Ecosystems of the deep oceans
By: edited by P.A. Tyler.
Contributors: Tyler, Paul A.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Ecosystems of the world ;; 28
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 569
Subjects: Deep-sea ecology.; Biotic communities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The deep-sea floor : an overview / D. Thistle; title: The pelagic environment of the open ocean / M.V. Angel; title: Reducing environments of the deep-sea floor / V. Tunnicliffe, S.K. Juniper and M. Sibuet; title: The deep Atlantic Ocean / L.A. Levin and A.J. Gooday; title: The deep Pacific Ocean floor / C.R. Smith and A.W.J. Demopoulos; title: The deep Indian Ocean floor / A.W.J. Demopoulos, C.R. Smith and P.A. Tyler; title: The polar deep seas / A. Clarke; title: The peripheral deep seas / P.A. Tyler; title: Large-scale spatial and temporal patterns of deep-sea benthic species diversity / C.T. Stuart, M.A. Rex and R.J. Etter; title: Food inputs, utilization, carbon flow and energetics / J.D. Gage; title: Reproduction, development and life history traits / C.M. Young; title: Anthropogenic impacts on the deep sea / H. Thiel; title: Epilogue: Exploration, observation and experimentation / P.A.Tyler.