The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents von Cindy Lee Van Dover (2000, Taschenbuch)

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Titel: The Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents | Medium: Taschenbuch | Autor: Cindy Lee Van Dover | Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert | Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Sprache: Englisch | Seiten: 446 | Maße: 234 x 156 x 25 mm | Erschienen: 26.03.2000 | Anbieter: Buchbär.

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Teeming with weird and wonderful life--giant clams and mussels, tubeworms, "eyeless" shrimp, and bacteria that survive on sulfur--deep-sea hot-water springs are found along rifts where sea-floor spreading occurs. The theory of plate tectonics predicted the existence of these hydrothermal vents, but they were discovered only in 1977. Since then the sites have attracted teams of scientists seeking to understand how life can thrive in what would seem to be intolerable or extreme conditions of temperature and fluid chemistry. Some suspect that these vents even hold the key to understanding the very origins of life. Here a leading expert provides the first authoritative and comprehensive account of this research in a book intended for students, professionals, and general readers. Cindy Lee Van Dover, an ecologist, brings nearly two decades of experience and a lively writing style to the text, which is further enhanced by two hundred illustrations, including photographs of vent communities taken in situ. The book begins by explaining what is known about hydrothermal systems in terms of their deep-sea environment and their geological and chemical makeup. The coverage of microbial ecology includes a chapter on symbiosis. Symbiotic relationships are further developed in a section on physiological ecology, which includes discussions of adaptations to sulfide, thermal tolerances, and sensory adaptations. Separate chapters are devoted to trophic relationships and reproductive ecology. A chapter on community dynamics reveals what has been learned about the ways in which vent communities become established and why they persist, while a chapter on evolution and biogeography examines patterns of species diversity and evolutionary relationships within chemosynthetic ecosystems. Cognate communities such as seeps and whale skeletons come under scrutiny for their ability to support microbial and invertebrate communities that are ecologically and evolutionarily related to hydrothermal faunas. The book concludes by exploring the possibility that life originated at hydrothermal vents, a hypothesis that has had tremendous impact on our ideas about the potential for life on other planets or planetary bodies in our solar system.

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VerlagPrinceton University Press
Erscheinungsjahr2000
Anzahl der Seiten446 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
PublikationsnameThe Ecology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
AutorCindy Lee Van Dover
FormatTaschenbuch

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Item Length23cm
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