Author: A. G. MacDonaldPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521203975
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Physical Aspects of Deep Sea Biology
Author: A. G. MacDonaldPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521203975
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Deep-Sea Biology
Author: John D. GagePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521334310
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
This timely volume provides a comprehensive account of the natural history of the organisms associated with the deep-sea floor and examines their relationship with this inhospitable environment--perhaps the most remote and least accessible location on the planet. The authors begin by describing the physical and chemical nature of the deep-sea floor and the methods used to collect and study its fauna. Then they discuss the ecology of the deep sea by exploring spatial patterns, diversity, biomass, vertical zonation, and large-scale distribution of organisms. Subsequent chapters review current knowledge of feeding, respiration, reproduction, and growth processes in these communities. The unique fauna of hypothermal vents and seeps are considered separately. Finally, there is a pertinent discussion of human exploitation of deep-sea resources and potential use of this environment for waste disposal.
Oceanographic and Biological Aspects of the Red Sea
Author: Najeeb M.A. RasulPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319994174
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
This book includes invited contributions presenting the latest research on the oceanography and environment of the Red Sea. In addition to covering topics relevant to research in the region and providing insights into marine science for non-experts, it is also of interest to those involved in the management of coastal zones and encourages further research on the Red Sea
Deep-Sea Fishes
Author: I. G. PriedePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107083826
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
A comprehensive account of deep-sea fishes, covering evolution, ecology and the potential threats posed by the growing fishing industry.
The Biology of the Deep Ocean
Author: Peter HerringPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198549563
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Erratum: Table 11.1 on page 241 has been mis-set. The entries for the phyla Annelida, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Echiura, Mollusca, Placozoa, Porifera and Rotifera should all be moved one column to the right. 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. The Biology of the Deep Ocean takes a close look at this apparently hostile world and explains how its inhabitants are exquisitely adapted to survive and flourish within it.
The Sea, Volume 8: Deep-Sea Biology
Author: Gilbert T. RowePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674017375
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Deep-sea Biodiversity
Author: Michael A. RexPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674036079
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Rex and Etter present the first synthesis of patterns and causes of biodiversity in organisms that dwell in the vast sediment ecosystem of ocean floor. They offer a new understanding of marine biodiversity that will be of general interest to ecologists and is crucial to responsible exploitation of natural resources at the deep-sea floor.
Deep-sea Biology
Author: Maurice Neville HillPublisher: Wiley-Interscience
ISBN: 9780471044024
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Marine Biology
Author: Philip V. MladenovPublisher:
ISBN: 019884171X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Philip Mladenov provides a comprehensive overview of marine biology, providing a tour of marine life and marine processes that ranges from the polar oceans to tropical coral reefs; and from the intertidal to the hydrothermal vents of the deep sea.
Oceanic Anglerfishes
Author: Theodore W. Pietsch Ph.D.Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520942558
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
No environment on Earth imposes greater physical and biological constraints on life than the deep oceanic midwaters. Near-freezing temperatures, the absence of sunlight, enormous pressure, and a low food supply make habitation by any living thing almost inconceivable. Yet 160 species of anglerfishes are found there in surprising profusion. Monstrous in appearance, anglerfishes possess a host of unique and spectacular morphological, behavioral, and physiological innovations. In this fully illustrated book, the first to focus on these intriguing fish, Theodore W. Pietsch delivers a comprehensive summary of all that is known about anglerfishes—morphology, diversity, evolution, geographic distribution, bioluminescence, and reproduction.