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020			_a9781139163637 (ebook)
020			_z9780521334310 (hardback)
020			_z9780521336659 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQH91.8.B4 _bG34 1990
082	0	0	_a591.92 _220
100	1		_aGage, John D., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDeep-sea biology : _ba natural history of organisms at the deep-sea floor / _cJohn D. Gage, Paul A. Tyler.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1990.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 504 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aDeep-Sea Biology provides a comprehensive account of the natural history of the organisms associated with the deep-sea floor, and examines their relationship with this remote and inhospitable environment. In the initial chapters, the authors describe the physico-chemical nature of the deep-sea floor and the methods used to collect and study its fauna. They then go on to discuss the ecological framework by exploring spatial patterns of diversity, biomass, vertical zonation and large-scale distributions. Subsequent chapters review current knowledge of feeding, respiration, reproduction and growth processes in these communities. The unique fauna of hydrothermal vents and seeps are considered separately. Finally, there is a discussion of man's exploitation of deep-sea resources and his use of this environment for waste disposal on the fauna of this, the earth's largest ecosystem.
650		0	_aBenthos.
650		0	_aDeep-sea animals _xEcology.
650		0	_aDeep-sea biology.
700	1		_aTyler, Paul A., _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521334310
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139163637
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