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viii, 225 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
illustrations (some colour)
Contents: The epic ocean -- The earliest -- The most archaic -- The smallest -- The deepest -- The shallowest -- The oldest -- The fastest and the furthest -- The hottest -- The coldest -- The strangest families -- Future extremes -- Epilogue : a grand bargain.
Summary: The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. This book takes readers to the absolute limits of the aquatic world - the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans.