Deep-Sea Biology
Subtitle: A Natural History of Organisms at the Deep-Sea Floor
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 28, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780521336659
Subjects: Environmental science; Marine biology; Science; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Deep sea organisms; Marine animals; Science / Biology; Science / Marine Biology; Science-Life Sciences - Biology - General; Ecology; Benthos; Marine fauna
First sentence: The history of the study of the populations inhabiting the interface of the floor of the deep ocean with the overlying water spans a short period of little more than the maximum lifespan of a blue whale (approx. 120 yr).