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245 14 a| The biology of the deep oceanh| [electronic resource] /c| Peter Herring.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,;

300 a| ix, 314 p. :b| ill., maps ;c| 25 cm.;

440 0 a| Biology of habitats;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.;

505 8 a| 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.;

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The biology of the deep ocean / Peter Herring.

Author/creator	Herring, Peter J.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Description	ix, 314 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Deep-sea biology.

Series	Biology of habitats
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2002277653
ISBN	0198549563 (hbk.)
ISBN	0198549555 (pbk.)

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