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The deep sea has long been likened to a terrestrial desert. In some ways the analogy is useful, writes marine biologist Cindy Lee Van Dover, for the oceanic floor, like many arid regions of the earth, is low in biomass. She adds, "What life there is, though, is remarkably diverse," sometimes numbering hundreds of species in a single square metre of mud.
That deep-sea diversity is nowhere more pronounced than in the thermal vents that often occur where tectonic plates meet, marked by great lava fields and even active volcanoes (three-quarters of the earth's supply of which are to be found underwater). Located, among other places, along the great mountain ridges of the Laurentian Abyss and the Marianas Trench, these vents harbour strange creatures found nowhere else--giant clams and mussels, for example, and two-metre-long "tubeworms" whose internal organs house sulphur-oxidising bacteria. Discovered only in 1977, these hydrothermal vents, which vary markedly from ocean to ocean, have excited much attention among researchers. Some scholars now believe that life originated in these fiery environments, which have yielded relict species of barnacles, crinoids and molluscs hitherto known only from the fossil record.
Examining the ecology and geochemistry of the planet's deep-sea vent systems, Van Dover presents a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and highly accessible survey of these mysterious places. --Gregory McNamee
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[Van Dover] writes well and is not above conducting heroic experiments in what I assume is her own kitchen. -- Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World
[An] impressive, eminently readable book. . . . -- Ellis L. Yochelson, American Scientist
Foremost in understanding the ecology of hydrothermal vents has been Cindy Van Dover. -- Paul A. Tyler, Trends in Ecology and Evolution
The strength of Van Dover's book is that it is academically definitive. . . Coverage is comprehensive, and detailed geophysical, chemical and biological issues are taken in their stride with the same sureness of touch. -- Richard Shelton, Times Literary Supplement
A remarkably thorough and balanced, dynamic account of evolving and expanding knowledge of these ocean systems . . . This unique, most up-to-date book on a vast multidisciplinary subject, written enthusiastically and authoritatively, will be an invaluable resource. . . -- "Choice
The book is remarkably thorough and comprehensive and keeps the reader captivated right up to the end. . . . [A] unique source of information on knowledge of an ecosystem that few of us will ever get a chance to see first-hand. -- D. Chandramohan, Current Science
I heartily recommend it to anyone with an interest in learning about what is undoubtedly one of the most important discoveries in earth and life sciences of the past century. -- John Woodside, The Leading Edge
[An] impressive, eminently readable book. . . . -- Ellis L. Yochelson, American Scientist
Foremost in understanding the ecology of hydrothermal vents has been Cindy Van Dover. -- Paul A. Tyler, Trends in Ecology and Evolution
The strength of Van Dover's book is that it is academically definitive. . . Coverage is comprehensive, and detailed geophysical, chemical and biological issues are taken in their stride with the same sureness of touch. -- Richard Shelton, Times Literary Supplement
A remarkably thorough and balanced, dynamic account of evolving and expanding knowledge of these ocean systems . . . This unique, most up-to-date book on a vast multidisciplinary subject, written enthusiastically and authoritatively, will be an invaluable resource. . . -- "Choice
The book is remarkably thorough and comprehensive and keeps the reader captivated right up to the end. . . . [A] unique source of information on knowledge of an ecosystem that few of us will ever get a chance to see first-hand. -- D. Chandramohan, Current Science
I heartily recommend it to anyone with an interest in learning about what is undoubtedly one of the most important discoveries in earth and life sciences of the past century. -- John Woodside, The Leading Edge
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
An excellent, in depth and well written text
7 April 2000
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This book rates along with the standard texts by Marshall, Herring and Tyler that should be on the shelves of anyone interested in the biology of the deep sea. It brings the disparate biological, geological and biochemical hydrothermal vent literature together brilliantly. My only criticisms of the text are a lack of attention to the potentially damaging effects of scientific investigations on hydrothermal vents and propogation of the myth that deep-sea shrimps are able to see black-body radiation.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A great book for learning about the deep sea!
27 Feb 2006
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading this book because it teaches in a conversational tone and it is so interesting! It doesn't read like a textbook at all.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
excellent overview of hydrothermal systems
19 Jan 2005
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I'm a biochemist who has started to work in the area of vent microbiology, and this book has served as an essential reference of vent ecology and basic vent geology for me - an excellent, readable book.
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