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Life above and below water
In this volume:
NGGELA
Photos and Text: Astrid Witte
The ancient traditions and cultures of the natives of the remote green Nggela Islands (Solomons) are a unique heritage of mankind. German photographer Astrid Witte enchants with this premiere publication.
DUEL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
Photos and Text: Kurt Amsler
The duel of the giants on the bottom of the sea: Crown-of-Thorns starfish against the Triton gastropod. Breathtaking underwater night photography by the famous Kurt Amsler.
CHOCÓ
Photos: Heiko Bleher – Text: ag editorial team
In ag Vol. 1 we previewed this article about the natives of the Darién (Panama) and north-western Colombia, about their history and fate. Pictures of a vanishing tribe, its culture and knowledge.
AFRICA TERRA INCOGNITA – THE GAMBIA
Photos and Text: Heiko Bleher
The Gambia after almost 30 years of dictatorship and the recent coup. A travelogue through this small country – about half as large as Lincolnshire (UK) – its beauty, its native cultures, and its magnificent watercourse.
PORTFOLIO
Photos and Text: Astrid Witte
Astrid Witte from Hamburg, Germany with the address “Underwater-World” shows us some of her beautiful work.
QUO VADIS Chevalier d’Astacus?
Photos and Text: Falk Wieland
The fate of the European freshwater crayfishes. Falk Wieland has done some extensive research, traced the story of these armoured creatures back in history, and gone underwater to show us their present status.
DISCUS
Photos. B. Kahl & Heiko Bleher – Text: ag editorial team
The King of the Amazon was never in such a high demand as today. Facts about the most expensive tropical freshwater aquarium fish and man’s latest “creations”.
KINGFISHERS
Photos: Eric Herbert and others – Text: Eric Herbert
They are some of the most colourful and unusual birds on Earth. Although concentrating on the spectacular diving and nesting behaviour of the European species, other representatives of these fish-eating birds are illustrated.
FISHERMEN’S TALES
Photos: Burkard Kahl – Drawings: Josef Guter – Text: Josef Guter
Beautiful Russian and Chinese stories about fishes. Tales from the indigenous peoples, handed down over the centuries, and sometimes truly heartbreaking.
SAANE
Photos and text: Michel Roggo
A Swiss river and the course of the life below its surface. Amazing pictures by Michel Roggo about the spawning migrations and the unusual reproductive behaviour of the nase and other fishes.
THE GREEN DEATH – ALGAE II
Photos and Text: Kurt Amsler
Continuing our biology series about algae: the previously untold story of Caulerpa taxifolia! A tropical alga growing 10 cm per day and threatening life in the Mediterranean Sea.
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