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245 10 a| From the seashore to the seafloorh| [electronic resource] :b| an illustrated tour of sandy beaches, kelp forests, coral reefs, and life in the ocean's depths /c| paintings by Peggy Macnamara ; text by Janet Voight ; with a foreword by David Quammen.;

260 a| Chicago :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| [2022];

300 a| xi, 131 pages :b| colo ilustrations ;c| 16 x 22 cm;

500 a| "Published in association with the Field Museum.";

505 0 a| Sandy shores -- Rocky shores -- Gulf of California -- Northeast Pacific -- Kelp forest -- Coral reefs -- Indo-West Pacific -- Research cruise experience -- Open ocean -- Subsea vehicles -- Gulf of Mexico -- Midwater depths -- Deep scattering layer -- Hydrothermal vents -- Food falls -- Deep-sea floor.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Field Museum Associate Curator of Zoology and specialist in cephalopod mollusks, Janet Voight, has partnered with Peggy Macnamara, Artist-in-Residence at the Museum, to provide readers with an understanding of the ocean and its animals from the seashore to the seafloor. This book combines rich scientific descriptions of the animals that inhabit rocky and sandy shores, the fragility of coral reefs, and the ingenuity of creatures that must search for food in the ocean's depths, where light and heat are rare. The book includes beautiful watercolors of all these ecosystems and other scenes experienced by Voight during research cruises in the ocean's depths using the submersible Alvin, operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A foreword by award-winning science writer David Quammen situates the importance of Voight's work, including her studies of octopuses. The book also includes a series of artist's notes that allows readers to understand the techniques that Macnamara developed to create the book's stunning visual effects"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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650 0 a| Marine ecology.=| ^A17289;

650 0 a| Marine animalsv| Pictorial works.=| ^A1123164;

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700 1 a| Macnamara, Peggy.=| ^A602688;

700 1 a| Quammen, David,d| 1948-=| ^A157943;

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From the seashore to the seafloor an illustrated tour of sandy beaches, kelp forests, coral reefs, and life in the ocean's depths / paintings by Peggy Macnamara ; text by Janet Voight ; with a foreword by David Quammen.

Author/creator	Voight, Janet
Other author	Macnamara, Peggy.
Other author	Quammen, David, 1948-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2022]
Description	xi, 131 pages : colo ilustrations ; 16 x 22 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Marine animals. Marine ecology. Marine animals--Pictorial works. Marine ecology--Pictorial works.

Contents	Sandy shores -- Rocky shores -- Gulf of California -- Northeast Pacific -- Kelp forest -- Coral reefs -- Indo-West Pacific -- Research cruise experience -- Open ocean -- Subsea vehicles -- Gulf of Mexico -- Midwater depths -- Deep scattering layer -- Hydrothermal vents -- Food falls -- Deep-sea floor.
Abstract	"Field Museum Associate Curator of Zoology and specialist in cephalopod mollusks, Janet Voight, has partnered with Peggy Macnamara, Artist-in-Residence at the Museum, to provide readers with an understanding of the ocean and its animals from the seashore to the seafloor. This book combines rich scientific descriptions of the animals that inhabit rocky and sandy shores, the fragility of coral reefs, and the ingenuity of creatures that must search for food in the ocean's depths, where light and heat are rare. The book includes beautiful watercolors of all these ecosystems and other scenes experienced by Voight during research cruises in the ocean's depths using the submersible Alvin, operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A foreword by award-winning science writer David Quammen situates the importance of Voight's work, including her studies of octopuses. The book also includes a series of artist's notes that allows readers to understand the techniques that Macnamara developed to create the book's stunning visual effects"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	"Published in association with the Field Museum."
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2022001409
ISBN	9780226817668 (cloth)
ISBN	(ebook)

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