An edition of The biology of the deep ocean
(2002)
The biology of the deep ocean
by Peter J. Herring
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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.
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