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Erratum: Table 11.1 on page 241 has been mis-set. The entries for the phyla Annelida, Bryozoa, Cnidaria, Echiura, Mollusca, Placozoa, Porifera and Rotifera should all be moved one column to the right.
The deep sea environment is the most extensive on our planet. Its denizens are normally unseen but whenever they are exposed to view they are regarded as bizarre aliens from a different world. The Biology of the Deep Ocean takes a close look at this apparently hostile world and explains how its inhabitants are exquisitely adapted to survive and flourish within it.
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1. The Deep-Sea Dimension ; 2. Living, Growing and Daylight ; 3. Life at the Bottom ; 4. Patterns and Changes ; 5. On Being Efficient ; 6. Feeling and Hearing ; 7. Chemical Messages ; 8. Seeing in the Dark ; 9. Camouflage, Colour and Lights ; 10. Size, Sex and Seasonality ; 11. A Wonderful Variety of Life: Biodiversity of the Deep-Sea Fauna ; Appendix: The Marine Phyla