TY - BOOK AU - Fenolio,Dant�e B. TI - Life in the dark: illuminating biodiversity in the shadowy haunts of planet earth SN - 9781421418636 AV - QH546 .F46 2016 U1 - 578.4 23 PY - 2016/// KW - Adaptation (Biology) KW - Habitat (Ecology) KW - Deep-sea animals KW - Cave animals KW - Parasites KW - Adaptation, Biological KW - Adaptation (Biologie) KW - Faune des grands fonds KW - Faune des cavernes KW - fast KW - Tiere KW - gnd KW - Dunkelheit KW - Anpassung KW - Illustrated works N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -