| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
One medium-size whale carcass delivers as much food to the dark, cold ocean depths as 4,000 years of sinking food particles. When a dead whale arrives, the cafa⁺єe opens for business, and who better than Dan Tavis to show us the bizarre deep-ocean diners who show up? Hagfish, zombie worms, sleeper sharks--this group of patrons is stranger than the denizens of the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars. A fish in a lab coat, piloting a deep-sea submersible, is our guide to the weirdly fascinating goings-on miles beneath the ocean surface. The backmatter includes rare whale-fall photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Dr. Robert Vrijenhoek of MBARI and Dr. Craig Smith, a deep-ocean ecologist at the University of Hawaii, have helped Jacquie Sewell to ensure scientific accuracy. |
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Deep-sea ecology -- Juvenile literature.
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Deep-sea animals -- Food -- Juvenile literature.
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Whales -- Juvenile literature.
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Deep-sea animals.
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Marine animals.
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Deep-sea ecology. (OCoLC)fst00889505
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Whales. (OCoLC)fst01174266
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Added Author |
Tavis, Dan, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780884488484 hardcover |
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0884488489 hardcover |
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9780884488491 (paperback) |
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0884488497 |
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