The Deep Ocean Life in the Abyss

About this book

The deep ocean comprises more than 90 per cent of our planet’s biosphere and is home to some of the world’s most dazzling creatures, which thrive amid crushing pressures, scarce food supplies, and slow-moving currents. Living things down here behave in remarkable and surprising ways, and cutting-edge technologies are shedding new light on these critically important ecosystems. This beautifully illustrated book leads you down into the canyons, trenches, and cold seeps of the watery abyss, presenting the deep ocean and its inhabitants as you have never seen them before.

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Biography

Michael Vecchione is a zoologist in the NOAA Systematics Lab at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Louise Allcock is a lecturer in zoology at the National University of Ireland Galway. Imants Priede is a professor emeritus of zoology at the University of Aberdeen. Hans van Haren is a senior scientist at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ).