Captive Seawater Fishes: Science And Technology

Captive Seawater Fishes: Science and Technology

ReviewThis most impressive text covers a wealth of information concerning the maintenance of marine fishes for public display or aquaculture. -- Jeffrey C. Howe, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 3: 198-199, 1993The beauty of the book is not in the photos, but in the extensive data which the author focuses upon in an elegant manner. Once I started looking through the pages of this well written book, I knew the dedicated hobbyist, whether into fish only or reef aquaria, must make room on their library shelf for this most informative work. Even though much of the book pertains to what the title states, it co-exists with much information which the reef keeper will find enlightening/useful. -- Bob Goemans, Saltcorner, 2012. . . a comprehensive compilation of information on every facet of keeping marine fish and is easily the most complete resource ever assembled between two covers. . . . It is a book for both novices, and experts. . . . Serious amateurs as well as professional aquarists, engineers, system designers, administrators, and students will all find an incredible collection of information and data on every aspect of aquarium sciences. . . . The terms comprehensive and complete are not hyperbole. . . . It is a "must have" for all interested or involved in any aspect of keeping marine fish and invertebrates, and will be widely used as both a reference and text. -- John W. Nightingale, Zoo Biology 12: 505-506, 1993.. . . a definitive text for any one keeping marine fish, and required reading for those who are seriously committed to the enterprise of maintaining fish in artificial environments. . . . it's all here - the "state of the art" in science and technique for the maintenance of health marine aquaria in general and fishes in particular. This book belongs in the library of all dedicated to that project. It is well written with a lively style and the information is presented in an accessible form, given the rigor of its content. -- Doug Robbin, Aquarium Frontiers, Fall 1995. . . a tour de force written with great clarity, profusely illustrated with line drawings, halftone and colour plates . . . a pleasure to read. . . . All involved with captive marine fishes will benefit from [this book], not the least the fishes themselves. -- R. N. Gibson, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 161(2): 282-283, 1992.. . . absolutely wonderful. . . . Stephen Spotte probably knows more about more subjects appertaining to marine aquaria and environments than the majority us put together. The result is a book . . . that is hard to fault in textual content and/or style. . . . a work without equal. -- John Dawes, Aquarist and Pondkeeper, September 1992.. . . enjoyably readable . . . deliberately eclectic. . . [a] highly intellectual and interpretive review of the science and technology of working with captive seawater fishes. . . . Because of [the] high level of intellectual challenge and the lucid aspect of the primary text, this book will probably stand as a frequent literature citation for the next quarter century. . . . The primary audience may be public aquarists, but aquarium hobbyists as well as all fisheries biologists and aquaculturists who rely on tanks and seawater systems will be grateful for this most absorbing book. -- Jeffrey B. Marliave, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122: 511-512, 1993.Spotte succeeds in conveying an enormous amount of information in an organized and a bold, readable fashion. . . . This is a valuable book to own even if one's captive fish operation is smaller than that of a public aquarium or an aquaculture enterprise. -- M. H., Copeia 1993: 915-916, 1993.This is the definitive work on seawater aquariology, and . . . a comprehensive scientific text . . . the major reference book on the subject. The text is not turgid; for such a weighty volume it is written to the highest literary standard. -- Andy Horton, Glaucus (British Marine Life Study Society) 4(1): 3