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Genre/Form: | Internet resource Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Life at extremes. Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : CAB International, ©2012 (DLC) 2011026535 (OCoLC)743298760 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Elanor Bell |
ISBN: | 1845939549 9781845939540 |
OCLC Number: | 785215228 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 554 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Contents: | What are extreme environments and what lives in them? / Elanor M. Bell and Terry V. Callaghan -- Past extremes / Barry H. Lomax -- Polar marine ecosystems / David K.A. Barnes -- Sea ice / David N. Thomas -- Polar terrestrial environments / Peter Convey -- High altitude and latitude lakes / Johanna Laybourn-Parry and Elanor M. Bell -- Subglacial lakes / David A. Pearce -- Cold alpine regions / Birgit Sattler, Barbara Post, Daniel Remias, Cornelius Lütz, Herbert Lettner and Roland Psenner -- Glacier surface habitats / Elizabeth A. Bagshaw, Marek Stibal, Alexandre M. Anesio, Chris Bellas, Martyn Tranter, Jon Telling and Jemma L. Wadham -- Polar deserts / Ian D. Hogg and Diana H. Wall / Hot desert environments / Boris Rewald, Amir Eppel, Oren Shelef, Amber Hill, Asfaw Degu, Avital Friedjung and Shimon Rachmilevitch -- Terrestrial hydrothermal environments / Don Cowan, Marla Tuffin, Inonge Mulako and James Cass -- Deep-sea hydrothermal vents / Richard A. Lutz -- High hydrostatic pressure environments / Florence Pradillon -- Deep sea / David Hughes -- Caves and karst environments / Natuschka M. Lee, Daniela B. Meisinger, Roman Aubrecht, Lubomir Kovacik, Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez, Sushmitha Baskar, Ramanathan Baskar, Wolfgang Liebl, Megan L. Porter and Annette Summers Engel -- The deep biosphere : deep subterranean and subseafloor habitats / Elanor M. Bell and Verena B. Heuer -- Acidic environments / Elly Spijkerman and Guntram Weithoof -- Alkaline environments / Elanor M. Bell -- Hypersaline environments / Terry J. McGenity and Aharon Oren -- Hypoxic environments / Stéphane Hourdez -- High ultraviolet radiation environments / Kevin K. Newsham and Andrew T. Davidson -- Life in a changing climate / Roland Psenner and Birgit Sattler -- Anthropogenic extreme environments / Adrian G. Glover and Lenka Neal -- Biotechnical applications of extremeophiles : promise and prospects / Rajesh Arora and Elanor M. Bell -- Extreme environments on Earth as analogues for life on other planets : Astrobiology / Felipe Gómez, Miloš Barták and Elanor M. Bell -- Concluding remarks / Elanor M. Bell. |
Responsibility: | edited by Elanor M. Bell. |
Abstract:
From icy poles to arid deserts, boiling pools to the depths of the sea, this exciting new work studies the remarkable life forms that have made these inhospitable environments home. A fascinating resource, it is packed with colour figures and photos showcasing the most extreme environments and the organisms that have adapted to live in them.
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Related Subjects:(62)
- Biotic communities.
- Extreme environments.
- Organisms.
- Adaptation (Biology)
- Acclimatization.
- Survival.
- Climatic changes.
- Seasons.
- Pollution.
- Animals.
- Plants.
- Animal ecology.
- Aquatic environment.
- Arid lands.
- Biotechnology.
- Caves.
- Climate.
- Climatic change.
- Cold zones.
- Deserts.
- Environmental impact.
- Freshwater ecology.
- Glacial lakes.
- Glaciers.
- Habitat destruction.
- Habitats.
- Hypersaline environments.
- Marine ecology.
- Marine environment.
- Microbial ecology.
- Microorganisms.
- Plant ecology.
- Polar regions.
- Seas.
- Seasonal variation.
- Ultraviolet radiation.
- grote hoogte (geografisch)
- high altitude
- poolgebieden
- polar regions
- kou
- cold
- warmte
- heat
- druk
- pressure
- blootstelling
- exposure
- extreem zoute milieus
- hypersaline environments
- hypoxie
- hypoxia
- ultraviolette straling
- ultraviolet radiation
- klimaatverandering
- climatic change
- Human Physiology and Anatomy
- Plant Physiology
- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry
- Humane fysiologie en anatomie
- Plantenfysiologie
- Dierfysiologie en -biochemie