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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
314

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Subjects
Deep-sea biology, Marine biology, Marine ecology, Oceanography

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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 The deep-sea dimension
The scale of the task
The vertical dimension
Differences between marine and terrestrial ecosystems
Measurements and methods
Biological sampling
Conclusion
Chapter 2 Living, growing, and daylight
The fuel source: primary production
The seasonal cycle
Measurements of primary production
Grazing and secondary production
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Life at the bottom
The benthic environment
Sampling the benthos
Food resources
Hydrothermal yents and cold seeps
The hadal zone
Spatial heterogeneity
Conclusion
Chapter 4 Patterns and changes
Global views and patterns
Horizontal distributions
Vertical distributions
Conclusion
hapter 5 On being efficient
Energy management
Maximizing energy input-how to eat a lot
Maximizing assimilation efficiency
Minimizing energy output-how to keep up in the water
Metabolism, energy, and pressure
Conclusion
Chapter 6 Feeling and hearing
Sensing vibrations
Vibrations in water
The hydrodynamic receptor system of fishes
Sound production by fishes
Invertebrate hydrodynamic receptors
Sounds of marine mammals
Electroreception and magnetic cues
Conclusion
Chapter 7 Chemical messages
Taste or smell?
Chemical cues and receptors
Conclusion
Chapter 8 Seeing in the dark
Light in the ocean
Eyes and their design conflicts
Fish
Invertebrates
Conclusion
Chapter 9 Camouflage, colour, and lights
Camouflage and colour
Lights in a dark environment: bioluminescence
Conclusion
Chapter 10 Size, sex, and seasonality
Life histories
Fecundity and egg size
Body size
Sex
Juvenile characters (progenesis)
Seasonality
Conclusion
Chapter 11 A wonderful variety of life:
biodiversity of the deep-sea fauna
Origins and habitats
What is biodiversity?
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.

Series
Biology of habitats

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
578.77/7
Library of Congress
QH91 .H44 2002, QH91.H44 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 314 p. :
Number of pages
314

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3581407M
Internet Archive
biologydeepocean00herr
ISBN 10
0198549563, 0198549555
LCCN
2002277653
OCLC/WorldCat
47677060
Goodreads
3664367
2502936

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