Fire in the Sea: Bioluminescence and Henry Compton's Art of the Deep

by Henry Compton and David A. Mckee

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623490316
• ISBN13: 9781623490317
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 10.2"