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

Wharton, David A.

 
9780521039901: Life at the Limits: Organisms in Extreme Environments
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521039908 ISBN 13 : 9780521039901
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521039908
ISBN 13 
9780521039901
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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