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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Harvell, C. Drew, 1954- author.     Subjects     Blaschka, Leopold, 1822-1895.     Blaschka, Rudolf, 1857-1939.     Cornell University. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology -- Catalogs.     Marine biodiversity conservation.     Marine invertebrates.     Marine invertebrates -- Models.     Glass animals.     Marine invertebrates -- In art.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Harvell, C. Drew, 1954- author.       by title:      A sea of glass : sea...         MARC Display

A sea of glass : searching for the Blaschkas' fragile legacy in an ocean at risk / Drew Harvell ; foreword by Harry W. Greene. by Harvell, C. Drew, 1954- author. Oakland, California : University of California Press, c2016. Subjects Blaschka, Leopold, 1822-1895.   Blaschka, Rudolf, 1857-1939.   Cornell University. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology -- Catalogs.   Marine biodiversity conservation.   Marine invertebrates.   Marine invertebrates -- Models.   Glass animals.   Marine invertebrates -- In art. ISBN:  9780520285682 0520285689 Series:  Organisms and environments ; 13. Description:  xi, 215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. Contents:  Introduction: The quest for the living Blaschka animals -- Anemones and corals : rooted lives of at-risk animals -- Jellyfish : the rise of the medusa -- Worms : ecosystem engineers undercover -- Sea slugs : fire stealers of the deep -- Octopus and squid : shape-shifters under pressure -- Sea stars : keystone species in glass -- The voyage of our Blaschka biodiversity -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: A primer on the Blaschka Tree of Life. Requests:  0 Summary:  "From diving for dangerous jellyfish in the Mediterranean to searching for harpoon-backed sea slugs in Southeast Asia, A Sea of Glass recounts the author's quest to document the living invertebrates that inspired history's greatest father-son glassmaking team to spin their likenesses into glass more than 160 years ago. The story of these artists, Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, whose menagerie of unusual marine creatures was packed away for decades in a Cornell University storage unit, provides a time capsule of life in earlier oceans untouched by climate change and human impacts. A Sea of Glass takes readers into a world rarely glimpsed, introducing the surprising and unusual biology of some of the most ancient animals on the tree of life. On the way, we glimpse a century of change in our ocean ecosystems and learn which of the Blaschkas's living counterparts are indeed as fragile as glass"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 333.95616 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 333.95616 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 333.95616 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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