The Deep Ocean - Michael Vecchione, Louise Allcock, Imants Priede, Hans van Haren

The Deep Ocean

Life in the Abyss
Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
2023
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22681-1 (ISBN)
47,35 inkl. MwSt
An epic excursion into one of the last great frontiers on Earth

The deep ocean comprises more than 90 percent of our planet’s biosphere and is home to some of the world’s most dazzling creatures, which thrive amid extreme pressures, scarce food supplies, and frigid temperatures. Living things down here behave in remarkable and surprising ways, and cutting-edge technologies are shedding new light on these critically important ecosystems. This beautifully illustrated book leads you down into the canyons, trenches, and cold seeps of the watery abyss, presenting the deep ocean and its inhabitants as you have never seen them before.



Features a wealth of breathtaking photos, illustrations, and graphics
Gives a brief and accessible history of deep-sea exploration
Explains the basics of oceanography
Covers a marvelous diversity of undersea organisms
Describes habitats ranging from continental slopes to hydrothermal vents and abyssal plains
Discusses humanity’s impacts on the deep ocean, from fisheries and whaling to global climate change and acidification
Written by a team of world-class scientists

Michael Vecchione is a zoologist in the NOAA Systematics Lab at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Louise Allcock is professor of zoology at the University of Galway. Imants Priede is professor emeritus of zoology at the University of Aberdeen. Hans van Haren is physical oceanographer at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 200+ color photos + illus.
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10 0-691-22681-4 / 0691226814
ISBN-13 978-0-691-22681-1 / 9780691226811
Zustand Neuware
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