The Biology of the Deep Ocean

Zusatztext ... an excellent introduction for undergraduates and teachers wanting a better overview of this fascinating area. Klappentext This is an analysis of how conditions in the oceanic environment differ from those in the familiar terrestrial world! describing the techniques and ingenuity required to reveal the populations inhabiting the colossal volume of the deep oceans and how its inhabitants have adapted to survive and flourish within it. Many issues of deep sea marine life are covered including: surface phytoplankton's roles; chemosynthesis at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps; reduction of biomass with depth and energy conservation; mechanoreception; chemoreception; vision; animal life styles! seasonability! sex and size; and the unique variety of life in the deep ocean both on the sea floor at in midwater. Zusammenfassung The deep sea environment is the most extensive on our planet. Its denizens are normally unseen but whenever they are exposed to view they are regarded as bizarre aliens from a different world. This work takes a look at this apparently hostile world and explains how its inhabitants are adapted to survive and flourish within it.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Herring, Peter (Southampton Oceanography Centre Herring
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2002
• EAN: 9780198549550
• ISBN: 978-0-19-854955-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Biology of Habitats; Biology of Habitats
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Meeresbiologie