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Biodiversity of the Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent is vast, in particular, its history, its isolation, and climate, making it a unique "laboratory case" for experimental evolution, adaptation and ecology. Its evolutionary history of adaptation provide a wealth of information on the fun...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London :
ISTE Press,
2015.
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1 online resource (xiv, 116 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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Online Access: | Elsevier - Click here for access |
Contents:
- Introduction ; Chapter 1: A brief history of exploration and discovery ; Chapter 2: The Southern Ocean and its environment: a world of extremes ; Chapter 3: The Ocean through time ; Chapter 4: Southern Ocean biogeography and communities ; Chapter 5: History of biodiversity in the Southern Ocean ; Chapter 6: Adaptation of organisms ; Chapter 7: Projections into the future ; Appendix.