Screen LibraryLife in the dark : illuminating biodiversity in the shadowy haunts of planet earth /
Presents hundreds of creatures like the firefly squid, tarantula hawks, and blind spiny eels that have adapted to habitats devoid of light such as caves, the bottoms of oceans and lakes, and underground.
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Presents hundreds of creatures like the firefly squid, tarantula hawks, and blind spiny eels that have adapted to habitats devoid of light such as caves, the bottoms of oceans and lakes, and underground. |
| Carrier Form: | 317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781421418636 1421418630 |
| Index Number: | QH546 |
| CLC: | Q14 |
| Call Number: | Q14/F339 |
| Contents: | 1. An introduction to life in the dark -- 2. The deep sea -- Zooplankton -- Invertebrates -- Vertebrates -- The sea floor -- Near-shore deepwater wildlife -- 3. Dark freshwater habitats -- 4. Fossorial wildlife -- Fossorial biodiversity -- Termite mound wildlife -- 5. Subterranean life -- Cavefishes -- Other vertebrates -- Invertebrates -- 6. The parasites within -- 7. Conservation -- Appendix: Amphibian skin secretions and potential use by humans : a short bibliography. |