Cover; Contents; Chapter 1 The deep-sea dimension; The scale of the task; The vertical dimension; Differences between marine and terrestrial ecosystems; Measurements and methods; Biological sampling; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Living, growing, and daylight; The fuel source: primary production; The seasonal cycle; Measurements of primary production; Grazing and secondary production; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Life at the bottom; The benthic environment; Sampling the benthos; Food resources; Hydrothermal vents and cold seeps; The hadal zone; Spatial heterogeneity; Conclusion; Chapter 4 Patterns and changesGlobal views and patterns; Horizontal distributions; Vertical distributions; Conclusion; Chapter 5 On being efficient; Energy management; Maximizing energy input-how to eat a lot; Maximizing assimilation efficiency; Minimizing energy output-how to keep up in the water; Metabolism, energy, and pressure; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Feeling and hearing; Sensing vibrations; Vibrations in water; The hydrodynamic receptor system of fishes; Sound production by fishes; Invertebrate hydrodynamic receptors; Sounds of marine mammals; Electroreception and magnetic cues; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Chemical messagesTaste or smell?; Chemical cues and receptors; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Seeing in the dark; Light in the ocean; Eyes and their design conflicts; Fish; Invertebrates; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Camouflage, colour, and lights; Camouflage and colour; Lights in a dark environment: bioluminescence; Conclusion; Chapter 10 Size, sex, and seasonality; Life histories; Fecundity and egg size; Body size; Sex; Juvenile characters (progenesis); Seasonality; Conclusion; Chapter 11 A wonderful variety of life: biodiversity of the deep-sea fauna; Origins and habitats; What is biodiversity? Conclusion; References; Appendix: The marine phyla; Introduction; 'Kingdom' Protista: some important heterotrophs; Kingdom Animalia; Index; |