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The deep / Claire Nouvian [editor].
| Other author | Nouvian, Claire. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. |
| Description | 252 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The exploration of the deep / Cindy Lee Van Dover -- Midwater life : survival in a harsh environment / George I. Matsumoto -- A Chinese shadow theater -- The nocturnal ballet of deep-sea creatures / Marsh Youngbluth -- Living lights in the sea / Edith Widder -- Evolution caught red-handed -- Gelatinous but voracious predators / Laurence Madin -- From myth to reality : monsters of the deep / Clyde Roper -- Are deep-sea animals living fossils? / Robert C. Vrijenhoek -- The vampire squid from hell -- The deep seafloor : a desert devoid of life? / Craig M. Young -- The polar depths / Michael Klages -- The Monterey Canyon / Gary Greene -- Sharks of the dark -- Seamounts : Galápagos of the deep / J. Anthony Koslow -- Deepwater coral reefs : out of sight, out of mind -- Hydrothermal vents / Daniel Desbruyères -- Gas promotes mass : methane seeps / Lisa Levin -- A whale's end is the beginning of life at the deep seafloor / Craig R. Smith -- Deep trenches : the ultimate abysses / Kantaro Fujioka and Dhugal Lindsay. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006026921 |
| ISBN | 9780226595665 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226595668 (cloth : alk. paper) |