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Deep Ocean

A compelling introduction to a vast, mysterious environment, and the fascinating organisms which inhabit it

ISBN: 0565091506

Author: Tony Rice

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Deep Ocean

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The deeper 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.

Written by leading oceanographer and popular science author, Tony Rice's lively, informative book tells how oceanography has developed as a science. It summarises 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.

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‘This is a really wonderful little book...Buy this book; you won't be disappointed’ The Open University Sciences

‘an ideal gift for any aspiring oceanographer or marine biologist’ The Naturalist

Product information

Paperback, 235 x 210 mm, 96 pp, 2000, Illustrated in colour throughout
0 565 09150 6
Published by the Natural History Museum, London