Spineless : the science of jellyfish and the art of growing a backbone

Summary: A former ocean biologist describes how she rediscovered her passion for marine science while investigating the enigmatic jellyfish and what the species' unique physiologies can teach about engineering and environmental stability.

Record details

ISBN: 0735211264
ISBN: 9780735211261
ISBN: 0735211264
ISBN: 9780735211278
Physical Description: print
336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2017.
Copyright: �2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Planula. If you dare -- Polyp. What's your agenda? ; Jellyfish salad ; Missing polyp ; In jelly genes ; Robojelly ; Seeing what's not there ; Day-glo jellies ; Jellyfish sense ; The nerve of the jellyfish ; Life's limits -- Strobila. The bottom of the wave -- Ephyra. Stop waiting ; Sacred island ; Stalking the beast ; Jellyfish al dente ; Jellyfishing -- Medusa. Toxic cocktail ; Sting block ; In medusa's blood ; Party like a jellyfish ; Bloom.