| Deep Ocean
Tony Rice
The deep reaches of the ocean, once thought to be populated by just a few species, are now known to harbour an extraordinary array of life. Eel-like fishes, squids, shrimps, worms, snails, starfish and a host of other creatures have all been found to exist in the muddy sea floor and lightless water above it.
Tony Rice's lively, informative book tells how oceanography has developed as a science, and summarizes what is now known about deep ocean environments and the organisms that populate them. Highlighting the potentially vast species diversity, Deep Ocean provides a compelling view of this vast, mysterious environment.
Published by the Natural History Museum.
Key features
- Compelling insight into this little known world
- Written by a leading oceanographer and popular science author
- Fascinating descriptions of life in this hostile environment
'Rice has done a superb job in condensing what amounts to several centuries of research and discovery into so few pages. The issues that govern life in the deep ocean are many and complex, but all of those who take the trouble to read Deep Ocean will benefit by understanding our planet that little bit more fully.'
Dive
Contents
Preface; Introducing the ocean; Development of oceanography; Vertical life zones in the ocean; Pastures of the sea; Mid-water world from twilight zone to abyss; Biodiversity in the deep ocean; Life on the deep-sea floor; Monsters of the deep; Hydrothermal vents; Man and the deep ocean; Glossary; Index; Further information.
About the author
Tony Rice received his first degree and PhD in Marine Biology from the University of Liverpool. He worked as curator of crustacea at the Natural History Museum, London, then spent 26 years leading the deep-sea benthic biology team at the Natural Environment Research Council's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences. He now concentrates on writing books and acting as a marine environmental consultant.
About the Life Series
The Natural History Museum's Life Series explores the panorama of the natural world, with in-depth coverage of a single plant or animal group, or one of the Earth's diverse ecosystems in each book. The series presents an accessible introduction to the wonders of the natural world suitable for nature enthusiasts everywhere.
Reviews
"This is a really wonderful little book. It brilliantly conveys the excitement and mystery of the deep ocean and its often weird inhabitants. The range and quality of its colour pictures are as appealing as the text is accessible and authoritative...Buy this book; you won't be disappointed." The Open University Sciences
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Specifications
ISBN: 0 565 09150 6
Price: £9.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 235 x 210 mm
Extent: 96 pp
Published: September 2000
Subject classification: Popular science; natural history; oceanography; marine biology
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