| Description |
252 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Contents |
The exploration of the deep / Cindy Lee Van Dover -- Midwater life : survival in a harsh environment / George I. Matsumoto -- A Chinese shadow theater -- The nocturnal ballet of deep-sea creatures / Marsh Youngbluth -- Living lights in the sea / Edith Widder -- Evolution caught red-handed -- Gelatinous but voracious predators / Laurence Madin -- From myth to reality : monsters of the deep / Clyde Roper -- Are deep-sea animals living fossils? / Robert C. Vrijenhoek -- The vampire squid from Hell -- The deep seafloor : a desert devoid of life? / Craig M. Young -- The polar depths / Michael Klages -- The Monterey Canyon / Gary Greene -- Sharks of the dark -- Seamounts : Galapagos of the deep / Anthony Koslow -- Deepwater coral reefs : out of sight, out of mind -- Hydrothermal Vents / Daniel Desbruyeres -- Gas promotes mass : methane seeps / Lisa Levin -- A whale's end is the beginning of life at the deep seafloor / Craig R. Smith |
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Deep trenches : the ultimate abysses / Kantaro Fujioka and Dhugal Lindsay |
| Notes |
Each flap of the book jacket includes a scale of depths that may be held next to the photographs inside the book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Deep-sea animals.
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Deep-sea ecology.
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Deep-sea animals -- Pictorial works.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Nouvian, Claire.
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| LC no. |
2006026921 |
| ISBN |
9780226595665 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226595668 cloth alkaline paper |
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