The Biology of the Deep Ocean
Peter Herring
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.
年:
2002
出版社:
Oxford University Press, USA
语言:
english
页:
330
ISBN 10:
0198549555
ISBN 13:
9780198549550
系列:
Biology of Habitats
文件:
PDF, 19.84 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2002