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Life in the dark : illuminating biodiversity in the shadowy haunts of planet earth / Dant�e Fenolio.

By: Series: Life in the darkCopyright date: �2016Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016Description: 317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781421418636
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 578.4 23 F 339
LOC classification:
  • QH546 .F46 2016
Contents:
1. An introduction to life in the dark -- 2. The deep sea -- Zooplankton -- Invertebrates -- Vertebrates -- The sea floor -- Near-shore deepwater wildlife -- 3. Dark freshwater habitats -- 4. Fossorial wildlife -- Fossorial biodiversity -- Termite mound wildlife -- 5. Subterranean life -- Cavefishes -- Other vertebrates -- Invertebrates -- 6. The parasites within -- 7. Conservation -- Appendix: Amphibian skin secretions and potential use by humans : a short bibliography.
Summary: Presents hundreds of creatures like the firefly squid, tarantula hawks, and blind spiny eels that have adapted to habitats devoid of light such as caves, the bottoms of oceans and lakes, and underground.
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Deep inside caves at the bottoms of oceans

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. An introduction to life in the dark -- 2. The deep sea -- Zooplankton -- Invertebrates -- Vertebrates -- The sea floor -- Near-shore deepwater wildlife -- 3. Dark freshwater habitats -- 4. Fossorial wildlife -- Fossorial biodiversity -- Termite mound wildlife -- 5. Subterranean life -- Cavefishes -- Other vertebrates -- Invertebrates -- 6. The parasites within -- 7. Conservation -- Appendix: Amphibian skin secretions and potential use by humans : a short bibliography.

Presents hundreds of creatures like the firefly squid, tarantula hawks, and blind spiny eels that have adapted to habitats devoid of light such as caves, the bottoms of oceans and lakes, and underground.