The deep
By: Claire Nouvian [editor]
Contributors: Nouvian, Claire
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780226595665
Subjects: Deep-sea animals; Deep-sea ecology; Deep-sea animals -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index
Table of contents: title: The exploration of the deep / Cindy Lee Van Dover; title: Midwater life : survival in a harsh environment / George I. Matsumoto; title: A Chinese shadow theater; title: The nocturnal ballet of deep-sea creatures / Marsh Youngbluth; title: Living lights in the sea / Edith Widder; title: Evolution caught red-handed; title: Gelatinous but voracious predators / Laurence Madin; title: From myth to reality : monsters of the deep / Clyde Roper; title: Are deep-sea animals living fossils? / Robert C. Vrijenhoek; title: The vampire squid from hell; title: The deep seafloor : a desert devoid of life? / Craig M. Young; title: The polar depths / Michael Klages; title: The Monterey Canyon / Gary Greene; title: Sharks of the dark; title: Seamounts : Galápagos of the deep / J. Anthony Koslow; title: Deepwater coral reefs : out of sight, out of mind; title: Hydrothermal vents / Daniel Desbruyères; title: Gas promotes mass : methane seeps / Lisa Levin; title: A whale's end is the beginning of life at the deep seafloor / Craig R. Smith; title: Deep trenches : the ultimate abysses / Kantaro Fujioka and Dhugal Lindsay