Oceanic anglerfishes : extraordinary diversity in the deep sea / Theodore W. Pietsch.

No environment on Earth imposes greater physical and biological constraints on life than the deep oceanic midwaters. Near-freezing temperatures, the absence of sunlight, enormous pressure, and a low food supply make habitation by any living thing almost inconceivable. Yet 160 species of anglerfishes...

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Main Author: Pietsch, Theodore W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
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