Creatures of the deep : in search of the sea's monsters and the world they live in / Erich Hoyt.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Richmond Hill, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books Ltd., 2014Edition: Second edition, updated and expandedDescription: 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cmContent type: - still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1770852816 (bound)
- 9781770852815 (bound)
- In search of the sea's monsters and the world they live in
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
ASJA Writing Awards Recipient Outstanding Book 2002 General Nonfiction Erich Hoyt Creatures of the Deep
Praise for the first edition:
"More than a picture book ... Hoyt's elegant writing provides both the historical background for deep-sea exploration and an ecological perspective on life in the ocean's depths."
-- American Scientist
"A magnificent bestiary ... and a reminder of how little we actually know about the seas surrounding us."
-- Popular Science
Winner, Outstanding Nonfiction Book of the Year
-- American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc., New York
In this updated and expanded edition of Creatures of the Deep , award-winning nature and science writer Erich Hoyt gives readers a glimpse of the amazing variety of creatures found in the deepest parts of the ocean. Weaving together details from the latest scientific research about sharks, giant squid, dragonfish, huge tube worms, clams and tiny microbes of the deep-sea vents, Hoyt embarks on a magical journey roaming across the abyssal plains and descending into deep-sea trenches more than 20,000 feet down.
Hoyt unravels the complex predator-prey relationships, from "killer" copepods to battles between giant squid and sperm whales, presenting compelling portraits of animals that are superbly adapted denizens of a dark high-pressure world. There are life forms, independent of sunlight and photosynthesis, which flourish around the hot, sulfurous deep-sea vents in the magnificent rift valley of the mid-ocean ridge, the world's longest mountain range. Surviving in conditions that appear to be close to the very soup of primordial Earth, these microbes have become the basis for the latest research into Earth's origins. Fully illustrated with fantastic underwater imagery.
Includes bibliographical references (page 284) and index.
In this updated and expanded edition of Creatures of the Deep, award winning nature and science writer Erich Hoyt gives readers a glimpse of the amazing variety of creatures found in the deepest parts of the ocean. Weaving together details from the latest scientific research about sharks, giant squid, dragonfish, huge tube worms, clams and tiny microbes of the deep sea vents, Hoyt embarks on a magical journey roaming across the abyssal plains and descending into deep sea trenches more than 20,000 feet down. Hoyt unravels the complex predator-prey relationships, from "killer" copepods to battles between giant squid and sperm whales, presenting compelling portraits of animals that are superbly adapted denizens of a dark high pressure world. There are life forms, independent of sunlight and photosynthesis, which flourish around the hot, sulfurous deep sea vents in the magnificent rift valley of the mid ocean ridge, the world's longest mountain range. Surviving in conditions that appear to be close to the very soup of primordial Earth, these microbes have become the basis for the latest research into Earth's origins. Fully illustrated with fantastic underwater imagery.