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Oceanic Anglerfishes : Extraordinary Diversity in the Deep Sea /
No environment on Earth imposes greater physical and biological constraints on life than the deep oceanic midwaters. Near-freezing temperatures, the absence of sunlight, enormous pressure, and a low food supply make habitation by any living thing almost inconceivable. Yet 160 species of anglerfishes...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | No environment on Earth imposes greater physical and biological constraints on life than the deep oceanic midwaters. Near-freezing temperatures, the absence of sunlight, enormous pressure, and a low food supply make habitation by any living thing almost inconceivable. Yet 160 species of anglerfishes are found there in surprising profusion. Monstrous in appearance, anglerfishes possess a host of unique and spectacular morphological, behavioral, and physiological innovations. In this fully illustrated book, the first to focus on these intriguing fish, Theodore W. Pietsch delivers a comprehensive summary of all that is known about anglerfishes--morphology, diversity, evolution, geographic distribution, bioluminescence, and reproduction. --from publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (576 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780520942554 |