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The Biology of the Deep Ocean

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
0198549555, 9780198549550
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20802429 bytes)
Series
Biology of Habitats
Pages
330\329
Time added
2013-11-24 17:49:26

Description

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.

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