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02369aam a22002775i 4500 001 D764A1C454CF11ECBAECE3EF50ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211204010015 008 211203s2021 xx 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0228103290 (pbk.) : 020 $a 9780228103295 (pbk.) : 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d SILO 100 10 $a Hoyt, Erich 245 10 $a Creatures of the deep : $b in search of the sea's monsters and the world they live in $c Erich Hoyt. 250 $a 3 Updated 264 1 $a Richmond Hill : $b Firefly Books Ltd., $c 2021. 300 $a 288 pages $b illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; $c 28 cm. 500 $a Author's note -- Prologue -- Part 1. Down through the layers -- The layers of the sea -- Surface waters: the Epipelagic (Euphotic) Zone -- Middle waters: the Mesopelagic (Disphotic) Zone -- Deep waters: the Bathypelagic (Aphotic) Zone -- Deeper waters: the Abyssopelagic Zone -- Deepest waters: the Hadal Zone -- Part 2. A fish-eat-fish world -- Planktonic dramas -- The cosmopolitan copepod -- Jellyfish: biding time -- Big sharks 1: the plankton-strainers -- Dancing with squid -- Big sharks 2: the flesh-eaters -- Killer whale vs shark -- Down deep with dragonfish -- The web -- Part 3. Trekking down the ridge -- The longest mountain chain in the world -- The world ocean floor -- Creatures in the sulfur garden -- Farther along the ridge and back in time -- Black smokers and new life-forms -- Life among the archaeans -- Part 4. Counting the citizens of the sea -- The census of marine life -- Finding a place for ocean citizens to live -- Deciding on the kind of ocean we want or life among the jellyfish -- Epilogue -- Sources and resources -- Index -- Photo credits. 520 $a "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"--Publisher's description. 650 $a Deep-sea animals. 650 $a Marine ecology. 650 $a NATURE / Animals / Marine Life 650 $a NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas 941 $a 1 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20211204010232.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D764A1C454CF11ECBAECE3EF50ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search