David A. Wharton

Life at the Limits (eBook, PDF)

Organisms in Extreme Environments

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Produktbeschreibung

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 100EsC. 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511030949
• Artikelnr.: 56522754

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: extreme life
2. Be it ever so humble ...
3. Life without water
4. The hot club
5. Cold Lazarus
6. More tough choices
7. 'It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!'
8. An extreme biology
Bibliography
Glossary
Index.