast books ; number twenty-five

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting--Conservation and restoration.

Biology in art.

Deep-sea fishes--Pictorial works.

Deep-sea fishes--Classification.

Bioluminescence.

Marine artists--Texas--Biography.

Marine biologists--Texas--Biography.

Compton, Henry, 1928-2005.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station, [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The cold, stygian dark of the extreme sea depths is home to some of our planet's strangest creatures. Even their names evoke a science fiction adventure: dragonfishes, greeneyes, viperfishes, mirrorbellies, lanternfishes. Marine biologist Henry "Hank" Compton (1928-2005) of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Rockport Marine Lab was present on some of the earliest Gulf of Mexico cruises on which these fishes were collected for the first time in Texas waters.Upon returning, Compton would retire to the darkroom he had constructed beneath a stairwell at the lab and photogra

Contents:

Life in the deep sea

Bioluminescence

Hank Compton

The art of Hank Compton / Mark Anderson

Fire in the sea

Appendix: Digitizing the artwork / Larry J. Hyde.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Anderson, Mark (Mark Wayne). Art of Hank Compton.

Compton, Henry, 1928-2005. Fire in the sea.

ISBN:

1-62349-106-1

OCLC:

880409301