Biology of the Deep Ocean

Name: Biology of the Deep Ocean
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ISBN: 9780198549550

ISBN-10: 0198549555

ISBN-13: 9780198549550

Edition: 2001

Authors: Peter Herring

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Erratum: Table 11.1 on page 241 has been mis-set. The entries for the phyla Annelida, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Echiura, Mollusca, Placozoa, Porifera and Rotifera should all be moved one column to the right. The deep sea environment is the most extensive on our planet. Its denizens are normally unseen but whenever they are exposed to view they are regarded as bizarre aliens from a different world. The Biology of the Deep Ocean takes a close look at this apparently hostile world and explains how its inhabitants are exquisitely adapted to survive and flourish within it.

Book details

List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/21/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




The deep-sea dimension


The scale of the task


The vertical dimension


Differences between marine and terrestrial ecosystems


Measurements and methods


Biological sampling


Conclusion



Living, growing, and daylight


The fuel source: primary production


The seasonal cycle


Measurements of primary production


Grazing and secondary production


Conclusion



Life at the bottom


The benthic environment


Sampling the benthos


Food resources


Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps


The hadal zone


Spatial heterogeneity


Conclusion



Patterns and changes


Global views and patterns


Horizontal distributions


Vertical distributions


Conclusion



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



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



Chemical messages


Taste or smell?


Chemical cues and receptors


Conclusion



Seeing in the dark


Light in the ocean


Eyes and their design conflicts


Fish


Invertebrates


Conclusion



Camouflage, colour, and lights


Camouflage and colour


Lights in a dark environment: bioluminescence


Conclusion



Size, sex, and seasonality


Life histories


Fecundity and egg size


Body size


Sex


Juvenile characters (progenesis)


Seasonality


Conclusion



A wonderful variety of life: biodiversity of the deep-sea fauna


Origins and habitats


What is biodiversity?


Conclusion


References



The marine phyla


Introduction


'Kingdom' Protista: some important heterotrophs


Kingdom Animalia


Index