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LEADER: 02947cam a22003017a 4500
001 2002277653
003 DLC
005 20060721214817.0
008 020327s2002 enkab b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2002277653
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm47677060
040 $aUKM$cUKM$dORE$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
015 $aGBA1-W4778
020 $a0198549563 (hbk.)
020 $a0198549555 (pbk.)
050 00 $aQH91$b.H44 2002
082 00 $a578.77/7$221
100 1 $aHerring, Peter J.
245 14 $aThe biology of the deep ocean /$cPeter Herring.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2002.
300 $aix, 314 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aBiology of habitats
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aDeep-sea biology.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2002277653.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0613/2002277653-d.html