Life at the limits :organisms in ext...
Wharton, David A.,

 

  • Life at the limits :organisms in extreme environments /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 578.4
    書名/作者: Life at the limits : : organisms in extreme environments // David A. Wharton.
    作者: Wharton, David A.,
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xi, 307 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
    附註: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
    標題: Zoology.
    標題: Botany.
    標題: Extreme environments.
    ISBN: 9780511541568 (ebook)
    內容註: Introduction : extreme life -- Be it ever so humble ... --Life without water -- The hot club -- Cold Lazarus -- More tough choices -- 'It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!' -- An extreme biology.
    摘要、提要註: 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.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511541568
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