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Discovery of Australia's fishes : a history of Australian ichthyology to 1930 /
This book traces the discovery of Australia's fishes from the earliest days of taxonomy to the first part of the 20th century. It provides a unique insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia's fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Austral...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Collingwood, VIC :
CSIRO Pub.,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book traces the discovery of Australia's fishes from the earliest days of taxonomy to the first part of the 20th century. It provides a unique insight into the diverse pathways by which Australia's fish were discovered and outlines the history of early maritime explorations in Australia that collected natural history specimens. The book covers the life and work of each of the most important discoverers, and assesses their accomplishments and the limitations of their work. Discovery of Australia's Fishes is distinctive in that a biographic approach is integrated with chronological description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (520 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780643106710 0643106715 9780643106727 0643106723 1280487631 9781280487637 9786613582867 6613582867 |