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Hoyt, Erich, author.

Creatures of the deep : in search of the sea's monsters and the world they live in / Erich Hoyt.

Updated third edition.

Previous edition: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Richmond Hill : Firefly Books, 2021.

288 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

"Weaving together details from the latest scientific research about sharks, giant squid, dragonfish, huge tube worms, clams and tiny microbes of the deep-sea vents, Hoyt embarks on a magical journey roaming across the abyssal plains and descending into deep-sea trenches more than 20,000 feet down"--Publisher's description.

Down through the layers -- The layers of the sea -- Surface waters: the Epipelagic (Euphotic) Zone -- Middle waters: the Mesopelagic (Disphotic) Zone -- Deep waters: the Bathypelagic (Aphotic) Zone -- Deeper waters: the Abyssopelagic Zone -- Deepest waters: the Hadal Zone -- A fish-eat-fish world -- Planktonic dramas -- The cosmopolitan copepod -- Jellyfish: biding time -- Big sharks 1: the plankton-strainers -- Dancing with squid -- Big sharks 2: the flesh-eaters -- Killer whale vs shark -- Down deep with dragonfish -- The web -- Trekking down the ridge -- The longest mountain chain in the world -- The world ocean floor -- Creatures in the sulfur garden -- Farther along the ridge and back in time -- Black smokers and new life-forms -- Life among the archaeans -- Counting the citizens of the sea -- The census of marine life -- Finding a place for ocean citizens to live -- Deciding on the kind of ocean we want or life among the jellyfish --

Deep-sea animals.

Marine ecology.

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