Alien ocean : anthropological voyages in microbial seas /

"Alien Ocean immerses readers in worlds being newly explored by marine biologists: the deep sea, the microscopic realm, and oceans beyond national boundaries. Working alongside scientists on ships at sea, in coastal research labs, and at undersea volcanoes, Stefan Helmreich charts how revolutio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helmreich, Stefan, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Marine microbiology > Research.
Marine biologists.
Human ecology.
Water > Microbiology.
Marine biology.
Water Microbiology
Marine Biology
Microbiologie marine > Recherche.
Biologistes de la vie marine.
Écologie humaine.
Eau > Microbiologie.
Biologie marine.
marine biologists.
human ecology.
marine biology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Water > Microbiology
Marine biology
Human ecology
Marine biologists
Marine microbiology > Research
Humanökologie
Meeresmikrobiologie
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Life at sea
  • The message from the mud : making meaning out of microbes in Monterey Bay
  • Dissolving the tree of life : alien kinship at hydrothermal vents
  • Blue-green capitalism : marine biotechnology in Hawai'i
  • Alien species, native politics : mixing up nature and culture in ocean O'ahu
  • Abducting the Atlantic : how the ocean got its genome
  • Submarine cyborgs : transductive ethnography at the seafloor, Juan de Fuca Ridge
  • Extraterrestrial seas : astrobiology and the nature of alien life.

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