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Life at the limits : organisms in extreme environments / David A. Wharton.
LIBRA QL45.2 .W53 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wharton, David A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zoology.
- Botany.
- Extreme environments.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- A fascinating account of how organisms are able to live in, or survive, extreme conditions.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: extreme life 1
- 2 Be it ever so humble... 27
- 3 Life without water 92
- 4 The hot club 129
- 5 Cold Lazarus 150
- 6 More tough choices 198
- 7 'It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!' 219
- 8 An extreme biology 246.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521782120
- OCLC:
- 46884308
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