Life at the Limits: Organisms in Extreme Environments - Couverture souple

Wharton, David A.

 
9780521039901: Life at the Limits: Organisms in Extreme Environments

Synopsis

We are fascinated by the seemingly impossible places in which organisms can live. There are frogs that freeze solid, worms that dry out and bacteria that survive temperatures over 100˚C. What seems extreme to us is, however, not extreme to these organisms. In this captivating account, the reader is taken on a tour of extreme environments, and shown the remarkable abilities of organisms to survive a range of extreme conditions, such as high and low temperatures and desiccation. This book considers how organisms survive major stresses and what extreme organisms can tell us about the origin of life and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. These organisms have an extreme biology, which involves many aspects of their physiology, ecology and evolution.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Wharton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Zoology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where his research has centred upon the extraodinary survival abilities of animals.

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9780521782128: Life at the Limits: Organisms in Extreme Environments

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521782120 ISBN 13 :  9780521782128
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2002
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