The Deep Sea
Author : Joseph E. Wallace
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780831721770
Ecosystems of the Deep Oceans
Author : P.A. Tyler
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 42,42 MB
Release : 2003-03-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 008049465X
Book Description
This volume examines the deep sea ecosystem from a variety of perspectives. The initial chapters examine the deep-sea floor, the deep pelagic environment and the more specialised chemosynthetic environments of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. These environments are examined from the perspective of the relationship of deep-sea animals to their physico-chemical environment.Later chapters examine the biogeography of the main deep oceans (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian) with particular attention to the downward flux of surface-derived organic matter and how this drives the processes within the deep-sea ecosystem. The peripheral deep seas including the polar seas and the marginal deep seas (inter alia the Mediterranean, Red, Caribbean and Okhotsk seas) are explored in the same context. The final chapters examine the processes occurring in the deep sea and include an analysis of why the deep sea has high species diversity, how the fauna respond to organic input and how species have adapted reproductive activity in the deep sea. The volume concludes with an analysis of the anthropogenic impact on the deep sea.
The Deep Ocean
Author : Michael Vecchione
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 18,20 MB
Release : 2023-04-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0691230404
Book Description
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
Dive!
Author : Melvin Berger
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 2000-06
Category :
ISBN : 9780613248600
Book Description
Uses a submarine trip to the bottom of the sea to introduce various deep-sea creatures, including the angler fish, octopus, and sperm whale
The Deep-Sea Floor
Author : Sneed B. Collard III
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 30,1 MB
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1607342170
Book Description
Incredibly rich and realistic illustrations take readers up close to the curious creatures and plants that thrive in the vast severe habitat of the ocean's floor. Marine biologist and renowned children's book writer Sneed B. Collard III introduces children to many fascinating sea creatures–from bioluminescent fish to giant tube worms–that survive without sunlight. A history of deep-sea exploration from sonar to submersibles shows how far scientists have come in their ability to investigate these great depths. Inspire young readers to explore the possibilities of marine science.
A Day in the Deep
Author : Kevin Kurtz
Publisher : Arbordale Publishing
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1607186179
Book Description
Via rhyming text, introduces creatures who live way below the ocean's surface.
Beasts of the Deep
Author : Jon Hackett
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,54 MB
Release : 2018-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0861969391
Book Description
Beasts of the Deep: Sea Creatures and Popular Culture offers its readers an in-depth and interdisciplinary engagement with the sea and its monstrous inhabitants; through critical readings of folklore, weird fiction, film, music, radio and digital games. Within the text there are a multitude of convergent critical perspectives used to engage and explore fictional and real monsters of the sea in media and folklore. The collection features chapters from a variety of academic perspectives; post- modernism, psychoanalysis, industrial-organisational analysis, fandom studies, sociology and philosophy are featured. Under examination are a wide range of narratives and media forms that represent, reimagine and create the Kraken, mermaids, giant sharks, sea draugrs and even the weird creatures of H.P. Lovecraft. Beasts of the Deep offers an expansive study of our sea-born fears and anxieties, that are crystallised in a variety of monstrous forms. Repeatedly the chapters in the collection encounter the contemporary relevance of our fears of the sea and its inhabitants – through the dehumanising media depictions of refugees in the Mediterranean to the encroaching ecological disasters of global warming, pollution and the threat of mass marine extinction.
Discovering the Deep
Author : Jeffrey A. Karson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 21,74 MB
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 052185718X
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated reference providing fascinating insights into the hidden world of the seafloor using the latest deep-sea imaging.
Deep Sea
Author : Annika Thor
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 38,81 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Friendship
ISBN : 0385743858
Book Description
Nearly four years after leaving Vienna to escape the Nazis, Stephie Steiner, now sixteen, and her sister Nellie, eleven, are still living in Sweden, worrying about their parents and striving to succeed in school, and at odds with each other despite their mutual love.
Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea
Author : Gail Gibbons
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823441520
Book Description
Dive deep with Gail Gibbons as she explains the mechanics and discoveries of deep-sea exploration. The surface of the moon is more familiar to us than the deep sea of our own planet. Many oceanographers are trying to change that. To explore the deep sea, they climb into submersibles and employ Remotely Operated Vehicles to find out more about the ocean and ocean floor. In Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea, nonfiction rockstar Gail Gibbons invites readers along for a journey to the depths of the ocean. Without leaving home, readers will learn about the types of animals found at different sea levels. With her trademark combination of clearly-labeled diagrams, infographics, and accessible language, Gibbons explains the technology for exploration, and the many fascinating discoveries scientists have made in the darkest reaches of the ocean. A perfect introduction for aspiring oceanographers, marine biologists, and conservationists, this new edition has been vetted by an expert oceanographer.
