The biology of the deep ocean
By: Peter Herring.
Series: Biology of habitats
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Deep-sea biology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 The deep-sea dimension; title: The scale of the task; title: The vertical dimension; title: Differences between marine and terrestrial ecosystems; title: Measurements and methods; title: Biological sampling; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 2 Living, growing, and daylight; title: The fuel source: primary production; title: The seasonal cycle; title: Measurements of primary production; title: Grazing and secondary production; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 3 Life at the bottom; title: The benthic environment; title: Sampling the benthos; title: Food resources; title: Hydrothermal yents and cold seeps; title: The hadal zone; title: Spatial heterogeneity; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 4 Patterns and changes; title: Global views and patterns; title: Horizontal distributions; title: Vertical distributions; title: Conclusion; title: hapter 5 On being efficient; title: Energy management; title: Maximizing energy input-how to eat a lot; title: Maximizing assimilation efficiency; title: Minimizing energy output-how to keep up in the water; title: Metabolism, energy, and pressure; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 6 Feeling and hearing; title: Sensing vibrations; title: Vibrations in water; title: The hydrodynamic receptor system of fishes; title: Sound production by fishes; title: Invertebrate hydrodynamic receptors; title: Sounds of marine mammals; title: Electroreception and magnetic cues; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 7 Chemical messages; title: Taste or smell?; title: Chemical cues and receptors; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 8 Seeing in the dark; title: Light in the ocean; title: Eyes and their design conflicts; title: Fish; title: Invertebrates; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 9 Camouflage, colour, and lights; title: Camouflage and colour; title: Lights in a dark environment: bioluminescence; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 10 Size, sex, and seasonality; title: Life histories; title: Fecundity and egg size; title: Body size; title: Sex; title: Juvenile characters (progenesis); title: Seasonality; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter 11 A wonderful variety of life:; title: biodiversity of the deep-sea fauna; title: Origins and habitats; title: What is biodiversity?; title: Conclusion.