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excursion into one of the last great frontiers on Earth
fish
fisheries
global climate change
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Hans van Haren
humanity’s impacts on the deep ocean
hydrothermal vents
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Imants Priede
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Life in the Abyss
Louise Allcock
Michael Vecchione
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The Deep Ocean
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world-class scientists
Product details
- ISBN 9780691226811
- Dimensions: 216 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 18 Apr 2023
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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An epic excursion into one of the last great frontiers on Earth
The deep ocean comprises more than 90 percent of our planet’s biosphere and is home to some of the world’s most dazzling creatures, which thrive amid extreme pressures, scarce food supplies, and frigid temperatures. Living things down here behave in remarkable and surprising ways, and cutting-edge technologies are shedding new light on these critically important ecosystems. This beautifully illustrated book leads you down into the canyons, trenches, and cold seeps of the watery abyss, presenting the deep ocean and its inhabitants as you have never seen them before.
- Features a wealth of breathtaking photos, illustrations, and graphics
- Gives a brief and accessible history of deep-sea exploration
- Explains the basics of oceanography
- Covers a marvelous diversity of undersea organisms
- Describes habitats ranging from continental slopes to hydrothermal vents and abyssal plains
- Discusses humanity’s impacts on the deep ocean, from fisheries and whaling to global climate change and acidification
- Written by a team of world-class scientists
Michael Vecchione is a zoologist in the NOAA Systematics Lab at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Louise Allcock is professor of zoology at the University of Galway. Imants Priede is professor emeritus of zoology at the University of Aberdeen. Hans van Haren is physical oceanographer at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).
