A Sea of Glass
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A Sea of Glass

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A Sea of Glass

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"The author makes an eloquent plea for marine biodiversity conservation."— Library Journal
"Harvell seems to channel the devotion that motivated the Blaschkas."— The Guardian
Winner of the 2016 National Outdoor Book Award, Environment Category It started with a glass octopus. Dusty, broken, and all but forgotten, it caught Drew Harvell's eye. Fashioned in intricate detail by the father-son glassmaking team of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, the octopus belonged to a menagerie of unusual marine creatures that had been packed away for decades in a storage unit. More than 150 years earlier, the Blaschkas had been captivated by marine invertebrates and spun their likenesses into glass, documenting the life of oceans untouched by climate change and human impacts. Inspired by the Blaschkas' uncanny replicas, Harvell set out in search of their living counterparts. In A Sea of Glass, she recounts this journey of a lifetime, taking readers along as she dives beneath the ocean's surface to a rarely seen world, revealing 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 living matches for the Blaschkas' creations are, indeed, as fragile as glass. Drew Harvell and the Blaschka menagerie are the subjects of the documentary Fragile Legacy, which won the Best Short Film award at the 2015 Blue Ocean Film Festival & Conservation Summit. Learn more about the film and check out the trailer here.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780520961111
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Science General
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. A SEA OF GLASS
  3. Title
  4. Dedication
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Foreword
  7. 1. INTRODUCTION The Quest for the Living Blaschka Animals
  8. 2. ANEMONES AND CORALS Rooted Lives of At-Risk Animals
  9. 3. JELLYFISH The Rise of the Medusa
  10. 4. WORMS Ecosystem Engineers Undercover
  11. 5. SEA SLUGS Fire Stealers of the Deep
  12. 6. OCTOPUS AND SQUID Shape-Shifters under Pressure
  13. 7. SEA STARS Keystone Species in Glass
  14. 8. THE VOYAGE OF OUR BLASCHKA BIODIVERSITY
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Appendix: A Primer on the Blaschka Tree of Life
  17. References
  18. List of Illustrations
  19. Index
  20. Copyright