Screen LibraryCreatures of the deep : in search of the sea's monsters and the world they live in /
"Weaving together details from the latest scientific research about sharks, giant squid, dragonfish, huge tube worms, clams and tiny microbes of the deep-sea vents, Hoyt embarks on a magical journey roaming across the abyssal plains and descending into deep-sea trenches more than 20,000 feet do...
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Firefly Books,
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| Publisher Address: | Buffalo, New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Updated third edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Weaving together details from the latest scientific research about sharks, giant squid, dragonfish, huge tube worms, clams and tiny microbes of the deep-sea vents, Hoyt embarks on a magical journey roaming across the abyssal plains and descending into deep-sea trenches more than 20,000 feet down."-- |
| Carrier Form: | 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780228103295 0228103290 |
| Index Number: | QL125 |
| CLC: | Q958.885.33 |
| Call Number: | Q958.885.33/H869/3rd ed. |
| Contents: | Down through the layers -- The layers of the sea -- Surface waters : the Epipelagic (Euphotic) Zone -- Middle waters : the Mesopelagic (Disphotic) Zone -- Deep waters : the Bathypelagic (Aphotic) Zone -- Deeper waters : the Abyssopelagic Zone -- Deepest waters : the Hadal Zone -- A fish-eat-fish world -- Planktonic dramas -- The cosmopolitan copepod -- Jellyfish : biding time -- Big sharks 1 : the plankton-strainers -- Dancing with squid -- Big sharks 2 : the flesh-eaters -- Killer whale vs. shark -- Down deep with dragonfish -- The web -- Trekking down the ridge -- The longest mountain chain in the world -- The world ocean floor -- Creatures in the sulfur garden -- Farther along the ridge and back in time -- Black smokers and new life-forms -- Life among the archaeans -- Counting the citizens of the sea -- The census of marine life -- Finding a place for ocean citizens to live -- Deciding on the kind of ocean we want or life among the jellyfish -- Epilogue. |