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This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The aim is to cover all aspects of this interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science. Volumes are organized topically and provide a comprehensive discussion of developments in the respective field over the past 3-5 years. The series also discusses new discoveries and applications. Special volumes are dedicated to selected topics which focus on new biotechnological products and new processes for their synthesis and purification. In general, special volumes are edited by well-known guest editors. The series editor and publisher will however always be pleased to receive suggestions and supplementary information. Manuscripts are accepted in English.

Chemistry. --- Microbiology. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Physical sciences --- Biotechnology. --- Bioluminescence. --- Animal light --- Animal luminescence --- Light production in organisms --- Luminescence --- Photobiology --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering

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The cold, stygian dark of the extreme sea depths is home to some of our planet's strangest creatures. Even their names evoke a science fiction adventure: dragonfishes, greeneyes, viperfishes, mirrorbellies, lanternfishes. Marine biologist Henry "Hank" Compton (1928-2005) of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Rockport Marine Lab was present on some of the earliest Gulf of Mexico cruises on which these fishes were collected for the first time in Texas waters.Upon returning, Compton would retire to the darkroom he had constructed beneath a stairwell at the lab and photogra

Painting --- Biology in art. --- Deep-sea fishes --- Bioluminescence. --- Marine artists --- Marine biologists --- Aquatic biologists --- Marine scientists --- Artists --- Animal light --- Animal luminescence --- Light production in organisms --- Luminescence --- Photobiology --- Fishes, Deep-sea --- Deep-sea animals --- Marine fishes --- Conservation and restoration. --- Compton, Henry, --- Compton, Hank,

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Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are specialized for particular visual tasks. Visual Ecology provides the first up-to-date synthesis of the field to appear in more than three decades. Featuring some 225 illustrations, including more than 140 in color, spread throughout the text, this comprehensive and accessible book begins by discussing the basic properties of light and the optical environment. It then looks at how photoreceptors intercept light and convert it to usable biological signals, how the pigments and cells of vision vary among animals, and how the properties of these components affect a given receptor's sensitivity to light. The book goes on to examine how eyes and photoreceptors become specialized for an array of visual tasks, such as navigation, evading prey, mate choice, and communication.A timely and much-needed resource for students and researchers alike, Visual Ecology also includes a glossary and a wealth of examples drawn from the full diversity of visual systems.The most up-to-date overview of visual ecology availableFeatures some 225 illustrations, including more than 140 in color, spread throughout the textGuides readers from the basic physics of light to the role of visual systems in animal behaviorIncludes a glossary and a wealth of real-world examplesSome images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Eye --- Physiology, Comparative. --- Animal ecology. --- Vision. --- Evolution. --- achromatic cues. --- activity patterns. --- ambient light. --- animal kingdom. --- animal. --- animals. --- aquatic species. --- arthropods. --- attenuating media. --- auditory cues. --- behavior. --- bioluminescence. --- brightness. --- camouflage breaking. --- camouflage. --- celestial navigation. --- chemical stimuli. --- color sense. --- color vision. --- colors. --- conspecifics. --- contrast enhancement. --- darkness. --- deep ocean. --- deep-sea vents. --- ecological needs. --- eye designs. --- eye movements. --- eyes. --- fog. --- foragers. --- gravity. --- heterospecifics. --- high resolution. --- humans. --- hydrothermal vent crab. --- image shifts. --- insect systems. --- internal stimuli. --- invertebrates. --- light scattering. --- light sensitivity. --- light. --- magnetic fields. --- mechanoluminescence. --- molecule. --- motion vision. --- natural behavior. --- navigation. --- night. --- nocturnal activity. --- optical environment. --- optical environments. --- optical specializations. --- orientation mechanisms. --- ospins. --- photon. --- photopigments. --- photoreception. --- photoreceptors. --- phototaxis. --- phylogeny. --- polarization vision. --- polarized light. --- predation. --- predators. --- reproduction. --- retina. --- signals. --- small creatures. --- spatial vision. --- sun. --- surrounding world. --- survival. --- ultrviolet colors. --- vertebrates. --- visibility. --- vision. --- visual behaviors. --- visual cues. --- visual ecological requirements. --- visual ecologists. --- visual ecology. --- visual orientation. --- visual pigments. --- visual space. --- visual spectrum. --- visual stimulus. --- visual systems. --- visual task. --- visual tasks. --- water transmission. --- water.