The octopus's garden : hydrothermal vents and other mysteries of the deep sea / Cindy Lee Van Dover...
The octopus's garden : hydrothermal vents and other mysteries of the deep sea / Cindy Lee Van Dover...
The octopus's garden : hydrothermal vents and other mysteries of the deep sea / Cindy Lee Van Dover ; illustrations by Karen Jacobsen.
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Publisher
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1996.
Call Numbers
T0392654
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 183 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Beyond the Edge -- 2. The Right Stuff -- 3. Alvin -- 4. The Abyssal Wilderness -- 5. A Chorus of Tubeworms -- 6. On Broken Spur -- 7. Black Smokers -- 8. Chasing Eruptions -- 9. "Blind" Shrimp -- 10. Biological Particulars -- 11. The Trilobite Factor -- 12. Sediment Plains.
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Publisher
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1996.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1996.
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Summary
From the stunning beauty of the "Rose Garden," home to the tubeworm, a six-foot-long creature without mouth or gut, to transparent sea cucumbers and blind shrimp, Van Dover takes us on a fascinating voyage to our planet's last frontier. She also describes the incredibly difficult circumstances under which she and other scientists explore the bottom...
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The octopus's garden : hydrothermal vents and other mysteries of the deep sea / Cindy Lee Van Dover ; illustrations by Karen Jacobsen.
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Helix books.
Includes index.
Transferred from N574.52636/54.
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Date Copyright
c1996.
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T0392654
Record Identifier
74VMl88VJJR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMl88VJJR3
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ISBN
0201407701
9780201407709
DDC
574.52636
MMS ID
991003438189702626
