[PDF] The biology of the deep ocean Peter J Herring

This visual review of the fundamentals of regional anatomy is intended for students and practitioners alike. In this edition are many illustrations colour-enhanced to show arteries, nerves, veins and lymphatic drainage. The outline format text on the left-hand pages corresponds to the illustrations presented on the right-hand pages. The written material is functionally oriented and clinically informative, and stresses the need for understanding the essentials of anatomy. Over 1000 original line drawings provide a multifaceted, three-dimensional effect, emphasizing the beauty and function of the body The deep-sea dimension — The scale of the task — The vertical dimension — Differences between marine and terrestrial ecosystems — Measurements and methods — Biological sampling — Living, growing, and daylight — The fuel source: primary production — The seasonal cycle — Measurements of primary production — Grazing and secondary production — Life at the bottom — The benthic environment — Sampling the benthos — Food resources — Hydrothermal yents and cold seeps — The hadal zone — Spatial heterogeneity — Patterns and changes — Global views and patterns — Horizontal distributions — Vertical distributions — On being efficient — Energy management — Maximizing energy input-how to eat a lot — Maximizing assimilation efficiency — Minimizing energy output-how to keep up in the water — Metabolism, energy, and pressure — Feeling and hearing — Sensing vibrations — Vibrations in water — The hydrodynamic receptor system of fishes — Sound production by fishes — Invertebrate hydrodynamic receptors — Sounds of marine mammals — Electroreception and magnetic cues — Chemical messages — Taste or smell? — Chemical cues and receptors — Seeing in the dark — Light in the ocean — Eyes and their design conflicts — Fish — Invertebrates — Camouflage, colour, and lights — Camouflage and colour — Lights in a dark environment: bioluminescence — Size, sex, and seasonality — Life histories — Fecundity and egg size — Body size — Sex — Juvenile characters (progenesis) — Seasonality — A wonderful variety of life: biodiversity of the deep-sea fauna — Origins and habitats — What is biodiversity?