Aqualog: Tanganyika Afrika´s Inland Sea

Aqualog: Tanganyika Afrika´s Inland Sea

Angel M.Fitor
192 Seiten/26.4x22.6cm
Gebundene Ausgabe
Sprache: Englisch

Lake Tanganyika is one of the last still unseen underwater environments in the world. More than two hundered species of fascinating fishes, which most of them are endemic: crabs and shrimps, a jellyfish, sponges, mussels and clams; all inhabiting a huge isolated freshwater tropical environment since millions years ago at Africa´s heart, make this unique lake a true inland sea. Its complex and intringuing fish communities are consideder to be the most remarkable among the submersed environment on Earth.

Angel M. Fitor (Spain, 1973) is an accomplished nature photographer specialised on aquatic environments. Every year, his photographs illustrates lots of magazines and books worldwide, including aclaimed National Geographic Magazine. He has also been several times awarded at the BBC Wildlife Photgrapher of the year, the most prestigious nature photography competition in the world. As wildlife photographer, his involvment and compromise with conservation is an inherent part of his job. As he likes to state: he is a nature worker. This book is a humble tribute to Tanganyika´s amazing wilderness and a witness of its today´s greatness against a cloudy future. This is his first author´s book