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- 2002277653 contributor B9275053.
- 2002277653 created "2002.".
- 2002277653 date "2002".
- 2002277653 date "2002.".
- 2002277653 dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- 2002277653 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.".
- 2002277653 description "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.".
- 2002277653 extent "ix, 314 p. :".
- 2002277653 identifier "0198549555 (pbk.)".
- 2002277653 identifier "0198549563 (hbk.)".
- 2002277653 identifier 2002277653-d.html.
- 2002277653 identifier 2002277653.html.
- 2002277653 isPartOf "Biology of habitats".
- 2002277653 issued "2002".
- 2002277653 issued "2002.".
- 2002277653 language "eng".
- 2002277653 publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- 2002277653 subject "578.77/7 21".
- 2002277653 subject "Deep-sea biology.".
- 2002277653 subject "QH91 .H44 2002".
- 2002277653 tableOfContents "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.".
- 2002277653 title "The biology of the deep ocean / Peter Herring.".
- 2002277653 type "text".